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Yeah Right – Lottery Winner Says She’s Not Moving Out Of THIS House [PIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
An unemployed woman from Northern Ireland bought a Euromillions lottery ticket “on the spur of the moment”. She just won over R450 million rand. HALF A BILLION.
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New Corruption Index Shows SA Alongside Serbia And Brazil
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the ANC was busy pointing fingers at Thuli Madonsela for leaking the Nkandla report, South Africa slipped to its lowest-ever spot on the global corruption charts.
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This Is Why Amazon’s Drone Plans Aren’t So Stupid
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A lot of people are talking about Jeff Bezos’ plans for the delivery methods of Amazon, and “drone” has become something of a buzzword. So you should know that Amazon’s new PrimeAir service wont actually be using drones. They’ll be using robots.
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“The System Will Collapse” – Should You Buy An E-Tag? #etolls [AUDIO]
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cosatu seems confident that civil disobedience will prevent the success of e-tolling, while the DA remains firm on its stance, that it can stop the system if elected into government. We talk to M&G associate editor Phillip De Wet about the likelihood of these campaigns succeeding, and whether Johannesburg motorists should purchase e-tags.
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This Is Why Amazon.com Is Setting Up Call Centres In Cape Town
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In 2010, Amazon set up a call centre in Cape Town to service British, American and German clients. It was quite cool, you know, being an essential part of an international, first-world-run industry. That is, until you learn the real reason they came here.
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Radvertising: Nando’s Punishes Sanral With Genius Ad #etolls [PIC]
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Nandos have nailed it, once again by channeling the age old philosophy that you ought to at least buy someone dinner before you screw them. This ad was in most of Johannesburg’s daily papers this morning. [Pic : Twitter]
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Can’t Explain Bitcoins To Your Mates? Here’s A Helpful [VIDEO]
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever since their introduction to the WWW, we’ve been posting a lot of stories about Bitcoin. But what is Bitcoin, and how does it work? New York-based director and designer Duncan Elms has directed and animated an amazing short motion infographic explaining Bitcoin in detail.
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Radical Story About A Man’s Life Of Poverty Instead Of Wealth, After Being Switched At Birth
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
60 years ago, two children were born in the same hospital. One of them had rich parents – the other had poor parents. In a cruel twist of fate, the children were swapped by the hospital staff.
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Inside Tencent – The Chinese Company That Makes Naspers The Most Money
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chinese Company Tencent is bigger than YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter combined, with a market capitalization of $57 billion. It is also the company that makes billions of rands each year for Naspers and Koos Bekker.
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The Lottery Winners Curse: Another Marriage Crumbles..
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was just last week that we posted a story about how a lotto-winning couple’s relationship was destroyed – and now yet another couple is finding it hard to be happy after winning the lotto.
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If You’re In Your 30s, You’ll Love This #bobjunior #bobt
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Get ready for this trip down memory lane. Remember BOB T savings cards? And how special they made you feel? Turns out they’re still around.
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The Nkandla Report Is Finished – And So Is Brother Jacob
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thuli Madonsela, you biscuit. The public protector’s provisional Nkandla report has found that our president has “derived substantial personal benefit from works that exceeded security needs,”and must repay the state.
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House Of The Week: Actually It Is That Place In The Yellow Circle For 25 Bar [GALLERY]
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yep. Which means that you have exactly zero properties obstructing your view of the coastal fynbos, the ocean, and the beasts therein. Added bonus if your surname is Jones, because people will most definitely be attempting to keep up with you if you own this place.
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The DA Finally Agrees On What It Thinks Of Race [AUDIO]
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Democratic Alliance held its first policy conference over the weekend, and decided that race was a “legitimate proxy” for redressing apartheid legacy. We speak to the opposition party’s deputy federal chairperson Makashule Gana about its views on race in South Africa and redress policies.
