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Politics
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Kim Jong-Un Celebrates Birthday By Sending 1Kg Candy To Each Child In North Korea
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reached his 30th birthday yesterday, and to celebrate he sent 1kg of candy and cookies to every child in his country.
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WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa On The Future Of South Africa, The Lonmin Massacre, And Zuma’s Residence [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cyril Ramaphosa appeared on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour show last night, and gave a frank and wide ranging interview, covering a mix of subjects including the general state of South Africa and our prospects as a nation, a retrospective of the Lonmin Massacre, and the implications of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. The interview is excellent […]
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Hillary Clinton In Hospital With Blood Clot
31 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those who claimed that Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, was faking her concussion to avoid testifying about Benghazi must feel like real tits now, as the 65 year old was admitted to a New York hospital on Sunday with a blood clot.
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Black South Africans Refute Zuma’s “Dogs Part Of White Culture” Claims [PICS]
28 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday South Africans were shocked to hear that President Jacob Zuma thinks that buying pets are part of “white culture.” He added that people who love dogs more than people have “a lack of humanity”.
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Nelson Mandela Discharged From Hospital
27 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Good news! Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital last night, according the Presidency’s Mac Maharaj. Madiba will now undergo home-based high care at his Houghton home until he recovers fully.
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Presidency Warns Against Misleading Nelson Mandela Health Rumours
24 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Presidency has warned South Africans against rumours on social media that spread false information about Nelson Mandela’s health. Networks such as Twitter and Facebook have been flooded by speculation about Madiba’s health since he entered a Pretoria hospital 17 days ago for a recurrent lung infection.
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Tell The Interns – Martin Scorsese Is Making A Documentary About Bill Clinton
18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hot damn, now this is what we call mutually gratifying. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will direct and produce an authorized HBO documentary on former US President and cigar connoisseur, Bill Clinton. Clinton (heretofore referred to as “Bubba”) has agreed to fully cooperate with Scorsese on the production — though studio execs aren’t saying whether the doccie will include details […]
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28 Dead, As Gunman Shoots Up School In US – Kids Aged 5 To 10 – Obama Weeps [Video]
15 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
In another display of domestic terror, the US has endured one of their worst mass shootings ever. A 20-year-old gunman killed his mother at home, then cruised down the road to his old school, and started shooting – killing himself in the end.
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The Ukranian Parliament Indulges In Its Monthly Brawl [VIDEO]
14 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
These guys fight more than they vote. A brawl erupted in Ukraine’s Parliament yesterday over the election of the position of Speaker. An opposition party tried to physically block a vote on the matter, so their opponents voted to hit them in them in groin.
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WATCH: Controversial Video Compares Jacob Zuma To Jesus Christ
11 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
With the world ending on December 21, and Christmas/Mangaung just around the corner, this video couldn’t be more pertinent. But there’s MORE:
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Jacob Zuma Sits Down With The Telegraph [VIDEO]
07 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
President Jacob Zuma has given the British some good face time in preparation for the ANC’s electoral conference beginning next week. He even spoke about Nkandla.
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South Africa More Corrupt Than Cuba and Kuwait – Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 #congratulationszuma
06 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012 has been released, and there is little surprise that South Africa hasn’t done very well.
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More SABC Censorship: Metro FM Show Cancelled Minutes Before Airing
05 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Last night, minutes before a MetroFM DJ was due to hold an interview about the ANC’s upcoming elective conference, the hand of censorship showed up and the interview was canned.
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UN Vote Recognises The State Of Palestine
30 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognise a Palestinian state, despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinians by withholding funds for the West Bank government. The 193-nation approved the de facto recognition after the vote passed 138-9, with 41 abstentions.
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Chinese Paper Falls For Satirical Story About Kim Jong Un Being ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ – Follows Up With 55-Page Photo Spread
28 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The world’s leading online satirical newspaper, The Onion, wrote a piece on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive. You don’t have to know the publication is satire to work out that was a joke. Unless you’re the official voice of the Chinese Communist Party..
