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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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SA Students Love Brands, Booze & Food: Study
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A recent study by South African student magazine, Student Village and the Department of Marketing and Retail Management at UNISA has shed some light on the consumer habits of South Africa’s 850 000 university, technikon- and college-going students. The skinny on South Africa’s student spending, after the jump!
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Cape Fugitive Captured
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A dramatic shoot-out and escape occurred at the Lansdowne police station in Cape Town’s southern suburbs, early on Sunday morning. Five suspects attempted to make a getaway before one of the men was shot dead, three were rearrested, and the fifth – one of the Cape’s most wanted criminals – got away. Thankfully, Igshaan Dyers, is now back behind bars.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rael Levitt Defies NCC Hearing / Arrest Threat
09 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
[image source : Russell Roberts – Sunday Times] The Sunday Times reported that former Auction Alliance boss, Rael Levitt would be arrested if he did not attend a hearing about alleged bidding irregularities. According to the writer who reported the story, Levitt had confirmed on the telephone that he was still in the United States – something […]
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Microsoft Kits Out A ’67 Mustang With Windows 8 & X-Box Kinect [VIDEO]
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Microsoft wants you to notice them too – which is why they’ve rolled out a Ford Mustang fitted with Kinect sensors, two Windows 8 tablets, projection screens, and a couple of other neat toys as a proof-of concept to inspire developers to build applications and automotive technologies with Microsoft in mind.
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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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The Stubble Billboard In Town – Pure Genius
05 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You might have caught this billboard in Cape Town CBD. It’s been created by our buddies over at Bletchley Park, for their client – Bronx Shoes. From the road it might just look like a guy with stubble. And what’s more, that stubble is in 3D. It actually comes out of the billboard. But wait, […]
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Nationwide Is Suing SAA, For R155 Million In Damages
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Domestically, SAA is at the top of the airline pecking order, an advantage which Nationwide Airlines is claiming they have abused. For that reason they’re suing them, to the tune of R155 million. That’s a lot of flights.
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Pinnacle Point Liquidation Inquiry Reveals Spicy Email Exchange With Consul-General
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A consul-general’s job, amongst other things, is to facilitate trade and friendship between citizens of two countries. Marie-May Kolsch, the Seychelles consul-general, may have taken that mandate a little too far, judging from some rather salacious communication between herself and a former director of the failed Pinnacle Point property group. An eyebrow-raising email exchange, after the jump.
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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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Rael Levitt’s Attorneys Refute Mail & Guardian Claims [Letter]
02 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
2oceansvibe has been forwarded a letter from Rael Levitt’s attorneys, Smiedt & Associates, refuting a recent Mail & Guardian article which claims that Levitt has been found guilty of the “Biggest White-Collar Crime In South African History.” Here is the letter: The Mail & Guardian has now removed the article.
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Unemployment Rates In Eurozone Continue To Climb – Spain’s Figures Hit The Roof
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re looking for a job, don’t even think seeking your fortune in Europe. Unemployment rates across the Eurozone – the countries which use the euro – continue to climb and in February were at their highest level since the introduction of the single currency in 1999. Spain has been worst hit, with the unemployment rate amongst its under-25 population rising to an alarming 50.5% in February.
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Qatar’s Police Force Rolls Out A Fleet Of Porsches [VIDEO]
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, it must be nice having the second-highest GDP per capita in the world, like Qatar does. That way you can afford to kit out your police force with an entire fleet of deeply sexy Porsche and VW vehicles, which you can send out on parades whenever you feel like it. Like in this insane video.
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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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Turkcell Sues MTN For $4,2 Billion
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Well, this doesn’t look good: Turkcell is suing MTN for $4,2 billion. Turkcell has decided to act on its claims that MTN bribed officials, arranged meetings between Iranian and South African leaders, and promised Iran weapons as well as UN votes, all in exchange for a licence to offer cellphone services in Iran.
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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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Nando’s Nails Helen Zille
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The above is in reference to Helen Zille’s recent “refugee” Twitter snafu. Keep up the fine work, ladies and gents.
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Awesome iPad Presentation Is Awesome [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Still don’t get why the iPad is the best tablet out there? Then check out this presentation by two Swedish magicians – their use of seven iPads, along with some old-fashioned trickery, should clear things up for you. Bucket loads of amazing are waiting for you – after the jump.
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South Africa’s Most Palatial Residence – Never Seen Before Photo Gallery – ENIGMA MANSION
28 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
[Available for rental or purchase exclusively through 2oceansvibe. Contact enigma@2oceansvibe.com] The Glen in Camps Bay is famous for being both wind-free and home to some of South Africa’s wealthiest individuals. It comes as no surprise that this magnificent newly-built palace (featured this morning on fashion blog popyacollar), is set right in the middle of the […]
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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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Matthew Bull’s Open Letter: Ad Industry Is Losing Talented Thinkers
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The advertising industry needs to “stop being stereotypical” about talent if it wants to retain it. That’s the opinion of Matthew Bull, former chairman of Lowe and Partners, founder of Lowe Bull agency in South Africa, and now a partner at The Bull-White House in New York. He’s written an open letter on the topic, in which he makes an interesting distinction between “wordthinkers” and “visualthinkers”.
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Bank War Continues As FNB Disputes Standard Bank’s Pricing Announcement
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A month ago the battle between FNB and Standard Bank was just heating up. Following Standard Bank’s complaints about FNB’s “misleading” advertising in February, the banks remain at loggerheads. In recent days FNB has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about its competitor, which it says is now attempting “to sell nonexistent products”.
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Llandudno Beach Is In Northern France. Wait, What?
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This gem popped up in our social media feed yesterday, courtesy of one humorous individual. It is a billboard that’s been displayed in London Underground stations, and it advertises cheap travel to France’s northern coast. But it’s clearly an image of Llandudno beach in Cape Town.
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Marshall Is Selling Mini-Fridges That Look Like Guitar Amps [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
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Cape’s Grand Prix Bid Being Stalled By Government
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The City of Cape Town could host a Formula One Grand Prix as early as 2014, if Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula would just agree to a meeting with the Cape Town Grand Prix SA organising committee.
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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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