Mark Zuckerberg’s version of Twitter is off to a strong start. Threads has drawn more than 23 million sign-ups since its launch Wednesday night, according to badges that show up on Instagram when people join the new app.
South Africans owe SABC R44.2 billion in outstanding TV licence fees, Lewis Capaldi says record labels ‘know nothing’, Rembrandt portraits sell for R273 million, and Britney Spears gets man-handled in Vegas.
While we cannot know what was happening in the mind of Lauren Dickason as she ended the life of her three daughters shortly after moving from South Africa to New Zealand, a peak into the terrifying reality of postpartum psychosis might lend us an idea.
As it stands, Blue Light Brigades are allowed to disobey certain road rules (within reason), but that shouldn’t mean that they are above the law.
Mack was sentenced to three years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges including racketeering and conspiracy for her role as a prominent leader within Nxivm, the dismantled, Keith Raniere-led self-help group some have characterized as a cult.
The 2023 Wimbledon match between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro was targeted by two Just Stop Oil protesters who threw orange-colored confetti and jigsaw pieces onto Court 18.
One would not be remiss if they didn’t immediately think ‘Ka-Ching!’ when imagining a hunk of smelly whale vomit.
The Springboks will debut their new Nike-designed home kit for the Rugby Championship against the Wallabies at Loftus Versfeld this weekend, and as can be expected from a rugby-loving nation, not everyone is happy with the new look.
This has some serious ‘Final Destination’ vibes to it. A female passenger on an American Airlines flight caused a five-hour delay after she freaked out over someone who was “not real”.
It seems to be big news – even Jewish News, Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Chronicles, and The Times of Israel have made headlines about it.
Any writer knows that putting your work out there is a scary experience, especially when you are competing with the usual best-sellers. You’re story, which you put so much love into, can easily disappear into obscurity. Seeing this guy get some love is the sweetest thing.
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has conducted several water tests along the Gauteng waterways in the past month, confirming that seven rivers now carry the potentially deadly disease.
Western Cape DA ready to devolve powers from National Govt, Putin using ‘anti-aging machines’, Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves jailed on sexual assault charge, and Limpopo and Mpumalanga lead residential price increases.
Boris Becker’s ex-wife claims he was keeping prize horses in his bedroom to hide them from debt collectors who came knocking on their door.
The vaping trend among children has taken a horrifying turn, with yet another baby being shown how to inhale the noxious vapour.
Now before anyone thinks the plan means we will soon be putting out tenders for X-Wings and a Millennium Falcon, the SAAF Space Command will likely play a supporting role in securing our sunny blue skies, so don’t worry about your taxes.
For those of you who were born after Google came along, the American primetime soap opera was centred around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries.
The Cape Town film industry is positively booming with the City of Cape Town describing the 2022/2023 financial year as the busiest post-COVID-19 pandemic.
The royal has been on the receiving end of a barrage of abuse and mockery recently, and apparently, Meghan is ready to “fight back”.
“This is not a milestone we should be celebrating, it’s a death sentence for people and ecosystems.”
The “Wimbledon High Club” is apparently a thing but the officials are not impressed.
Nobody was harmed, but the sad news is that the EMS Ambulance will, unfortunately, be put on pension, which is a great loss as it was one of a few ICU Ambulances in KwaZulu-Natal.
As strange as it sounds, Dean Smorenburg started farming with black soldier flies in his bathroom in 2016, and now the entrepreneur is exporting his ‘animal protein’ to the EU and US.
A woman is in critical condition after being swept off the rocks by a wave yesterday afternoon, with rescuers pulling her to safety after passersby noticed a body floating in the water about 200m offshore.
Miners seek right to prospect unspoilt West Coast, Belinda Carlisle coming back to pop music, Pair sentenced in 1995 for rape of Alison Botha granted parole, and Cocaine reportedly found in White House.
It was once Elon Musk versus Jeff Bezos in the billionaires’ space race, but now it’s Elon versus Mark Zuckerberg in a new social media scuffle.
If you thought Sam Levinson’s disturbing penchant for depicting sexual violence couldn’t get any worse, it has.
But alas, the current state of Zimbabwe has never been the fault of the ruling ZANU PF, instead, it is obvious to anyone that the sh** governance is mostly the fault of Bush, Blair, businesses, citizens, white farmers, and a pet pig named George II. The last one was made up, but in the land of lies and false enemies, who cares?
Footage doing the rounds on social media shows the little guy zipping along with his father before suddenly dropping. Very lucky for the boy, the zipline runs over a lake, and he survived the fall into the water as onlookers rushed to his aid.
Water officials of Cape Town are asking residents to still make water-wise decisions despite our dams flourishing at more than 90% full.