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There’s A Hard Drive In A Dump Filled With R60 Million Worth Of Bitcoins
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finding Bitcoins in a rubbish heap is a lot harder than finding a needle in a haystack. James Howell found this out the hard way when he accidentally threw out his Dell hardrive containing 7 500 Bitcoins, worth R60 million.
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Wow – People Are Getting Thrown Out Of Restaurants For Wearing Google Glass
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
While the sight of someone wearing Google Glass is still strange enough to get you noticed, American Nick Starr didn’t realise it would get him kicked out of a restaurant.
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Tech Report: Uber Is The Renaissance For Taxi Cabs
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
That’s right, kids. Not “revolution”. It’s “the Renaissance”, and Uber gets to claim that title because it was the first service to take pretty much every problem associated with catching a cab, and solve it elegantly with software. Check out our insert, below.
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95,000 Sign Petition To Change Script And Save TV Cartoon Character
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
‘Family Guy’ fans are up in arms after a recent episode saw one of their star characters, Brian, run over and killed-off the show by a car.
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The Kremlin Insist Louis Vuitton Removes This Giant Suitcase
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russia may have a lot of political baggage – but this is just silly. A giant, two-storey designer Louis Vuitton suitcase was erected on the red square, just metres away from Vladimir Lenin’s sacred mausoleum – where the mummified body of the mastermind of the Bolshevik Revolution remains.
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Report Reveals Surprising Truth About SA Mobile Prices
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While popular rhetoric insists that low-end mobile subscribers in SA are getting a raw deal, that belief has been debunked by a “secret” report.
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Yes, You Can Buy Beer From The Hindenburg Disaster
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Hindenburg passenger airship crash was a disaster – but from its ashes rose a beer miracle. It seems that scorched, unopened beer from the Lowenbray brewery survived the plane crash and is going up for auction.
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Don’t Spend Your Summer Buying Wood At The Shops – Click Here To Get It Delivered
27 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
I’ve got a double side-by-side fireplace vibe going at The Residence, and I’ve been spending a small fortune on wood from the shops. Not anymore. Now I get it delivered – for less..
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Making Bank: This 87-Year-Old Woman Is The Oldest Newcomer To The Forbes List
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ginette Heibron Moulin is 87 years old, and she just made bank in a very, very big way – making her the oldest newcomer to the Forbes list in history.
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Another Company Falls Prey To A Massive BitCoin Cyber-Heist
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
BIPS is one of the largest European Bitcoin payment processors. And just last week, they were the victim of a huge Bitcoin heist, which saw them lose 1,295 Bitcoin – currently worth R10 million.
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You Can Stay As You Are For The Rest Of Your Life, Or You Can Be A Billionaire
27 Nov 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
That is the spirit that roars inside all of us who play the overseas lotteries regularly. And even moreso today, as tickets are selling online for Friday’s R2.3 Billion US Megamillions lotto draw.
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Mashable’s Top 15 Apps For Entrepreneurs
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Once we’ve filled our phones with apps, we tend to not bother searching for new, innovative ones. Which is why Mashable asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs about their most useful, yet underrated apps.
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Samsung Responds To Penis Billboard Accusations
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A few days ago, a typo on a Samsung billboard in London caught the attention of the internet thanks to the accidental inclusion of the word, “penis”. Obviously.
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CLEVER: British Airways Takes Billboard Advertising To The Next Level [VIDEO]
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
British Airways, in partnership with Ogilvy UK, have launched a staggering new campaign, called “Look up.” In so doing, they’ve revolutionised the way we see billboards, and other airlines will be kicking themselves for not doing this first.
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Samsung Billboards ‘Penis’ Spelling Error Goes Viral
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
There are many ways of using a billboard to attract the attention of potential customers. Whether this was a deft marketing ploy or sheer idiocy, we will never know.
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Local Soap Star Fired For Not Endorsing A Bank On Isidingo
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A loyal Isidingo cast member has reportedly been fired because he refused endorse a bank, whose name was included in his lines.
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