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Google Comes Clean About Why They Pulled The Plug On PRAAG
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
A week ago we covered a story about Google pulling its advertising from The Pro Afrikaans Action Group (Praag),and how the site may well go to ruin now that it cannot generate any advertising revenue. You might remember them as the organisers of Red October.
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Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
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This Teenager Just Sold Her Virginity For R285,000 [PIC]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been rumours about this sort of transaction happening for a while now – but sources in Russia have just confirmed that a deal has very definitely been sealed. What’s more, police have given the lucky lady the green light, claiming that the transaction, “does not fit into a description of the ‘Prostitution’ clause.” Really? It doesn’t?
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Charles Saatchi Is Suing Nigella Lawson For R8 Million
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Charles Saatchi is on the brink of suing his ex wife, Nigella Lawson for £500,000. Just prior to their divorce, photographs emerged of Saatchi holding the throat of Lawson at a popular London restaurant. When public sentiment concluded that Saatchi had assaulted Lawson, Nigella maintained absolute silence, cementing the opinion that Saatchi was guilty of abuse.
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Facebook Freaked Out Because This Guy’s App Lets You Control How Much Time You Spend On The Social Network
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook’s suits are losing their minds over a small app developer in the States who developed a service with a unique selling point of limiting a user’s time on the social network. Break Your Facebook is a self-help tool of sorts, which aides in weaning otherwise-busy GenY-yuppies from social media addiction, freeing up time for work or, you know, real life.
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Law Student Gets R23,5 Million In Damages For Playground Accident 10 Years Ago
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It’s 2003, and Grade 8 pupil Christian Rabie is playing with his friends. They’re flipping each other in the air in the cricket nets. He landed on the ground and fractured his skull. The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the MEC for education to pay him R23,5 million in damages
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New York Calls Bitcoin A Wild West For Criminals – Pulls Biggest Players Into Court
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The state of New York will set the tone for the US government’s official relationship with virtual currency, Bitcoin when the New York State Department of Financial Services meets every major Bitcoin player in court. Shortly after a federal judge recently ruled that Bitcoin is real money, 22 digital-currency companies and investors have been subpoenaed by […]
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American Judge Ruled Bitcoin “Can Be Used As Money” In Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Case
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Civil action case against Trendon Shavers and his company Bitcoin Savings and Trust for running a Ponzi scheme has in an American Judge ruling Bitcoin can be used as real money.
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Well Done, Ultra-Conservative South Africa: DSTV Has Been Fined R10,000 For This Ad
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
According to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA), MultiChoice has been handed a R10,000 fine for an advert that promoted the ‘Hannibal’ television series. The BCCSA said that on 24 April 2013, the commission received three complaints when the advert was broadcast during Masterchef Australia on M-Net.
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Vodacom Is Getting Spanked In Court In The “Please Call Me” Invention Court Case
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Vodacom’s attempt to have the Please Call Me court case scrapped has failed. Nkosana Makate is claiming he invented the idea of the Please Call Me and was promised to be rewarded, but that never happened.
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All New Photos Show Shocking Scenes In Castro’s House Of Horrors [GALLERY]
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Cleveland kidnapper, Ariel Castro appeared in court on Thursday where claimed his actions were due to a porn addiction. Prosecutors also revealed images of the ‘horror house’ as described by the women who were kept there.
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Silvio Berlusconi Publishes Raging Video Condemning His Conviction [VIDEO]
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Italy’s supreme court has rejected former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s appeal against tax fraud convictions. The decision angered Berlusconi, prompting him to broadcast a message in which he maintained his innocence and accused magistrates of persecuting him.
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South African Government Proposes Once-Off Sale Of Rhino Horns
04 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The number of rhinos poached during 2013 is fast becoming close to that of the total number of rhinos poached during 2012. Now the South African government is proposing a once-off sale of legal rhino horns.
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Chris Brown Is Hitting People Again… With His Car
26 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Currently on probation for beating former his girlfriend, Chris Brown as of Tuesday has two new charges against him relating to a car accident in May 2013. A charge of hit-and-run and a charge of driving without a valid driving licence were made against the star on Tuesday.
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The Fall Of A Giant: This Is How Brazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Has Lost Billions In The Space Of A Year
25 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brazilain billionaire Eike Bastista has fallen on tough times losing billions in the space of a year. The tycoon, once number 7 on the Forbes wealthiest list, is now being called the “master of road shows” by critics.
