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Business
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SABC Approves 24-Hour News Channel Launch Date
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The SABC has had plans to launch a new channel for a while. It has now announced that its new channel will again attempt an April 1 launch. And no, that’s no April Fool’s joke like last time. They’re serious this time. The channel will be a 24-hour news channel, and will be launched in conjunction with MultiChoice.
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Watch The Simpsons Take On Game Of Thrones [VIDEO]
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch as two of TV’s hottest properties mash up in a glorious homage of one opening sequence to another!
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Tech Report – Track The Track
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We all know how annoying it is when you get a snippet of a song stuck in your head and it plays in a loop. Try as you might, you just can’t get rid of it and you have no idea how to identify it, until slowly, it begins to drive you mad. Don’t sweat. […]
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Mandela And Zuma To Face Aurora Music
06 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The liquidators of Aurora Empowerment Systems, which is accused of asset-stripping bankrupt Pamodzi Gold, amongst other dubious activities, will lay charges of fraud this week against Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Zondwa. President Jacob Zuma’s nephew should probably also look forward to facing some music.
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Former Policeman And Suspected Rhino Poaching Kingpin Arrested
05 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It would appear that authorities are finally starting to make serious inroads into the rhino horn trafficking underworld. A suspected kingpin, and former Mpumalanga police officer, was arrested on Friday in Hazyview. He was found with four rhino horns, and over R60 000 in his possession.
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iPad 3 Specifications Spotted In The Wild
05 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s less than a week to go until the iPad 3 is unveiled, so everybody and their grandma is throwing out thoughts about what the new toy can do. Concrete stats are emerging though – Apple employees have been browsing the web with their personal iPad 3’s, turning up details about the new tablet on website server logs.
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SA Woman Paralysed By “Bad Cocaine” To Return Home
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kathryne Fuller, 29, will be returning home to South Africa. She was charged with possession of cocaine in Uganda after she took the contaminated substance with Amazing Race producer, Jeff Rice, last month. Rice died, and Fuller was left paralysed on the right side of her body. She pleaded guilty to the charge, and paid a $420 fine to avoid imprisonment.
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Nando’s Makes Its Final Pronouncement On Malema
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Good work, guys. Good work. [Thanks, Mike!]
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Occupy Chapman’s Peak Going To Court
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Hout Bay Residents’ Association will apply for a court interdict to stop construction on the Chapman’s Peak toll plaza in Cape Town, it has been confirmed. Construction has begun at the site, and lawyers representing the movement have been drawing up the interdict to halt the R54 million project.
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Dutch Launch Mobile Euthanasia Unit
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That’s right, dying just got even easier, if you live in the Netherlands. The Levenseindekliniek, or Life-end clinic, has launched the country’s first mobile euthanasia unit that will come to you if you have been given approval to die.
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New Gorillaz Music Video (Featuring Andre 3000) Goes Viral [VIDEO]
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The music video for “DoYaThing” — the new collaboration between the Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy – dropped yesterday, as part of Converse’s ongoing “3 Artists, 1 Song” campaign. The promo track was released along with the limited edition Chuck Taylor All Star Gorillaz Collection, which is on sale now.
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Absa, Nedbank, FNB And Investec Stop Doing Business With Auction Alliance
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Pending the outcome of investigations into claims of staff receiving kickbacks for preferential treatment, Absa, Nedbank, First National Bank and Investec have all stopped doing business with Auction Alliance. The latest development comes after news broke earlier in the week, that Auction Alliance CEO, Rael Levitt, had relinquished his post.
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Nando’s Predicts Julius Malema’s Fate Three Months Before The Fact
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last night saw the expulsion of Julius Malema, along with some of his brothers-in-arms, from the ANC. Now might be a good time to sit back and reflect on this prophetic Nando’s poster, released in November last year, that now rings truer than ever. The headline reads: “Juju, you’ve been served.” While the body copy […]
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BREAKING: James Murdoch Steps Down
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
James Murdoch has stepped down as Executive Chairman of News Corp to “focus” on his position as Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the same company. When kitchens get hot, people get the hell out. Click though for the full statement by News Corporation.
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Nokia Releases 41-Megapixel Camera Phone Images Shot In The Western Cape [GALLERY]
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Instagram addicts, it’s time to have a good look at your new competition: the Nokia Lumia 808. On Monday, we introduced you to one of the most talked about gadgets to come out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Without further ado, here’s a glimpse of what the Nokia Lumia 808 PureView, and its 41-megapixel camera, is capable of.
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Four SANParks Officials Arrested In Connection With Rhino Poaching
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
It’s difficult to act surprised at the announcement from SANParks this morning, stating that four Kruger National Park wildlife officials were arrested yesterday in connection with rhino poaching activities. There are such large amounts of money involved with the rhino poaching syndicates, and just too many closely related coincidences, for there not to have been someone involved on the inside.
