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Media
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James And Rupert Murdoch Back In The Dock
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Both James and Rupert Murdoch are due to give new evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, starting today. James will appear first, followed by his father, tomorrow. The inquiry will now focus on the relationship between the press and politicians.
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Acting National Police Commissioner Hints At Political Instructions
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Acting national police commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, hinted on Thursday to MP’s that police had been instructed on which cases were “off limits” to them. He said this was something that was happening a lot “of late”, and that the instructions came from “powers beyond us”.
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Former “House” Star Poses Nude For PETA
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the sad news that this season will be the last of the popular medical drama, House, it’s good to know that the cast members are at least moving on with their lives, and adding their voices to the many causes out there. This includes posing for PETA, which a female cast member has done. Can you guess who?
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Tech Report – Pirating On The Cyber Seas
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Steve Jobs once said, “Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?” The internet has changed everything, mostly for the better, but it’s also made it easy to steal stuff. So what makes a pirate on the cyber seas? In this episode Seth gets out his eye-patch, peg-leg and parrot and tries to […]
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BREAKING: Soweto Gang Rape Victim Found Alive
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This morning we told you about the horrible incident that saw a group of boys in Soweto kidnap and gang-rape an underage girl on camera. Concerns were even higher, as the girl featured in the video was reported missing as well. The good news is that she has reportedly been found alive and is currently at the Dobsonville police station.
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What Classic Show Is Single-Handedly Saving SABC 3’s Ratings Death Spiral?
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s hard to find a success story in the spiralling shit storm that is practically everything to do with the SABC these days, but SABC3 have bucked the trend a little, reaching into TV history for a programme that is turning their ratings nosedive around – and you’ll never guess who it is!
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Booze Ad Ban Raises Spectre Of Job Losses
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Further concerns over the potentially large number of jobs that could be lost as a result of government’s proposed booze advertising ban, have been aired. Government is still mulling over its draft bill – which has been labelled draconian – but either way, the health department is determined to clamp down on the industry.
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Cape Town Documentary Accused Of Luring Sharks To Popular Beaches
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this month we told you about National Geographic shooting a shark documentary in Cape Town – with the support of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. But yesterday Dirk Schmidt, author of “White Sharks”, has called for the immediate issuing of a high shark alert – saying the filming is attracting sharks to Cape Town’s popular beaches.
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Stay Tuned: SA’s “Shambolic” Digital Switch Over Pushed Back Again
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South Africa’s transition to full digital terrestrial broadcasting is one of those processes that one measures in aeons, like the lifespan of stars or the inexorable evolution of monkey-fish-frogs into homo sapiens. The Ministry of Communications released the latest twist in this lengthy tale this morning, so get your R700 Set Top Box fee ready while we explore Dina’s latest digital daydream, after the jump!
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Jimmy Manyi Wants To Control All Government Advertising
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s about monitoring and enforcing adherence to the “government brand”, Manyi says. The advertising of all government departments would likely be centralised in his office very soon. The predictable news emerged while Manyi was speaking at a community media indaba on Saturday.
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UK Paperback Sales Drop 25% Year-On-Year
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was only going to be a matter of time before we started seeing the real impact of e-readers on paperback sales. On top of the figure quoted in the headline above, industry analysts, Nielsen BookScan, say that overall, total book sales are down by 11 per cent, according to their latest figures.
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BREAKING: David Bullard Lays Criminal Charges Against Mondli Makhanya
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Former Sunday Times editor and chairperson of the South African National Editors Forum, Mondli Makhanya, has been charged with the criminal offences of forgery and uttering, fraud, and attempting to obstruct the course of justice. The charges were laid at Parkview SAPS. Click through for the whole story, including Bullard’s statement!
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Mind-Blowing TNT Public Advertising Is Mind-Blowing [VIDEO]
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A big, red push button was recently placed on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text “Push to add drama” invited people to use the button. The result is nothing short of mind-blowing. Find out what happened – after the jump!
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Tuks Student Accidentally Shoots Herself At Graduation Ceremony
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’ve heard of the saying, “don’t take a knife to a gunfight”, but taking a gun to your graduation ceremony is just plain ridiculous. A female student at the University of Pretoria was wounded yesterday when she sat down, only to have a gun go off inside her graduation gown. She was wounded in her stomach and is “seriously injured.”
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E-TV Journalists Detained In Swaziland
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to eNews Africa editor, Chris Maroleng, police in Swaziland have detained two journalists working for E-TV. It wasn’t immediately clear why they had been detained, but it was understood that the crew were on their way to report about marches taking place in the country.
