Bill Clinton visits Mandela for birthday. Top cyclist busted in Tour de France. Whites vanish from civil service. Passengers trapped on Gautrain. New No Doubt album. Suri’s new school and more!
Qatar voted best airline in the world. Seal has moved on. Vodacom launches free roaming calls. Fleetwood Mac reunion. Shoprite shows massive growth. Sheen leaves twitter.
Surfer bitten in half. Egyptians call Hillary ‘Monica.’ Zuma’s ex becomes head of AU, Elton talks unprotected sex and drugs. Tour de France sabotaged and more!
Buyer of $120 million ‘The Scream’ revealed. Armstrong has a friend in congress. SA government PR disaster. Tom Cruise sues tabloid. Did London billionaire lie dead for a week?
Kanye West compares himself to Beethoven, RIM sells a jet to save cash, Cameron faces a coup, and much more after the jump!
Armstrong teammates banned for life. Fender guitars IPO. Yengeni’s Maserati. Jagger and Bowie’s gay affair. English billionaire found dead – drugs abound. Barclays’ Diamond Accused Of Misleading Inquiry and more!
Tom & Katie reach settlement – guess who gets Suri? Lance Armstrong sues anti-doping agency – gets bounced. Samsung tablet ruled ‘not cool’ by judge. Discovery members urge probe into fees + more..
Wimbledon, Scientology, SA Idols winner arrested, Sonny Bill returns to league, Disney goes to North Korea, 50 best iPhone apps, Airwolf actor dies and more..
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Leaked Video Appears To Accidentally Announce Higgs Boson Discovery – A video accidentally published on the CERN website appears to leak the long-awaited discovery of the Higgs boson that is rumored to be officially announced early tomorrow morning. “We’ve observed a new particle. We have quite strong evidence that there’s something there.” Joe Incandela, spokesman for […]
Murdoch Calls Scientology ‘Very Weird Cult’ On Twitter – Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter to lash out at the Church of Scientology and Tom Cruise following the announcement of the actor’s divorce. In a series of tweets Sunday, the 81-year-old News Corp. boss classified Scientology as “a very weird cult” and called actor Tom Cruise the […]
Miss SA Caught In Nude Picture Scandal – Reigning Miss South Africa Melinda Bam and the pageant owners, South International, became the subject of much speculation when it was announced earlier that she would not be taking part in the Miss World competition. Guess why? [channel24] Spain Wins Euro Cup – Call them what you like: […]
Balotelli Shows His Class – A touch of star quality from Mario Balotelli plus a familiar mixture of experience and canny defending saw Italy quash a young Germany side 2-1 on Thursday and book a place in the Euro 2012 final against holders Spain. The semi-final victory thanks to Balotelli’s first-half double extended Italy’s unbeaten run […]
Judge Halts Sale Of Samsung Galaxy In US – U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has approved Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. “Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products,” Koh wrote on […]
Spice Girls: The Musical – The Spice Girls are set to make £5MILLION each off the back of their new West End show. Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Geri Halliwell were reunited in London yesterday for the launch of musical Viva Forever! [mirror] ABSA Bank Warns Of Profit Slump – ABSA issued […]
Venus Williams Out After Wimbledon First Round – Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams says she has no thoughts of retiring, despite her shock Wimbledon first-round defeat by Elena Vesnina. The 32-year-old American, who suffers from Sjogren’s Syndrome, was beaten 6-1 6-3 by the Russian world number 79. [bbc] London Olympics To Be Most Over-Budget Games Since Atlanta […]
[photo:source] Rolling Stones Gather To Plot 50th Anniversary Concert – The Rolling Stones are strongly considering at least one live concert later this year to mark their 50th anniversary, Stones insiders tell Rolling Stone. Sources add that the band is still considering a tour in 2013. “I’d like to get a couple of shows down and […]
Second Big Mine Shut In Platinum Slowdown – Royal Bafokeng Platinum and Aquarius Platinum yesterday announced huge curtailments of their platinum operations as the sector battles high costs, labour unrest, stagnant prices and an oversupplied market. [businessday] Velvet Sky Liquidated – The troubled Velvet Sky airline, which owes R100-million to creditors, has been liquidated by the Pietermaritzburg High […]
France Accuse David Cameron Of Being Drunk – It was never going to do much for cross-Channel relations. But David Cameron’s suggestion that wealthy Frenchmen should escape their country’s high taxes by moving to Britain has left Paris rather, well, hopping mad. French politicians have responded by criticising Britain’s health and education system and accusing the […]
Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis Have Officially Split – After months of speculation Johnny Depp’s spokeswoman has confirmed that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star and his longtime girlfriend,Vanessa Paradis, have officially split up. [abcnews] SA Fans Outraged At Lady Gaga Online Ticket Sales Fiasco – AFTER a disastrous first day of online bookings for US pop star Lady […]
Microsoft Unveils iPad ‘Challenger’ – Software giant Microsoft has joined its rival Apple in the world of touchscreen tablets with the launch of the Surface. The Surface looks similar to the iPad – launched in 2010 – but has a more cinematic screen ratio. Yawn. [skynews] Telkom’s future On Line With ANC Set To Debate Delisting, Renationalising […]
Radiohead Drum Technician Killed In Stage Collapse – Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage yesterday to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the band’s drum technician and injuring three other crew members. [todayonline] Webb Simpson Wins US Open – Simpson shoots a final round of […]
SMS From Rebekah Brooks To David Cameron: ‘We’re In This Together’ – Ex-News International executive Rebekah Brooks told the PM “professionally we’re definitely in this together”, after the Sun paper switched loyalty to his party, the Leveson Inquiry heard. Not ideal. [bbc] Vodacom MD Resigns After Just Nine Months On The Job – Vodacom SA’s managing […]
Mvelaphanda Makes Offer For Avusa – In A deal worth about R3bn, Mvelaphanda, the listed black-owned investment group, has made a bid to acquire the entire share capital of Avusa , the media company, at a premium of R24 a share. [businessday] Russia Is Sending Attack Helicopters To Syria – Hillary Clinton has warned that Russia […]
iOS6: The Top 10 New Features – When it arrives on handsets and tablets this fall, iOS 6 won’t just be a simple operating system update — it will be Apple’s interpretation of exactly how a modern mobile OS should perform. And at Apple’s WWDC keynote Monday, the company highlighted 10 key areas of improvement […]
MTN Iran’s ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign – New evidence shows MTN’s dirty-tricks campaign went to extreme lengths to make sure it clinched Iran’s second cellular licence. This included running a $200000 slush fund to bribe Iranian intelligence officials to spy on their own government. [bizlive] French Open Final Postponed – Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were locked in […]
US Magazine Confirms Gisele Bundchen Is Pregnant – Ever since rumours started circulating that Gisele Bündchen is carrying her second child, it’s been a guessing game of ‘Baby or Bagel’ i.e. is she packing a bump, or has she just eaten a carbohydrate based snack-food item more befitting a ‘civilian’. Well, it seems the former […]
Bheki Cele Fired– President Jacob Zuma has apparently fired suspended police commissioner General Bheki Cele. Zuma’s spokesperson Mac Maharaj would on Tuesday say only that the president would make his decision about Cele public when he was “ready” to do so. [news24] Massive Medical Breakthrough: Babies Could Be Tested For 3,500 Genetic Faults – Scientists could soon be […]
Costner And Baldwin Go Head To Head In Court – A courtroom battle between actors Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin is under way over a £34m deal to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. [yahoo] Mark Keohane Never Was The Olympic Spokesperson – Following sports writer Mark Keohane’s resignation amid a sex and cocaine […]