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Politics
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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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Scary Homemade Bomb Left On Greek Train [PICS]
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Greek police released pictures yesterday of a bomb left on a subway train by left-wing extremists. The explosive was made out of two small gas canisters with about one and a half litres of petrol, a timer, wires and batteries. A terror group known as the Urban Guerrillas took responsibility.
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Google’s Unified Privacy Policy Takes Effect Today [VIDEO]
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google’s new privacy policy – the one allowing the company to combine data from all of its sites into a single profile – officially takes effect today. The new policy collapses 70 separate policy documents from various Google services into a single unit – which also happens to make it easier for Google to know things about you.
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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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Julius Malema Responds To His Expulsion From The ANC [VIDEO]
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Julius Malema has responded to his expulsion from the ANC, saying he accepts the decision even though he has done nothing wrong to deserve it. He also wore sunglasses at night, blamed the media for making him look bad in front of the ANC, and pulled off some awesome dance moves! See the video after the jump.
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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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Eric Schmidt: UN Treaty A “Disaster” For The Internet
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The internet’s under attack again! This time by a United Nations treaty aimed at online regulation. Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned strongly against the suggested measures: “Do not give that up easily. You will regret it. You will hate it, because all that freedom, all that flexibility, you’ll find it shipped away.”
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BREAKING: Julius Malema Expelled From ANC
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
[Update:] Julius Malema has been expelled from the ANC. The National Disciplinary Committee announced its final decision on the fate of the ANC Youth League leader late this evening, declaring that his suspension from the party would be upheld. The decision can still be overturned by the National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal or reviewed by the ANC’s executive committee, but Malema’s political career is on decidedly shaky ground tonight.
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25 Arrested In Global “Anonymous” Crackdown
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
25 people have been arrested for alleged ties to hacktivist movement Anonymous in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain in the joint ‘Operation Unmask,’ which I’m sure has nothing to do with the INTERPOL website being taken down yesterday and everything to do with attacks against websites in Columbia and Chile dating from the middle of 2011.
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Occupy London Protestors Evicted From St Paul’s Square [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hoof. The legal battle waged by the the Occupy London camp to keep their place at St Paul’s Cathedral was lost last night – and within about five minutes of the injunction being ordered, the camp was evacuated by bailiffs and officers from the City of London Police.
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WikiLeaks Begins Releasing Stratfor Internal Emails
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
WikiLeaks is doing stuff that doesn’t involve Julian Assange’s career as a television personality – in this case leaking a cache of over 5 million internal emails from Stratfor, a “global intelligence” company. They reveal secret intelligence services provided to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, among others.
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Footage Of Afrikaans Boys Being Indoctrinated By Racists Goes Viral [VIDEO]
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
“Let there be no doubt. Aside from the Aborigines in Australia, the African black is the most underdeveloped, barbaric species of the human race.” These are some of the statements you’ll hear in this video, starring old-apartheid leader Franz Jooste. It was filmed at a scouts camp – run by Jooste – where Afrikaner boys as young as 13 are being subjected to his indoctrination.
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Concise Short Film Covers ALL You Need To Know About The Brutal Conflict In Syria [VIDEO]
24 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is a civil war raging in Syria that seems to have slipped the attention of the masses. This raw and unforgiving short film is the way for you to get up to date with the savage conflict tearing up a Syrian city.
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Must See Visuals – ANCYL Member Throws Chair In Cameraman’s Face [VIDEO]
24 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Earlier today we told you about the violence that broke out during President Jacob Zuma’s ANC centenary address in Cape Town yesterday. An SABC cameraman even had a chair thrown in his face! See video footage of this incident, along with a full photo gallery of all the action, after the jump.
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This Is BBC News Like You’ve Never Seen It Before [VIDEO]
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
News broadcasts, albeit informative, are often boring affairs lacking the flair that many viewers hope for, that is at least until Cassetteboy gets hold of a copy. Their latest ‘remix’ features the BBC’s George Alagiah reporting on issues that would make any political pundit cringe.
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If You Want To Delete Your Google Web History, Do It Now
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google’s new unified privacy policy takes effect on March 1st, allowing Google to share users’ data among all of its products. This means that your entire Google Web History – everything you’ve searched for on Google, and every site you’ve visited while signed in to a Google account – will be pooled together.
