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Crime
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Bad Brad Murder Charge
30 Nov 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 29 November 2010: Former Big Brother celebrity Bradford Wood at the Benoni Magistrate court in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was granted bail for his alleged role in the death of several illegal miners on 29 November 2010. Wood and four others face murder charges after four illegal miners were shot […]
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Glenn Agliotti – Good Times
18 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Glenn Agliotti, accused of involvement in the murder of failed mining magnate Brett Kebble, at the Johannesburg High Court on 17 November 2010. Arguments were heard for the dismissal of the charges against Agliotti, which include a charge of murder, one of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. (Photo by Gallo […]
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Great Job, Freedom Of Speech: Man Convicted For “Menacing” Tweets
12 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Paul Chambers, a 27-year-old UK accountant has been charged with and convicted of making “menacing” Teets. He had hoped that the case would be dismissed as the stupid prank that it was – and angled for a knocked down £1,000 fine. Instead, Judge Jacqueline Davies had his appeal dismissed on every count. Sorry, what?
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So The Internet Isn’t Public Domain, Apparently
05 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A blog post written by Monica Gaudio was copied entirely and published in a for-profit magazine, Cook’s Source, without permission or payment. On contacting the publication, Ms. Gaudio was informed that “the web is considered ‘public domain'” and that she should compensate Cook’s Source for editing her work. Things have not gone well for Cook’s Source since then.
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Tuesday Toke: California Votes On Proposition 19
02 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Assuming the stoners of California remember to leave the house today, they’ll vote – successfully – to pass Proposition 19, which will legalize marijuana in the state. If this passes, the next Golden Globe will go to a daytime cartoon, obesity rates will triple and the hacky-sack industry will become an economic powerhouse.
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Meet Guadalupe’s 20-Year-Old Police Chief
21 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marisol Valles, 20-year-old criminology student, recently became police chief of Guadalupe, one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico – because no-one else wanted the job. Guadalupe is second only to Juarez in terms of violence; Valles was “the only person willing to accept the position.”
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Breaking News: Stay The Heck Away From St Georges Mall
21 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Unless you have a penchant for getting shot in the face. Details are hazy, but word on the street is of an armed robbery in St Georges Mall, Cape Town, which is alleged to have spun slightly more out of control into a hostage drama. One shot was heard. Links to real time reports after the jump. [UPDATE: The perp is on the run]
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Right To Know Campaign On 2oceansvibe Radio
19 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you value your freedom of speech, you may want to get involved in voicing your disapproval against The Man’s attempts to throw a black curtain over every mote of data it feels tetchy about. If you couldn’t be bothered to pipe up, then I suppose you won’t be losing much in the transition to a police state, anyhow. That’s right kids, we’re talking about the Secrecy Bill.
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Book Review : ‘Steeped In Blood’ – David Klatzow
17 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As one of South Africa and the world’s greatest forensic scientists, David Klatzow shouldn’t require much introduction. His most recent big headline had to do with the killing of Brett Kebble. For it was David Klatzow that blew the case open, with the revelation of an assisted suicide. this guys has seen it all. Book review after the jump.
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Facebook Founder Supports The Reefer
11 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Facebook founder, Sean Parker, has donated $100,000 in support of California’s Proposition 19. Proposition 19 being the controversial measure than Californians will vote on next month which will decide whether or not to legalise marijuana.
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Just Look At This Video Of Kids Tripping Out
11 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Just look at it. Kids, music, drugs, concerned parents, American news networks, middle America – it’s all there. This report cries foul on i-dosing (not an Apple product), whereby ne’er-do-well teenagers whittle away their misspent youth getting high on binural frequencies. I’m calling BS on this one. [VIDEO]
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Google Street View – Finding Penguins And Corpses
08 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Great Tripod on a Prius has made it’s way to Brazil, not long after wizzing by 2ov’s HQ in the Cape Quarter, I’ll have you know. But, as inevitable as portraits of maniacal bergies on the Cape Town records of Google Street view, corpses have begun popping up at an alarming rate as the Street View car chugs through Brazil, and specifically, Rio de Janeiro.
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Trader To Pay Largest Fine In French History
06 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jerome Kerviel, the rogue French futures trader who almost single-handedly caused a stock market meltdown, has been found guilty of breach of trust, forgery and entering false computer data. The sentence passed down by the judge is being described by commentators as “pant-wetting”.
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LONG WALK TO ARMS DEALS
28 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The film rights to Nelson Mandela’s bestselling biography, Long Walk to Freedom, have been sold to South African film producer, Anant Singh. This is the same man who produced such gems as: Mr Bones Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past Mama Jack Wulin Warriors: Legend of the Seven Stars So prospects are looking good […]
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ATUL GUPTA ARRESTED – LET’S HOPE THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO SIDES TO THIS STORY
27 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mustache = Totally legit The publisher of the New Age newspaper, which launches next month and has been billed as a staunch pro-ANC mouthpiece, was arrested this weekend.
