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Business
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Zuma’s Nephew Charters R2,5M Jet To Sell Fake Gold Worth R7,000
16 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Jacob Zuma’s nephew, Khulubuse, and a business partner chartered a jet for R2,5 million to fetch R50 million in gold bars from Conakry, the capital of Guinea. However, on their return they found the “99.9% pure gold bars” were nothing more than copper and zinc knock-offs worth about R7,000. Eish.
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Everything You Need To Know About Floyd Mayweather’s Extravagant Lifestyle [GALLERY+VIDEO]
16 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather was victorious in his much anticipated fight this past weekend against Canelo Alvarez. Not only is he undefeated, but he is stinking rich and wants you to know how much money he has. It’s more than you can imagine. Check out this video of him counting $1 million on his private jet.
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Voting For The Top 10 Shortlist Of Hood 8 Has Opened!
13 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hood 8 is bordered by Roeland, Hatfield and Mill streets. Submissions for names have closed, and now it’s time to vote for the Top 1o shortlisted names! Voting for your favourite shortlisted name closes on 8 October 2013, with the big reveal happening on 24 October.
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If You’re Blowing Cash On Firewood Instead On Having It Delivered, You’re A Fool – Here’s Why
12 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’ve got one of those glass-door cast-iron fireplaces 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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House Of The Week: Let Us Introduce You To Your Summer Residence [GALLERY]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I’m not sure if you noticed this morning as you lolled about your satin sheets waiting for your servant-lover to bring you an espresso and a cornetto, but the sun is rising earlier of late. One might say that Spring is definitely sprung, which means one thing: you’re running out of time to find your summer residence. Aren’t you so lucky then that we took the time to find you a facemelting beach front villa for a nippy R29 million.
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Tech Report: Chemical LED Lights Could Be Eskom’s Saviour [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom has the very serious problem of trying to increase electricity output while managing the already stressed grid. Of course, they could do this by discouraging electricity use, but that would cause shrinkage in production and consumption, hurting our economy. Lucky for Eskom, a South African company called Illuminate is producing a light that will take a load off our electricity grid without asking us to turn off the lights
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Here Is Craft Beer’s First Billionaire
11 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Craft beer has made it’s first billionaire, and it’s Samuel Adams founder, Jim Koch. With the sales of Boston Beer doubling in the past year, the company is now the second largest American brewery. What’s even more amazing, is that these record sales happened at a time when the total beer sales in America fell two per cent. Not bad.
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Check Out This Hilarious Commercial Starring Rafa Nadal [VIDEO]
11 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal won his second US Open title on Monday night, and secured his 13th Grand Slam title. On Tuesday morning this piece of advertising gold hit the airwaves.
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These Guys Will Do Every Handyman Thing You Need. They’ll Even Get The Raw Materials #nobrainer
11 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
At 2oceansvibe we listen to our partners. That’s why we used Homefixers, who we found on Ledula.com. Homefixers can do anything from hanging blinds to building dry walls and impressing your wife.
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Russell Brand Was Barred From A GQ Awards After Party For This Joke [VIDEO]
10 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Russell Brand was kicked out of an after-party after accepting ‘The Oracle’ award at the GQ Men of The Year awards.
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Here It Comes: Instagram’s Plan To Sell Advertising
10 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The new Chief Operating Officer of Instagram is Emily White and surprise, surprise, she worked for Google – before moving on to Facebook, before moving on to Facebook’s new acquisition, Instagram. Here’s her plan to sell advertising within the next year.
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House Of The Week – But Why Wouldn’t You Drop R80 Million On A Clifton Superpad? [GALLERY]
05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If you’re living in a luxury apartment that you can control in entirety via the app on your iPhone or iPad, you should stop for a second and recognise that your life is pretty frigging sweet right now. Hell, you could control the house on the app from your restaurant-grade chef’s kitchen, or the shallow end of your heated rim pool overlooking the radlantic, or from the jacuzzi, or from in front of the fire place, or from…
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Rupert Murdoch Is Selling His (One) Yacht For R300 Million [GALLERY]
05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you are in the market for a boat, listen up, Rupert Murdoch is selling his yacht, and it could be yours for R300 million! Check out these photos of ‘Rosehearty’
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Candice Swanepoel Is The New Face Of Max Factor [Behind-The-Scenes Video]
05 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
South Africa and indeed the world’s number 1 supermodel, Candice Swanepoel, has taken her career to even greater heights. The Victoria’s Secret model has signed on as the new face of cosmetic giant, Max Factor.
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“Danger Equals Ratings” : Inside The World’s Most Dangerous Sailing Race – The America’s Cup [Video]
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The 34th America’s Cup finals are set to start on Sept. 7. The defending champions, Oracle Team USA (lead by Oracle founder Larry Ellison), will take on Emirates Team New Zealand. These teams have spent more than $100 million each, building the fastest sailboats the race has ever seen, the AC72.