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Gauteng MEC Says Don’t ‘Politicise’ Blue-light Accident With Teenager
23 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Do you remember the accident at the end of last year, in which teenager Thomas Ferreira was knocked off his motorcycle by a blue-light vehicle? The car allegedly jumped a red traffic light in its terrible rush to get its VIP occupant somewhere. In an intriguing comment this week, the politician who was being transported in the car involved has stated unequivocally that the accident should not be politicised.
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Hillary Clinton’s Fashion FAIL At The G20 [PIC]
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This weekend, the G20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs held an informal meeting in Mexico. During this time a group photo was taken of everyone wearing tropical, weather-ready white cotton shirts. Everyone except Hillary Clinton, that is. Clearly her memo was lost in the mail as she rocked up in a lime green blouse. Awkward group photo after the jump.
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Obama Sings “Sweet Home Chicago” With Mick Jagger And B.B. King [VIDEO]
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last night, the East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club, featuring performances by B.B. King, Mick Jagger, and Jeff Beck. But when Barack Obama was invited by the musicians to sing along to “Sweet Home Chicago”, he just couldn’t resist. See him belting out the blues with the best of them after the jump.
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Face-Recognizing Billboard Only Displays Ad To Women
22 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An intelligent billboard set up in London has facial recognition tech built in that lets it scan passersby for gender – if a woman stops to take a look, it plays a 40-second video clip. Dudes only get a link to the advertiser’s website. It’s like they’re trying to send a message or something.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Being Questioned In French Prostitution Inquiry
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, that former head of the IMF who totally didn’t rape anybody, is being questioned by French police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry, a prosecutor says. The man who was probably going to be the next president of France could be held for up to 48 hours.
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D-Day For Greek Bailout
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today, Euro zone finance ministers will meet to decide whether Greece has done enough to warrant a huge bailout loan of €130 billion. Greece needs the loan in order to avoid bankruptcy midway through March, when a massive repayment on its governmental debt must be completed.
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SA Road Users! Here Is What You Need To Know About AARTO (The Point System)
17 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Forget what you might have heard, or what that guy in the bar told you, it’s time for all of us to get our heads around AARTO – the new road traffic offences system that is going to be rolled out nationwide at some point in the future. Don’t let government’s lack of co-ordination catch you unawares when the time comes!
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Heartland Institute Paid Scientists To Discredit Climate Change Research
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A bunch of emails have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, the think tank vaguely infamous for being at once massively skeptical of climate change and funded by billionaire global warming deniers, the Koch Brothers. The emails suggest that the Institute has been paying scientists and bloggers to discredit climate change research.
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North Koreans Turn Out For Late Kim Jong-Il’s Birthday
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spectacle is the order of the day for the first birthday celebration of late departed North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il since his death, as North Koreans turn out en masse to celebrate the “Day of the Shining Star”
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SAA: Please May We Have R6 Billion?
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South African Airways has asked the government, sorry, the taxpayer that doesn’t get a say, for a recapitalisation of about R6 billion to fund operational costs, growth strategy and a fleet renewal for the coming future. Why? Because it would post a loss this financial year if this doesn’t happen, and growth is important.
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WATCH: Beret-Wearing, Popped-Collared Julius Malema Discussing His Catch-22 [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday Julius Malema’s struggle with the South Africa’s judicial system surfaced in the media. See the video of him discussing his love-hate relationship with his white lawyers inside, but also keep an eye on our boy’s outfit. Once again he reminds us that just because you are a beret-wearing revolutionary, there is no excuse for not popping at least two collars in the process.
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Juju Says Judiciary Is Controlled By White Minority
14 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Julius Malema is going to be climbing an uphill battle in his latest legal wrangle because of the white minority controlling South Africa’s judicial system. At least, that’s the point he seemed to be making during footage released today of the ANC Youth League lekgotla held last week.
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January Was Good For SA Job Creation, But Not Good Enough
13 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So there’s good news and bad news. According to figures released today: in January, our economy created 80 000 jobs, which is a significant rise from the end of 2011, but still significantly short of government targets. What’s the situation?
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