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Hillary Clinton Falls Asleep During Obama Speech [VIDEO]
23 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Footage has emerged of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appearing to doze off during a Barack Obama speech in Myanmar on Wednesday. She was seated next to Burmese freedom icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Cosatu Blames Zille For Farm Protest Deaths, Seeks Motion Of No Confidence
21 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Cosatu’s provincial secretary in the Western Cape, Tony Ehrenreich, said today that the ANC and opposition parties should table a motion of no confidence in Helen Zille. He blames her for the deaths of two people during the recent farm protests in De Doorns and other parts of the Western Cape.
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FNB: We Couldn’t Have Given Zuma A Bond
21 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
First off, even if FNB had given Zuma a bond for his compound, and he’d defaulted on payment, they’d have had no claim because Zuma doesn’t actually own the land – so we’re quite sure they would’ve known that.
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Obama Pulls The Famous US Olympic Gymnast’s ‘Not Impressed’ Face
19 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
President Obama jokingly mimicked U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney’s “not impressed” look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office on Thursday. Hmm – can you imagine Romney doing that?
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Visibly Upset Zuma Denies Government Funded His Home [VIDEO]
16 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A visibly upset Jacob Zuma yesterday emphatically denied that government had been building residences for him. Zuma also said he felt “aggrieved” by a decision by the DA to visit and take photographs of his private residence.
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BREAKING: One Farmer Dead In Western Cape Farm Protests As Situation Boils Over [UPDATED]
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Early reports are that a farmer in Wellington has been pulled form his bakkie and beaten to death by protesting farm labourers in the Western Cape fruit farming region of Wellington. Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille tweeted the following at 13h00 on Wednesday: Reports coming that a farmer has died after being assaulted in Wellington. […]
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Public Service Minister Tells DA MP To “Keep His Flea-Infested Body And Sit Down” [VIDEO]
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
After accusing Public Service Minister Lindiwe Sisulu of wasting public resources by travelling in a luxury Gulfstream jet more than 200 times between Pretoria and Cape Town on Tuesday, DA MP David Maynier was instructed to “keep his flea-infested body” and sit down by the minister.
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ANC Calls For The Boycott Of South African Wines
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Over the past week we’ve seen violent protests by farmworkers demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Farmworkers in the De Doorns and other Western Cape areas went on strike in demand of a R150 daily wage. In a bid to show their support, the ANC in the Eastern Cape called for the complete boycott of South African wines yesterday.
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Prepare Yourselves For China’s New Glamorous First Lady
13 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
China is preparing for its new president, and one of the most glamorous First Ladies world politics has ever seen. But will she match up to Not-The-Real-Excellent Horse-Like Lady?
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Navy Seals Leak Secret Bin Laden Assassination Intel To Videogame Designers – Get Punished
09 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to assassinate Osama bin Laden have been helping EA games with inside information to make EA’s latest shoot-em-up “Medal of Honor: Warfighter.” The US military is not amused.
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Obama Weeps Openly During Thank You Speech To Campaign Staff [VIDEO]
09 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
On his way back to the White House, Barack Obama made a stop at his campaign headquarters in Chicago yesterday. This was because he wanted to thank his campaign staff after Tuesday’s big victory.
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Fail: Mitt Romney’s President-Elect Victory Site Goes Live Before He Lost
08 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard was monitoring Mitt Romney’s campaign homepage during the US elections and was a little surprised when Mitt claimed victory.
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Jay-Z And Bruce Springsteen Perform At Last Obama Campaign [VIDEO]
06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday campaigning for the US elections officially ended, with voting starting today. In a final bid to rally people behind him, Barack Obama’s last couple of events for the day featured the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z.
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New Pro-Motlanthe Political Party Is Being Registered – ‘South African National Congress’ (SANC)
06 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A new politial party which wants Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to be the next ANC president, has been registered. They are calling themselves the South African National Congress. No-one knows who the founders are and the ANC are NOT digging the name..
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Football Result Means Romney Should Win US Election
05 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, that’s if you go along with the ‘Redskin Rule’, a bizarre correlation that has predicted the US presidential election for the last 72 years – except one but we’ll get to that*. It’s pretty simple: If the Washington Redskins win their last home game before election day, the incumbent party wins; if the redskins lose, the opposition takes the election.
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