Sailing around the Caribbean on a yacht sounds like a pretty good time, but when you are carrying over two tonnes of cocaine on board things can go south very quickly.
There are still moments in South Africa’s day-to-day business that we can be proud of. Take our amazing musicians, for example…
Zapiro, the guy who pens the pictures that speak a thousand words. His latest cartoon regarding that Zulu king seems to hit the nail on the head.
This weekend brought yet more videos and images of attacks on foreigners. One story in particular grabbed the national headlines, with the graphic images difficult to look at.
Zuma cancels trip. Mugabe shocked at violence. De Lille crowned new leader. Elephant kills hunter. Clarkson had cancer scare before fracas. Star Wars plot revealed. Titanic deckchair sells for fortune. Bobbi Kristina is awake.
Surely if Miranda Kerr can do it, we all can? No, darling, I’m not talking about walking the catwalk. I’m talking simple social media photo-sharing.
Daily life is full of those tough calls, the ones we agonise over and then wonder if we made the right call. This business guru believes it doesn’t have to be that way.
Jean de Villiers has long been a favourite of rugby lovers around the world, representing the Boks in over 100 tests despite a long list of injuries. Now he faces one final hurdle.
Have you ever thought that what South Africa sorely needs is a superhero to sort out our problems? You’re in luck then, as history is set to be made.
When you live your life in the spotlight it pays to behave yourself in public, especially when a security camera captures your horrible tirade against someone merely doing their job.
What do you do when you wake up with a ridiculous tattoo? Tell the world about it and watch the internet do its thing.
Clearly some Briton’s have let the impending summer heat get to their heads a little too early. Lucky for them they have their pre-summer antics on record for ever.
Ranjeni Munusamy from the Daily Maverick gives us a thoroughly thought-provoking piece on xenophobia and the real state of our nation.
With so much hatred so visible in the world currently, we need more people like this young lady to stand up and defend others when they’re not in the wrong.
There’s a video doing the rounds on Facebook that has generated a huge amount of buzz, but no one seems to realise that the Church of Scientology is behind the whole thing.
And the Star Wars obsession rages on. This time it’s a Japanese airline who’ve taken to painting their plane in the style of that noisy little robot.
Say hello to your new friend, the ridiculously low priced High-Def TV. Seems these guys are proving pretty popular at the moment.
Feeling nostalgic and in need of a throwback to the 1980’s? Well you’re in luck, because the Hoff’s new music video is about as’ 80’s cheese’ as you will ever see.
The latest trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has fans the world over guessing exactly what will go down. One rather important character is set to play a leading role.
He has been in great demand following the success of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign, but this is not the first time Chumani Maxwele has gained political attention.
Peace march upset. Rhodes custodians worried. Wikileaks pubishes Sony documents. MH370 searching in the wrong place. Jonathan doesn’t need help for Boko Haram. Afrikaans man’s ties to the mob.
Whether it’s walking around in a space suit, driving a tank through the streets of New York or cavorting with beautiful women Richard Branson has never been afraid of the limelight. Here’s his latest stunt.
The wounds are still raw following the Proteas semi-final defeat in the World Cup last month. Now we have proof that the team which took the field came about from political meddling.
If you thought the burning and defacing of statues was our only worry in South Africa, you’ve got another thing coming with this group of people.
Apparently golf is losing many of its part-timers to the lure of cycling. Here’s a few reasons why the people making this transition have got it all wrong.
Here’s your first chance to meet the young folks who will be putting on gross displays of wealth over the coming weeks. First up is this charming young fella.
This private jet is flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Saturday and it’s yours for just R19,000. That price is for the whole jet – whether you fill the 7 seats or not. You can even take a dog if you want.
There is a time and a place for a selfie picture of, well, yourself, and as far as most people can see, it’s not when you have just killed an innocent animal.
We have spent our lives growing up under the South African skies, and, with our lifestyles added to that, we could be ageing just a little bit too fast.
My 86-year old gran arrives tomorrow for a ten day stay with me, but she prefers the trains so this probably won’t happen.