Following South Africa’s disastrous military intervention in the Central African Republic, reports have emerged that South Africa and France are heading for a diplomatic showdown on commercial and political interests in Francophone Africa. This, and more on the M&G Newsroom podcast
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.
The lengthy episodes, duels, unexplained deaths, new alliances and strange dreams typified by the average 20 minute stretch of Game Of Thrones require the occasional bout of explaining, and this faux Facebook feed does just that, delightfully.
Anyone with an ounce of metal in them will know that Metallica will be performing live in South Africa later this month. And by pure coincidence, Lars Ulrich’s girlfriend just did a campaign for Woolies. Check out the gallery:
The politics of withdrawing our soldiers from the CAR. Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s disastrous statements in parliament. The deployment of South African troops to the DRC after recent CAR turmoil. The best and worst of the Cape Town Jazz Festival. And the new Facebook Home product review.
Mad Men Season 6 launches tonight with the traditional double- episode premiere. You may have heard that Don is fairly likely to return to his philandering ways in this coming season, so we thought it best to get you up to speed with his list of conquests, so far.
UCT student conducts a survey to determine the most attractive race – white poeple. But her findings have caused much anger within the institution.
If you’re struggling to unwind, maybe its time you realigned your chakras. And your smart phone can help you do just that. Check it out!
Season six might have something that I know a couple people will be happy about – the return of Bad Don. But what exactly can we expect from Draper?
The saying goes, ‘if you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.’ But in some cases preparation can lead to a FAIL, like when the Universal channel (channel 117) accidentally released a Nelson Mandeal obituary ad last night.
In what will most certainly be welcome news for eyewear-obsessed and internet savvy Capetonians, Canadian duo Phil Birnbaum and Tim Chan have joined forces to create street-style blog exclusively dedicated to documenting noteworthy eyewear, titled The Spectacled. Birnbaum snaps the pictures, and Chan scribes the words. This blog combines our love of fashion and our love […]
Last week’s episode of eNCA’s Tech Report featured our insert on Tingo.com, TripAdvisor’s latest offering in foolproof online hotel booking. More often than not, hotel’s drop their room rates after you’ve made your booking, in an effort to meet booking quotas for calendar months. The result is that you’ll be punished for being organised and […]
Finally, the old man is taking off his comfort robe to tell us exactly how many people he has let into is comfort robe… Hugh Hefner, Playboy and old man, finally reveals how many women he has done the dirty deed with. On Monday, Esquire posted an in depth interview, in which Hef finally gave us […]
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. Feel free to listen on the page, or download for later listening. In this week’s show, Nickolaus Bauer and Verashni Pillay talked about the fifth Brics (Brazil, Russia, India and China […]
They have done it again. We have yet another teaser from the Mad Men folk. If the illustrated poster and the teaser video weren’t thought provoking enough, we now have a series of glamour shots. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? The bearded Stan Rizzo, the most suspicious looking Peggy Olson and a photo perfect unfaithful Pete and his Trudy Campbell… And then […]
Which means that you have just over three days to get yourself a decoder, before flogging it cheaply on Gumtree come Monday morning. The BBC-produced documentary, Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened? will air on Sunday, 24 March at 20h55 on Discovery Channel (DStv 121). You can hold out for the television version, but if you can’t wait, you […]
That’s correct. In case you’ve been under a rock for the past week, the SABC has been hit with a spate of board member resignations. Last night was the worst of the blood-letting with six board members tendering their resignations in quick succession. This morning, only three board members remained: Pippa Green, Susan Vos, and […]
In this week’s show, Nickolaus Bauer and Amanda Strydom spoke to senior politics reporter, Matuma Letsoalo about the ANC NEC’s decision to disband its youth wing’s executive, in a move that is likely to be seen as a purge of the political enemies of President Jacob Zuma.
Apart from easy-on-the-eye visuals, Playboy magazine is famous for its in-depth interviews. I was fortunate enough to be invited as the March edition’s subject, resulting in a 6-page interview. More than enough reason to get a copy 😉
Why do they do this to us? If the suspense for Mad Men season from the poster wasn’t enough, try getting your head around the subliminal messages in the teaser vid. April 7 can’t come soon enough. AMC promises the upcoming episodes will feature much more chaos and “upheaval” than previous seasons. Many members of the cast […]
Television shows – we love them. And with many great television shows have come many great fictional apartments. The gallery below, that shows an artistic recreation of our favourite TV show apartment floor plans from Friends, to Golden Girls, to Big Bang Theory. Enjoy that. [Source: Mashable]
Remember those days in art class when you had to find the underlying meaning to a picture or advert? Okay well, if you were never in art class, that was an actual lesson. Just roll with it. I don’t know if we are reading too far into this one, but if we analyse the poster […]
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. Feel free to listen on the page, or download for later listening. In this week’s show, Phillip de Wet and Deshnee Subramany discussed the thorny issue of political party funding […]
The Mail & Guardian team traveled to Austin, Texas for the twentieth annual South by Southwest conference. Online editor, Chris Roper and General Manager for Digital Operations, Alistair Fairweather bring us clips from Elon Musk’s keynote address, and other assorted treats. South by Southwest is one of the biggest interactive film, music, tech and pop culture conferences […]
Ayanda-Allie Payne, eNCA News anchor challenges Brand SA CEO, Miller Matola in light of the recent headlines that have placed South Africa in a bad light. Payne and Matola discuss issues ranging from the Oscar Pistorius trial to the brutal death of Mido Macia at the hands of the police, and the Marikana massacre. Payne […]
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. In this week’s edition, show presenters Charles Leonard and Amanda Strydom started the show off by talking about one story that will certainly stay on the news agenda for this week […]
The New York Times is a good example of how savvy print publishers can survive in a digital age. And their advertisers are keeping in step with them, giving a great example of what it takes to delight the eye on the printed page in an era of online rich media ads. The full page […]
This year’s Marie Claire naked issue is on sale, and boy it is a doozy. If you ever wanted to catch the likes of Rob van Vuuren, 2oceansvibe Radio‘s Bailey Schneider or EWN’s Aki Anastasiou in their birthday suits, then this is an all-in-one solution. Who does this year’s issue benefit? The Organ Donor Foundation […]
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. In this week’s edition, show presenters Deshnee Subramany and Lisa Van Wyk covered the Oscar Pistorius bail application hearing, and Mamphela Ramphele’s new political party platform, “Agang”. They spoke […]
Fox News experts mention necklacing, “white-on-white violence”, and apartheid in the space of 30 seconds while discussing the Pistorius case. Just enjoy that