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SOLD: Independent Newspapers For R2 Billion
18 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Independent News and Media (INM), the Irish publishing group, has sold its South African unit, Independent Newspapers SA to Sekunjalo Independent Consortium, owned by philanthropist Iqbal Surve, for a cool R2 billion. This after the group announced in July of last year it had appointed advisers to look into the various options for the South African unit. The Irish […]
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Michael Jordan Made $80 Million Last Year – He’ll Make Much More In 2013
18 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Michael Jordan celebrated his half-century this last Sunday. And $80 million more in the bank. After his retirement 10 years ago, Forbes reports that the Jordan brand (a division of Nike) still scores him $80 million a year, along with his corporate partners Gatorade, Hanes, Upper Deck and the Bobcats, to name a few. In […]
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Radvertising: Episode 9 Of The Tropika “Kagiso’s Island of Treasure” Web Series [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When last week’s episode ended with Kagiso’s crew walking out on him in the midst of one of his little tirades, I was convinced this week’s episode would take us back to the look & feel of Episode 1. I was expecting silly physical humour. Boy was I wrong. The second last episode of Kagiso’s […]
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Oscar Pistorius Makes Front Page Headlines Across The Globe [PICS]
15 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Oscar Pistorius made front page headlines across the world during last year’s Olympic Games. Now he’s back at it again, for all the wrong reasons and even more prominant than bafore. Click to see the biggest names in global news featuring Pistorius as their main front page headline yesterday.
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SA Blocks Total Ban On Rhino Trophy Exports, As 2013 Death Toll Nears 100
14 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
South Africa has halted the total ban on rhino trophies, while 96 Rhinos have already been poached in South Africa this year. The United Nations Wildlife Trade Regulator (CITES) secretariat’s proposal halting the trade of rhino trophies and rejecting rhino products, is now being backed by Government. Environment Minister, Edna Molewa said in a statement, […]
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You Don’t Need R30 Million To Get The Best Position In Clifton [GALLERY]
14 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Take this large 5-bedroom family home in Clifton, for example. It’s on at R27.5 million. And you just know that the owner will probably accept R25 million for a cash offer. Surely? Click for photos.
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Pay With A Hashtag, Thanks To Amex And Twitter
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Twitter and American Express (Amex) have collaborated to make an online shopping cart, via Twitter. You’ll first need to sync your Amex to twitter. The twitter account has to be public and no prepaid or corporate American Express cards are compatible. You tweet the appropriate product hashtag and the @AmexSync twitter account will tweet a confirmation hashtag […]
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Ramphele Resigns From Gold Fields – Clears The Way To Announce New Political Party?
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Anti apartheid activist, Mamphela Ramphele resigned as chairwoman of the Gold Fields Mining yesterday. This news only fuels the fire that Ramphele is starting her own political party to challenge the country’s ruling African National Congress. According to Gold Fields, Ramphele retired “to further her socio-economic and political work.” Speculation went into overdrive when Ramphele visited […]
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Today’s Excellent Spoof Ad – Are You Ironic? Do You Have A Beard? You May Be Suffering From “Hipster” [VIDEO]
12 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Okay, look, it isn’t very funny to poke fun at hipsters anymore, seeing as the term is roughly 40 years old already. Apart from that, it has been done to death. You can’t even poke fun at hipsters in an ironic, self-reflexive way anymore. So this video is really late to the party, and should […]
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The New Liqui-Fruit BlackBerry Flavour Ads Are Puntastic!
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Liqui-Fruit has released a new BlackBerry flavour, and to promote it they’ve made excellent use of an extended visual pun, working off the base that BlackBerry is the name of a famous cell phone brand, but also happens to be a fruit (and fruit juice flavour). Thus spake the Liqui-Fruit brand manager, Karen Veysey: To […]
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House Of The Week: R4 Million Gets You A Cape Cod Style Pad With Unobstructed Views In Pringle Bay
07 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once you buy this four bedroomed en-suite abode, you and your mates can braai, stargaze and streak the beach of Pringle Bay as often as you like. The huge open plan living, dining and kitchen area will accomodate simultaneous poker tournaments and hotwings production. Yes, this pad has all the modern high quality finishes that you […]
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Bad Luck Makes Burger Queen America’s Youngest Woman Billionaire
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thirty year old Lynsi Torres is thought to be America’s youngest woman billionaire since becoming president and owner of the popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out Burger. After her uncle died in a plane crash, her father died of a drug overdose and her mother’s death in 2006, Lynsi fell next in line to inherit […]
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Google Goes All Out With Their Radical New Offices In Tel Aviv [PICS]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Google set up new offices in Tel Aviv at the end of last year, putting any other cool office layout you have ever seen to shame. Going to work takes on a whole new meaning when you can spend your time in office space like this. Trees, picnic tables and a super tube are just […]
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Radvertising: Episode 8 Of The Tropika “Kagiso’s Island of Treasure” Web Series [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the few things pretty much everyone in the world knows about Jamaica is that it produced Bob Marley, who sported the world’s most famous dreadlocks and also made some music you may be familiar with. Kagiso’s decided to get serious about his little Jamaican documentary and so he’s taken his crew to the […]
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Beggars Make Up To R500 A Day – Study
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
White beggars make between R50 to R500 a day, according to a trade union Solidarity study carried out last year. But 78% of beggars would like to work but do not have the education to back them. Almost 60% of the beggars interviewed in November and December – in the Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and […]
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5 Must-Have Apps To Boost Productivity And Streamline Your Online Life
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The simplest way to lead a productive lifestyle is to form good habits, like having a set time to drink your morning flat white or for uploading your cat photos on to Instagram. For a lot of us, most of our time is spent online so it makes sense to streamline that vibe. Please enjoy […]
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Will Dell Be Sold For $24 Billion?
