With the world gearing up for South Africa’s highest profile court case ever, the spotlight will be on Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa as she takes charge of Oscar Pistorius’ case. During her 15 year experience as a judge she has had many high profile cases but this one will be a greater challenge with world media looking on.
The tax man has his eyes set firmly on bikini model Candice Van Der Merwe. The SA model claims she received R168 million from an anonymous Arab benefactor, but SARS isn’t taking Candice on her word.
He might be this years forerunner for being the dumbest criminal. Not only did he post a video of himself racing through traffic on the San Antonio police department’s Facebook page, writing “Catch me if you can,” it was done under his name. It turns out the police could indeed catch the moronic Alberto Rodriguez.
For nine months the detectives investigating the Oscar Pistorius murder case, have been struggling with Pistorius’s iPhone. It is said that the country’s top police IT experts have had no success at gaining access to Pistorius’s iCloud account.
Two members of the Waterkloof Four have been re-arrested after a video was posted on the Internet, showing them having a party in Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru prison. They were re-arrested on claims of allegedly illegally smuggling in alcohol and cellphones into prison.
It didn’t take long for a porn company to offer the angel face killer Amanda Knox, a starring role in a porno. This came after countless fans emailed their favourite porn producers asking for Foxy Knox to appear and get her shag on in one of their films.
A video submitted to YouTube over the weekend purports to show luggage theft by a baggage handler on the afternoon of 7 February on the tarmac of Cape Town International Airport.
With the media interest around Woody Allen’s sexual abuse allegations going into top gear, Vanity Fair have published ’10 Undeniable Facts.’ about said allegations. Settle in.
With Woody Allen finally publicly responding to accusations that he molested Dylan Farrow, his alleged victim has responded, calling his article a “rehash of the same legalese, distortions, and outright lies he has leveled at me for the past 20 years.”
Often people ask what you would do after winning the Lotto. But here’s a new one – what would you do after you blew your winnings? Former multi-millionaire Dayalin Maslamoney has the answer… Rob someone for R250.
A peck on the cheek is all it took to nab a French jewel thief. DNA collected from when he kissed his hostage good-bye was enough to trace him down.
We’ve all received spam mail relating to something along the lines of a rich Nigerian Prince in dire need of your help to move funds out of the country. Well, this time it was a Nigerian engineer promising love, which left a grandmother dead.
Although this movie won’t be able to tell the full story, as it now seems far from over, it will make for interesting viewing. Starring Kate Beckinsale and Cara Delevingne. Check it out..
Woody Allen’s latest Oscar nomination has prompted his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, to write an open letter regarding the alleged sexual abuse claims that made headlines in 1993. Allen’s representatives have stated that he found the letter “untrue and disgraceful”.
Reports coming out of the UK are that murder-accused Shrien Dewani has lost his appeal against an extradition order that would see him flown to South Africa to stand trial for the 2010 murder of his wife, Anni Dewani. This, from EWN: In July 2013 Shrien Dewani lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court in […]
In case you were wondering how easy it is to heist a fast food joint, now you know. The 25-year-old male suspect allegedly asked for two cheeseburgers, pulled a toy gun on the unsuspecting cashier and made off with the contents of the till in his getaway car… sorry bicycle. He peddled away with R3,320 in cash, but left the cheeseburgers behind.
Nothing on the internet is safe, not even your Twitter handle. Naoki Hiroshima found this out when his websites and social media accounts were held for ransom by a hacker. All the hacker wanted in return was Hiroshima’s Twitter handle, @N, worth $50,000.
“I’d like to order a toy.” Would you like fries with your heroine? That’s right, a McDonald’s employee in Pittsburgh was selling heroine over the counter when you asked to order a toy. After ordering, users simply went to the first drive-through window to collect their hard drugs.
The Waterkloof Four have been slated for parole in February, according to the Correctional Services Department. Reinach Tiedt, Gert van Schalkwyk, Christoff Becker and Frikkie du Preez will be released together on 11 Febuary. The group was initially sentenced to 12 years each after murdering a homeless man in Eastern Pretoria in 2001.
Well this certainly isn’t going to do much good for global cyclist/motorist relations. Commuting by bicycle is becoming increasingly common in London (and Cape Town, for that matter), and the city has responded over the course of the last decade by installing dedicating bicycle lanes parallel to traffic. And that’s the place where confrontation between motorists […]
Yes, that is correct. Owing to the intense public interest in the murder trial of track star turned murder-accused, Oscar Pistorius, DSTV will run a 24-hour looping channel on their bouquet, dedicated to coverage of the subject. And yissie, are people are catching feelings over it. No! Just NO RT@officialtvsa: A dedicated Oscar Pistorius trial […]
As the revolution in Kiev gets uglier and uglier, a video has emerged of riot police making a detained protestor strip and stand naked in the snow while they photograph him.
The Justin Bieber edition of the child-star-goes-crazy syndrome is officially underway, as the Canadian singer was arrested in Miami on Thursday morning.
The well-worn path of child-star-to-trainwreck has claimed another victim. Pop sensation Justin Bieber has emerged on the business end of puberty with a possible drug addiction, and an arrest for driving under the influence, and – wait for it – drag racing.
With each passing day, what started as a simple protest in Kiev is swiftly morphing into a full-blown revolution. Anti-government protestors, initially protesting against widespread corruption, are now angered by a trade deal that tilted Ukraine back toward Russia and away from further integration with the European Union
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the FLDS, is one of the most secretive and mysterious cults in America.
That’s right! We have a new world leader in the dumbest-ever-password category. And it’s… Well, its pretty daft.
This one is not for the squeamish. A team of world-renowned forensic experts have found what they’re calling “direct evidence of systematic torture and killing” by Bashar al-Assad’s gruesome regime.
When the authorities raided Justin Bieber’s home, they came back with quite the haul. Among all the cocaine, codeine, sizzurp and marijuana, they also found some nude photos. Apparently, the Biebs is properly addicted to a prescription drug called Actavis prometh, which he mixes with codeine and cough syrup in order to get a fix.
The apparently secure credit card details of almost half the Korean population have been swiftly stolen and sold to marketing firms