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Legal
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Another P-Bomb Dropped In Court
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems it’s all the rage to voice ones displeasure with how one finds things are going in court these days. Instead of it being an advocate this time, it’s a 71 year old “Brett Kebble-type character” from the Strand near Cape Town facing fraud charges. He had recently celebrated his 71st in Pollsmoor too.
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French Vegan Couple On Trial Over Baby’s Death
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two vegans who fed their 11 month old daughter only on her mother’s breast milk went on trial in northern France on Tuesday. They have been charged with neglect after their baby died as a result of suffering from vitamin deficiencies and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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Slow Down – 25 Per Cent Reduction In Speed Limits Ahead?
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
You’d be well advised to start driving slower, in preparation for a significant reduction in speed limits on all national roads later this year. When the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) comes into force, you’ll risk losing your licence if you’re caught driving too fast.
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Teacher And Pupil Share Joint
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A report in The Star newspaper has revealed how a Teacher has had to resign because he was caught puffing on the old knowledge cabbage with a pupil. It’s no big secret that South African schools have had problems with drug use over the years, but this is an upper class school, so it was probably good stuff.
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Tanzanian Shaman Takes Break, 26km Queue Too Long
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Tanzanian “miracle” pastor, Reverend Ambilikile “Babu” Mwasapile has called for a break. He has temporarily asked people to stop going to his remote home for a “miracle cure” after thousands flocked there, resulting in chaos in the surrounding area.
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Cape Advocate Swears At Judge – Full Transcript And Translation Here
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Yesterday a little blue bird forwarded us a juicy document. That document is the full transcript of proceedings in a criminal case currently being argued in the Cape Town High Court. The transcript details an altercation between Judge Lee Bozalek and Advocate Nehemiah Ballem. And by “altercation” I mean a verbal smackdown. Enjoy this portion of the exchange.
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Zuma’s R200 Million Renovations [UPDATED]
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
At the beginning of this month a story caught our eye that almost seemed too shocking to be true. We can now happily report back to you that the lunacy surrounding these pricey renovations has been met with trepidation by Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, and for the most part, been put on hold.
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Water Soon To Be Subjected To Eskom-esque Tariff Hikes
22 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A report about a month ago attributed that South Africa indeed stared a water crisis directly in the eye. Experts told the inaugural South African Water and Energy Forum in Johannesburg that we even face the possibility of chronic water shortages as early as 2020. Now Eskom-esque tariff hikes loom too.
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Removing Gaddafi Not Allowed – David Cameron
22 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Friday we discussed what the no-fly zone over Libya meant and how it would be placed into effect by the international community. “But the UN resolution is limited in its scope. It explicitly does not provide legal authority for action to bring about Gaddafi’s removal from power by military means,” explained UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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London Teenager Drops Wii For Gun, Seeks To Join Libyan Rebels
18 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Unfortunately yes, you did read that correctly. Sam, a somewhat timid and reserved 19 year old, is standing up for what he feels is right. He has decided enough is enough and it’s time that he joined the rebel forces on the front line in the Libyan Desert.
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The Libyan No-Fly Zone – What It Means
18 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Aside from the shit literally hitting the fan, let’s break this down and look at what it’s going to mean for the nation that is embroiled in one of the worst struggles against a dictator in history.
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2oceansvibe’s Overtures To The Mayor Are Snubbed
18 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Hear ye, hear ye! Today is Friday. You know what that means. That means that we knock off at 12h00. Do you know why we knock off at 12h00? Because we’re not lying to ourselves. “I”M NOT LYING TO MYSELF.” You shouldn’t either. No one is working productively after 12h00 on a Friday afternoon. The […]
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Quarrelling Begins To Boil Around Mandela Gun Dispute
17 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Described as a holy grail for South African historians, the gun Nelson Mandela buried almost 50 years ago is nowhere near being reunited with its original proprietor. The owner of the property where the gun is supposedly buried, originally part of Liliesleaf farm, is at loggerheads with museum officials representing the Liliesleaf Trust.
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Grade 1 Teacher Allegedly Drops K-Bomb, No Spice
17 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A grade 1 teacher from the Orchards Primary School just outside Centurion in Gauteng has been suspended by the schools governing body after pupils claim she called them k*****s. She now also faces a disciplinary hearing next week. Apparently she also called them “black monkeys”. But, has she been levelled with false accusations?