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HOUT BAY HULLABALOO
21 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Twitter is abuzz with realtime reports of clashes between police and residents of Hangberg, in Hout Bay. News24’s Dan Calders is on the ground, posting an up to the minute photo essay on Twitter. Eye witnesses have reported plumes of smoke rising from the area, and police firing rubber bullets at residents, who are firing […]
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PIGSPOTTER: THE HUNTED TWEETER
16 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Johannesburg saint tweeter, @PigSpotter, has come in for a lot of stick lately. PigSpotter debuted on Twitter at the end of July this year, and in the space of less than two months, they’ve racked up over 11 000 followers, and that figure is growing at a rate of a few hundred per day. […]
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SLAVERY: THE GP’S CHOICE
15 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The face of a slave owner… If you were a domestic excellence technician, what kind of professional would you prefer to work for? I know which bracket of society I’d be angling for – medical doctors. They earn a good bit of tin, you’ll never suffer a lack of attention when you’re in the throws […]
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BIG ISSUE UPDATE – FLORENCE IS THE BIGGER (WO)MAN
15 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember the most hated bakkie in Cape Town? The Big Issue vendor who suffered unwarranted humiliation at the hands of has shown us once again why this country is ultimately worth believing in. Despite initial reports that Florence Godonwana, 36, would lay charges of crimen injuria against the men who threw water on her, she […]
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BAHRAIN WILL NEVER HOST THE BLOG AWARDS
14 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The jailed blogger, or “The SilverStreak in his natural habitat” Unless the only entrant in the blog awards is the government. And the government was the judging panel. Even then, they’d probably be a little reticent to set that kind of thing up. Apparently Bahrain isn’t so keen on bloggers, or that “Freedom of Expression” […]
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THE MOST HATED BAKKIE IN CAPE TOWN
13 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 24 Comments
On Saturday afternoon, at around 15h30, a group of young men in a white bakkie (that’s a “pick-up” or a “ute” for our foreign readers) called a Big Issue vendor over to their stationary vehicle at a traffic light in central Cape Town. They then allegedly poured acid water all over her, and her wares. […]
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BP HAS TAKEN A LONG HARD LOOK IN THE MIRROR
10 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
…And has decided that it can’t shoulder all of the responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an ecological disaster of biblical proportions. In fact, BP have scrutinised the situation so finely that they’ve come to the conclusion that they can’t bear much of the blame for the mass rape of North America’s Gulf at […]
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HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVE MOONLIGHTS AS A WEED BARON
07 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Cue pithy comments related to hedge funds! Hedge funds, get it? Hedge funds? Forget it. Forbes recently reported that an executive of New Stream Capital, Tara Bryson, was arrested and charged with running a marijuana factory from her 6 000 square foot home, because, apparently, it’s a tough financial gig being a loan shark.
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DISCOVERY CHANNEL MAKES THE MOST OF A BAD SITUATION
02 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
US news wires were buzzing this morning with news that a hostage situation was unfolding at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Montgomery County, USA. This, from the Associated Press: James Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as “concerns” with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company’s Silver […]
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VIDEO OF PARIS HILTON GETTING ARRESTED
30 Aug 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
We chatted the other day about this new concept in the East, which presents uncaptured TV news in animated form. A good example would be the scene where Steve Slater grabbed two beers and jumped out the plane. None of this was caught on camera but apparently in China they got a good idea of […]
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SEVERING CRIMINAL SPINAL CORDS – DU JOUR IN SA
25 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
And when I say “SA”, I mean Saudi Arabia. Of course, I couldn’t possibly be talking about the South Africa “SA”. We don’t sever the spinal cords of our criminals. We send them to cooking school. But enough of such tom foolery. Where were we? Ah yes. Corporal punishment. You see, they’re quite keen on […]
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THE MAFIA SENDS SECRET MESSAGES THROUGH THE GOGGLE BOX
23 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Guardian reports that an Italian soccer show, Quelli Che il Calcio (of course), has been used as a communications hub by the Mafia to communicate with the Men of Respect doing hard time in the chookie. You know those shows where illiterate viewers text in with their cell phones, and the show scrolls the […]
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TONY BLAIR MURDERED IN YORKSHIRE?
19 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Sun (the vanguard of high-integrity journalism in the United Kingdom) reported this morning that residents of a council estate in West York are being terrorised by monstrously-sized rodents. One man, known only as “Brandon” was the hero of the moment, after he shot one of the beasts twice in the head, thereby smiting it […]
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AUTO-TUNES: MADE IN THE GHETTO
13 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
What do you get when you combine rape, ghetto smack talk, potentially gay men, and Auto Tunes? No, the answer is NOT “Kuilsriver”. That’s not amusing. Shame on you. The correct answer would be: “Greatest DIY Ghetto Anthem of All Time”, or alternatively, “Eat Your Heart Out, Die Antwoord”. Here’s a little illuminating background info […]
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SO IT’S NICE TO KNOW WE’RE NOT LIVING IN A POLICE STATE
06 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the latest example of South African Police Service Force overkill. Journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika was arrested for a yet-to-be-defined offense rather uncomfortably soon after the same journalist leveled serious corruption allegations against Police Brigadier General His Worship The Most Reverend Doctor His Honour Bheki Cele. Read on for […]
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