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Security Guards Caught On Camera Beating Foreigners With Sjamboks [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Very disturbing video footage has emerged – involving security guards beating foreign nationals with sjamboks outside a home affairs office in Pretoria. The foreigners were waiting in a queue to renew their refugee papers.
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Murder Accused Claims Eugene Terre’Blanche “Sodomised” Him
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial resumed in Ventersdorp. One of the accused, Chris Mahlangu, claims that he killed the former AWB leader out of self-defense after being sodomised in his farmhouse. His excuse, however, was questioned in the High Court.
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Tech Report – How To Appear To Be In The Office When You’re In Bed
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Either side of New Year is quite loose when it comes to time at the office. Your boss will either be on holiday, or glad-handling some clients on the golf course, or something else as equally ridiculous. Instead of being in the office while the cat’s away, you’d rather be in bed, watching the test, […]
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Online Racism Could Land You In Jail: SA Law Firm
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fellow South Africans, the word is in! Don’t think that people being jailed for hate speech online is something that only happens overseas. According to a South African legal expert, we too can be prosecuted for “cyber smearing,” which can mean fines or even jail should you be caught. More on minding your netiquette, after the jump!
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Ex-Goldman Exec, Greg Smith, Secures $1,5 Million Deal To Write Book
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Greg has done it. He is now earning more than he would have been earning if he hadn’t exposed the rotten core of ethical detachment at Goldman Sachs. There was a bidding war for the rights to publish Greg’s memoir, and a division of the Hachette Book Group, Grand Central, outbid Penguin to get them.
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Sonny Bill Williams To Become A Stormer?
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
All Blacks star, and one of the most well known rugby players in the world at the moment, Sonny Bill Williams, wants to make Cape Town his home. His agent, who is currently in Cape Town, said Sonny is ready to discuss a possible contract with the Stormers. He could also climb into the boxing ring here as soon as November.
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Tech Report – Phone. Water. Fix!
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s nothing worse than the sickening feeling you get, when your phone slips out of your grasp and splashes into the pool, or a puddle, or God forbid, the toilet bowl. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be the end for your vital appendage. In this episode Seth shows you that if you […]
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Public Protector Appeals To MP’s Over Info Bill
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the public protector, Thuli Madonsela, wouldn’t outwardly say that the current tabulation of the Protection of Information Bill was unconstitutional, she did say MP’s could be spared the embarrassment of having it declared invalid by the courts if they rethought certain aspects of the bill.
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Google Launches Incredible Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to launch what will arguably become the most extensive online archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The free global access to photos, videos, letters and personal documents about his life and times will continue to expand as people across the world add their memorabilia to the archive.
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Candice Swanepoel Gets Revenge On School Bullies In Latest GQ Magazine (UK)
28 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Candice Swanepoel is in the latest issue of GQ Magazine (UK) as she explodes onto every page like some kind of celestial supermodel from another dimension. She also discusses the nasty cows at her school that used to tease her. But Candice was watching FTV every day and she thought, “screw them, because I’m going […]
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Dating Show Featuring “Undateable” Disabled People Draws Public Outcry [PICS]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An upcoming television show in the UK has sparked outrage because it appears to brand disabled people as “undateable”. The show will see case studies – including a guy with Down’s syndrome and a skateboarder with a facial disfigurement – paired with able-bodied people. But the creators have defended the title – saying it is merely a reflection of society’s own perceptions.
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Ex-Goldman Sachs Employee, Greg Smith, Shopping For Book Deal
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Greg Smith, the South African-born ex-Goldman Sachs executive who resigned this month, and went on to launch a scathing attack on Goldman’s culture in the New York Times, is seeking a deal to write a book about his experiences there.
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Chubby Contestant Stuns Simon Cowell On Britain’s Got Talent [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Inevitably, at some point during reality TV talent show auditions, a heavyset and/or ugly contestant will walk onto stage and be greeted with ridicule and laughter. But then said contestant opens his/her mouth, and everyone – including Simon Cowell – starts to cheer and cry hysterically. Step inside for that magical moment.
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Goldman Sachs Starts Scanning Emails For The Term “Muppet”
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After South African-born Greg Smith sent a scornful resignation op-ed to the New York Times last week, Goldman Sachs will now undertake a company-wide email review. They’ll be searching for terms like “muppet”, and other things that may help to reveal disgruntled employees.
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Tech Report – The Cure For The Shopping Mall Nightmare
22 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For some of us, shopping malls are the absolute worst. With queues and people breathing all over you, touching you, children, sticky ice-creams, screaming, and of course, the trauma of finding parking. In this episode Seth shows you how to avoid this nightmarish experience. *This insert was first published in December 2011 on ETV. […]
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