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Scourge Of Geriatric Drug Peddlars Sweeps Cape
16 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A 52 year old woman was arrested in the middle-class suburb of Kenilworth, Cape Town, for dealing in drugs on Monday. She is not alone in her entrepreneurial endeavors. It seems a growing number of grannies are entering the underworld and deceiving the greater public of their criminal tendencies.
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Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee – It’s Schabir – Now Rearrested
14 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You may or may not have noticed the Sunday Times front cover yesterday. The headline was gripping and revealing. One usually sees this when tabloids have a secret they’re unable to keep. This time however, tabloids aside, the headline had every right to froth in its very large font. Behold: “Shaik In Mosque Punch-Up”
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South Africa Launches Pirate Satellite Tracking Service
11 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Initially instituted as a service to monitor the safety of our local and surrounding shorelines during the World Cup last year, the Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system is a welcomed spin-off from a successful local concept for maritime protection. It will also help to track shipwrecks and oceanic pollution.
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Add Your Voice To The Groundswell: Sign This Petition Against Friday Afternoon Work Hours
11 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 20 Comments
Gang, we’re facing a serious problem. It affects our daily happiness. It affects our ability to be effective human beings. I’m talking about the creeping, evil tendency for wolves among us to insist on work commitments on Friday afternoons. Or on Fridays at all. Don’t these people value life? Look, I’ve talked extensively about this […]
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Kidney Transplant Scam, Criminal Case Gaining Momentum
01 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
South Africa’s very own surgery tourism trade has boomed for a while. We’ve been well-known as a great destination for the industry because we’re inexpensive. Now the smoke around the kidney transplant scam has finally begun to bellow. Over the weekend Netcare decided it was no longer going to comment on the scandal.
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Kenny Kunene Prefers Not To Renew His License
23 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Businessman and “club supersta” Kenny Kunene’s license disk is two years old. Kunene’s Lamborghini was spotted by 2oceansviber, Abi, at Mzoli’s this last Sunday, 20 February 2011. Kunene’s car was reportedly parked in the middle of the road.
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Zimbabweans Charged For Attempting To Watch Video
22 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For days rumours have bounced back and forth claiming Zimbabweans and the people of the Kingdom of Swaziland should follow the example of the Egyptians and Tunisians and themselves revolt against their dictatorships. Now 46 Zimbo’s have been arrested for attempting to watch some BBC and Al Jazeera videos on a projector.
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Joburg Residents Charge Mayor Amos Masondo – Hello Karma
18 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’ll recall just last week we chatted about the atrocious conditions our Joburg friends are having to put up with as a result of what can only be described as the complete and utter mismanagement of local jozi municipal services. Well, finally they have heeded their consciences’ advice and done the right thing by charging their rogue sheriff.
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Man With 48-point I.Q. Banned From Having Sex
08 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Huh. Well this just opens up a whole can of worms, doesn’t it? Sexy, mentally handicapped worms. A High Court judge ruled that ‘Alan,’ who’d been in a relationship with another fellow, lacks “the capacity to consent to and engage in sexual relations.” Choose your own punchline – there are so many.
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Drink and Drive!
15 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You know that feeling when you get into the car after having a few too many? Don’t deny it, you know you have done it. You turn the corner and wham, there’s a road block! There is no adrenalin quite like that. So would it help if they did away with the drunk-driving laws?
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ASA Tells Cell C To Stop Lying. Cell C Says No.
08 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 20 Comments
Cell C’s highly publicised poor coverage can finally be explained. It appears that there is a toxic, root-and-branch misunderstanding of the fundamentals of cellular telephone technology within the company.
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Trader To Pay Largest Fine In French History
06 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jerome Kerviel, the rogue French futures trader who almost single-handedly caused a stock market meltdown, has been found guilty of breach of trust, forgery and entering false computer data. The sentence passed down by the judge is being described by commentators as “pant-wetting”.
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RUPERT MURDOCH AND KULULA ON A LEGAL COLLISION COURSE
12 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
You may have read on this morning’s spice that Rupert Murdoch has laid claim to the “Sky” in “Skype”, right after Skype announced its plans to float on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York. The world’s most deliciously-evil media magnate has justified his claim by arguing that NewsCorp derivative BSkyB was established before Skype, […]
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“DARNELL INTERNATIONAL” SLAPS US WITH A LAWYER’S LETTER
05 Mar 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 40 Comments
Quite happy to have their two cents featured in the comments section of the “defamatory” articles we wrote, Darnell International have involved their lawyers and are now demanding that the articles (here and here) be taken down. Here is the letter from Darnell’s lawyers: Click image to enlarge letter The fact that it is number […]
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