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Apple’s iOS Lets Developers Access Your Photos & Videos
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s iOS has been under fire for allowing third-party apps to access users’ location data and contacts without permission – and now it looks like photos and videos have been compromised too. The New York Times used a test app to prove that the security software had a giant loophole in its privacy settings.
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Twitter Unlocks The Tweet Archives
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the first time ever, researchers will now be able to access extensive historical Twitter data. Previously, only the preceding 30 days of tweets were available for companies to search. The new move means that trend analysts and companies looking for specific insight will now be able to access tweets dating back two years.
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What Does This Traffic Light Signal Mean?
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Capetonians: on Janssens Road, in Tableview, near the bike shop, this traffic light is sporting a new “green” signal. Apparently, this isn’t the first traffic light that’s been sporting this kind of “green” signal either.
[Thanks, Jake R]
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A Sequel To The Infamous “Papa Wag Vir Jou” Drunk-Driving Campaign Is Out [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Did you know that Shrien Dewani’s lawyer used the previous advert to try and convince a court that South African jails were dangerous and that he shouldn’t be extradited from Britain to face trial for allegedly killing his wife Anni? The sequel, which aired last night for the first time, is bound to instil yet more fear in drunken drivers’ minds.
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Tech Report – Prevent Online Embarrassment
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s common knowledge that job recruiters are increasingly scanning through your online presence, before considering you for a job. Seth shows us how to prevent any online embarrassments, with a few nifty apps that erase evidence of last night’s shenanigans.
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Siri To Power Mercedes-Benz Car Systems
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey, future. Mercedes-Benz unveiled plans yesterday to use Siri – the virtual assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S – to power its new A-class electronics system, called “Drive Kit Plus,” which will allow drivers to access their iPhone apps using voice commands. In case you ever feel like updating your Twitter status while driving something sexy.
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Young Carrie Bradshaw Cast In Sex And The City Prequel
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The CW network in the States has released a much anticipated nugget of casting news related to their hotly-awaited prequel series to HBO’s smash hit, Sex and the City. Ladies and… er, some gentlemen, meet young Carrie Bradshaw!
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Nokia Unveils 41-Megapixel Camera Phone
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is no error in that headline – Nokia has really just unveiled the PureView 41-megapixel-sensor camera in one of its new smartphones – the Lumia 808. Additionally, the device has extremely good sound recording capabilities and will also allow the user to capture video content in full HD.
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Lions Supporter With Swastika Tattoo Spotted On TV
27 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
Just in case you missed the TV coverage of the Lions vs. Cheetahs game on Saturday, this supporter featured during the coverage. Someone took a photo of him and the photo has been doing the rounds on Twitter. We have been sent it by no less than six different people, so please stop. Here it […]
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Rare 19th Century Foundations Found In Cape Town
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Contract archaeologist, Katie Smuts, said on Friday that she estimated the foundations were constructed between 1830 and 1850, and that archaeologists were trying to determine their significance. Smuts jokingly compared that the styles revealed on the porcelain artefacts they found helped determine their age because it was similar to comparing the styles that hipsters wore on their clothes in the year 2012.
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The 2012 Budget Speech – Broken Down For You, The Consumer
24 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Every year at Budget Speech time, South Africans get concerned with how much we’ll have to cough up for petrol and beer in the year to come. These are worthy concerns, but there’s much more to the budget says Karin Muller, Head of Growth Market Solutions at Sanlam. For starters, tax changes affect how much […]
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TIME Magazine Nails It With North Korean Leader Cover
24 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
I just downloaded the latest issue of TIME Magazine on my iPad 2 (get yours here), using the TIME Magazine app (available in the US iTunes store – get your US iTunes account -no credit card necessary – here) and I had a good chuckle at the cover. They are now referring to the son […]
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Nude Domestic Worker Service Now Available
24 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Jean-Paul Reid was an unemployed Cape Town accountant, until he came up with the idea that people might like it if their domestic worker worked in the nude. He’d sold off pretty much everything he owned in his flat, except his laptop and 3G device. Then he created a website for his concept, and struck gold.
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Beware The ‘Googlighting’ Stranger, Microsoft Vs Google [VIDEO]
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Microsoft has launched a fascinating attack on Google Apps. In this instalment, Microsoft uses the American television series, Moonlighting, which aired during the mid 1980’s, to give us the spoof: Googlighting. Microsoft asks: “What happens when the world’s largest ad sales business tries to sell productivity software on the side?” It’s Microsoft Office versus Google Apps.
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