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NPA Brutally Embarrassed: Prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach Found Not Guilty On All 15 Charges
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A suspended National Prosecuting Authority senior prosecutor has been found not guilty on all of the charges she faced. The decision was handed down by chairperson of the disciplinary hearing, Selby Mbenenge SC.
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Wanna Hang At Justin Bieber’s House? Sign This
23 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If ever you are invited to a party at Justin Bieber’s house, you will have to sign this document or be short a lot of money.
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Nelson Mandela’s Daughters Are At It Again, Suing Their Father For His Money And Artwork
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nelson Mandela versus his daughters, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini and Makaziwe Mandela and former lawyer Ismail Ayob. Mandela’s current lawyer, Bally Cheune believes Ayob to be behind the court order to obtain Mandela’s wealth and artworks.
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For Sale: Half-Built House With Cinema And Cigar Lounge, Previously Owned By Wayward Militant Youth Leader
22 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Julius Malema’s Sandown home in Johannesburg is going under the hammer to cover his tax bill.
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Ex Fidentia Boss, J Arthur Brown Found Guilty Of Fraud
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
J Arthur Brown has been found guilty on two counts of fraud in the Western Cape High Court today. Brown had handed in a document last week admitting to two major charges of fraud. He faces 15 years in the big house
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Lance Armstrong Sells Texas Home For A LOT Less Than The Asking Price [PICS]
12 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week, a texas businessman obtained a $3,1 million (R26 million) loan to purchase former good guy, Lance Armstrong’s sprawling estate. Newspapers reported that the buyer did not pay anything close to the property’s reported $10 million (R89 million) value.
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The Offshore Secrets Of The World’s Super Wealthy
05 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, literally thousands of financial secrets regarding offshore accounts of the super wealthy were leaked. The “largest journalism collaboration in history” involved nearly 100 reporters sifting through 2,5 million documents which detailed the identities and activities of 120 000 offshore companies.
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HSBC Faces Fresh Set Of Money Laundering Allegations
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Banking Giant, HSBC has a fresh set of allegations of illegal activity in Argentina to answer to. The Argentinian government alleges HSBC used “fake receipts” to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion to the tune of $77 million (R706 million) in that country. Argentina’s tax authority has filed criminal charges against HSBC. HSBC said they […]
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Dalai Lama Debacle: South African Government Acted Unlawfully, Court Rules
29 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Supreme Court of Appeal has just stated that the South African government acted unlawfully when it delayed a decision on a visa application by the Dalai Lama. Do you remember the saga about the fact that the Dalai Lama couldn’t come to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday in October […]
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Court Rules Google Must Pay For Libelous Search Result
27 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australia has decided that search results that Google publishes amount to content that the company “publishes”, and is therefore responsible for.
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Could The LIBOR Scandal Be “The Biggest Consumer Fraud In History”?
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past few weeks we’ve brought you several reports regarding the increasingly worrisome LIBOR scandal. The investigation into interest rate-rigging debacle is quickly snowballing and analysts have now begun wondering if “16 of the world’s largest banks have perpetrated the biggest fraud in history.”
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Auction Alliance Escapes The Noose Yet Again
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This is what happens when you couple shoddy detective work with a good legal team. Auction Alliance has won its third straight victory in line with exonerating itself from any penalty relating to the Appelbaum auction rigging scandal.
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Confirmed: Barclays Not Alone, As Chairman Quits
02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK, has today confirmed that Barclays was definitely not acting alone, nor was this an isolated case in the authorities’ probe of banks rigging a key interbank interest rate.
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New Cape Town Cellphone Law In Effect
02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Talking and texting while driving is somewhat of a cultural phenomenon in South Africa. There are those that are law abiding, but there are also those that don’t seem to care, and throw caution to the wind. But now Capetonians will face a R5 000 fine, and have their phone confiscated for a day for transgressing the law, it was reported in the Cape Times this morning.
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Could The Barclays Scandal Prompt Investors To Run To SA For Cover?
29 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On the back of news that Barclays bank was punished with a record fine of £290 million by UK authorities for interest rate manipulation, comes the speculation that the crisis, said to involve numerous banks around the world, could help push investors toward South African shores.
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