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Everything You Want To Know About The American Express Black Card [INFOGRAPHIC]
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Everyone has heard of the ultra exclusive American Express Black card. Have you ever wondered how you can get your hands on one? Actually called the American Express Centurion Black card, it is available to users by invitation only. Now listen to this..
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Trailer For Downton Abbey Season 4 – Right Here – Enter Paul Giamatti [VIDEO]
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The season 4 trailer for Downton Abbey was released over the weekend, and we have it for you right here! The Countess of Grantham kicks it off with ”You have a straightforward choice, you must choose either death or life.”
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Jeff Bezos Hints At His Plans For The Washington Post
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jeffrey Bezos is one of the richest men in the world. He’s the CEO of Amazon and soon to be new owner of The Washington Post. We’re looking forward to see the changes he brings to the newspaper, aiming for what he calls a “golden era”.
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‘Secret Meetings Between Jacob Zuma And Atul Gupta’ Discussion [AUDIO]
03 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Deshnee Subramany and Mmanaledi Mataboge from Mail & Guardian discuss a former ANN7 editor who says he fears for his life. They discuss allegations of political interference at ANN7, threats against staff and secret meetings between Jacob Zuma and Atul Gupta.
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Golf Fans (And Everyone Else)You Need To Watch This: Dick Fowler, PI [Video]
03 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is the first episode of the amazingly hilarious Dick Fowler, PI series of commercials, commissioned by Farmers’ Insurance.
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Remember The Guy Who Bought Malema’s Mansion? He Can’t Afford It And Has Forfeited The R1 Million Deposit
03 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mr. Tloubatla successfully outbid several others to land the half-built house for a little over a million under its estimated worth. Super excited as he was he slapped down a R1 million deposit and started looking forward to a lavish lifestyle living in the mansion. Too bad he didn’t talk to his financial manager about it first. Four months after he won the bid he’s had to cancel it and forfeit the deposit due to lack of funds.
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Tune In To Our LIVE Interview With Greg Minnaar At 12 O’ Clock Today
02 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
World mountain bike champ, Greg Minnaar, will be on 2oceansvibe Radio today at 12 o;’ clock. So make sure you tune in to the Just Josie show at www.2ov.fm. Send questions for Greg to josie@2oceansviberadio.com or tweet to @2ovfm
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Poor People Have A Lower IQ Than You
02 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In the past, poverty has been blamed on the individual’s bad decisions, lack of motivation and personal issues. However, this study suggests its all got to do with the situation they’re in. Poverty leads to bad decisions, which leads to more poverty.
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Navy Defends Arms Deal – Does South Africa Really Need Frigates? [AUDIO]
02 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sarah Evans from Mail & Guardian discusses why the navy believes the country needs its multi billion-rand frigates, and what developments we can expect.
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House Of The Week – R56 Million Gets You A Plett Mansion With Direct Beach Access [GALLERY]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re going to sale across the ocean of life without a worry in the world, you need a very, very big ship. This place is so big it has a separate Aksa generator that keeps a battery backup system fully charged so that this home can run independently of any municipal services if necessary. Oh, and we forgot to mention – it has direct access to the beach. Just like a tiny cottage.
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This Parody Of Every Tech Ad Ever Made Is Genius [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember how bad the acting was in the last Samsung ad? College Humor has taken the liberty of summing up all the reasons why every tech ad you’ve ever seen is the same. There are a lot of bright lights, like a lot, and repetition, did we mention the bright lights? And check out all of these young people, they have really interesting and creative jobs.
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Tech Report – Keen To Trade? Get The Lowdown On eToro [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
eToro gives you the opportunity to cut your teeth in the world of stock trading by following and copying the trades of the users with the best results. And if you get to the point where you’re really good, you might find that thousands of people begin copying your trades
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UCT Gets A Considerable Mention In Hit Series ‘Suits’ [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Here’s something to show your Stellenbosch friends. Episode seven of the third series of smash hit legal series, Suits sets UCT as the background context for a character in that episode. As you’ll see in this clip, UCT gets airtime.
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Gupta-TV Anchor’s Priceless Reaction To Another Balls-Up, “Hayibo, Guys!” [VIDEO] #sobaditsgood
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Good morning. The sun has risen once more, so obviously there’s yet another balls-up from our favourite news channel, ANN7. Check it out. After the Gupta TV production team slipped up yet again and failed to play the audio for a segment, the on-screen presenter had enough. Instead of hearing music overlay of the news segment we hear a clearly frustrated, “Hayibo, guys!”
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The Billabong Brand Is Worth Nothing
28 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Australian surf brand, Billabong, has declared its flagship brand value to be zero. Four other brands the company now also values at nothing are: Element, Palmers, Beachculture and Amazon.
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