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If this goes ahead, it will be the biggest company buyout since the financial crisis of the late 2000’s hit. A Dell Inc buyout deal currently floated would see the company flogged for near to $24 billion, with share prices valued between $13,50 to $13,75. Michael Dell, founder and Cheif Executive wants to privatise the […]
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The Best And Worst Of The 2013 Super Bowl – Ads And Trailers [VIDEOS]
04 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
No one actually watches the Super Bowl for the futball, do they? For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy our selection of favourite TV ads and movie trailers from Super Bowl 2o13. 1. Every year Dorito’s runs a competition called the “Crash the Super Bowl Contest”. This year, their Goat 4 Sale ad came in at […]
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Convert And Transfer Any Video File To Your iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, Android, Playstation And More
04 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A buddy of mine gave me a hard drive with some video files on it. Most were AVI file format. I told him I converted them to work on my Apple TV and he got very excited. So just in case, here it is for you..
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Mail & Guardian ‘Newsroom’ Show – Live On 2ov Radio Every Monday 9 – 10am
03 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The M&G Newsroom on Monday morning, kicks off with a look at the top stories from Friday: Mac Maharaj’s tender kickbacks and heavy metals having an influence on crime. Your hosts Mmanaledi Mataboge and Amanda Strydom take a closer look at the latest Afcon news and break down the big stories of the week.
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House Of The Week – KZN’s North Coast Hits Another One Out The Park
31 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh please don’t be so forward. We’re not allowed to show how much we like it when you flirt with us. Ordinarily you’d have to marry the heir to an air conditioning empire to afford this kind of abode, but at a tidy R8,9 million this sexual dwelling in the Simbithi Eco Estate is well […]
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South African National Blood Service Ad Successfully Evokes Guilt Trip [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The SANBS has less blood in it than a character with a high fever from a Victorian novel. Blood shortage is a chronic, and very serious problem in South Africa. The problem is, it’s a hard task getting us to care about the situation. We’re currently rolling with 2,6 days worth of reserve stock – […]
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Radvertising: Episode 7 Of The Tropika “Kagiso’s Island of Treasure” Web Series [VIDEO]
30 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’ve been waiting weeks and finally it’s here: in Episode 7 of Kagiso’s Island of Treasure, Kagiso Lediga finally goes head to head with Jamaican Olympian Yohan “The Beast” Blake! I’ve been hoping for weeks that he’d be bringing his sharpest one-liners to this particular interview and he doesn’t disappoint in this extended interview. Yohan […]
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Michael Jordaan Resignation Rumours, As FNB Bends For ANC
28 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
In a move described by the DA as “inappropriate groveling,” the ANC and FNB released a joint statement following their emergency meeting, which may have resulted in FNB CEO Michael Jordaan’s resignation.
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Skyfall Is Still Printing Cash At The South African Box Office
28 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest Bond movie iteration is about to make it across the R35 million line at the South African box-office. Skyfall is now not only the biggest Bond movie ever (internationally-speaking), but also the biggest film of all time for the local distributers, SPRI (Sony Pictures Releasing International). Skyfall kicked off with a record-breaking opening […]
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SAA In Food Waste Row
28 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to a report yesterday, employees of Air Chefs, a division of SAA, and the supplier of catering to the airline, are facing disciplinary action following the discovery that they dumped huge amounts of food.
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Not One Of The ZigZag Judges Voted For The Playboy Models – Official Statement
28 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
In case you missed it, two Playboy models were bounced from the finalists’ list of Miss ZigZag 2013, even though they got the most online votes. Turns out public votes counted 40% so they would need just one of the judges’ votes to get through. Alas..
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SA Camera Launches The Exclusive Discounted 2oceansvibe Video Production Kit! (Save 10 Grand – Incl. Canon 6D)
25 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 10 Comments
Online video production has taken the internet, and indeed the world, by storm. So much money is being poured into this fast-growing industry, that anyone with an inkling of creativity wants to get on board, and the kit ain’t cheap. That’s why we teamed up with SA Camera to give you this!
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The Retroviral Year In Review Video For 2012 Makes You Feel Warm And Fuzzy About Advertising [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our friends over at Retroviral celebrated their second full year of taxable business at the end of 2012. And to mark the ocassion, they made this delightful video, which you should watch.
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Radvertising: Online Dating Website’s ‘Cheating Wife Caught Out’ Viral Ad [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A video has surfaced online of a scorned farmer dumping a tractor-load of horse manure on his cheating wife’s beloved convertible. He does this after apparently discovering her profile on a dating website.
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