Two dead outside Krejcir’s shop. Kennedy becomes ambassador. Lance Armstrong ‘needs a miracle.’ Snowden not in a good way. Local granny dies from excitement. USA’s new tallest building. White supremacist shocked at DNA test results.
When it comes to icons like Mandela, there’s very little that the public don’t already know. But that doesn’t mean some awesome little nuggets have gone uncovered. AFKinsider has put together an awesome list of the lesser-known madiba facts, and we’d like to share it with you.
You see? This is what happens when you give your money to forward-thinking companies. Instead of cutting cost and building a massive grey block of an office building – Apple is constructing the one of the worlds most advanced office spaces, one that has will have a neautral carbon footprint after construction.
Video currently accounts for less than six percent of internet traffic across Africa, according to the Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report, but that number is expected to grow faster than it did for any other region before it.
Justin Bieber’s South American tour is in the toilet after he sauntered offstage for the second time without completing his set, last night. The packed Beunos Aires crowd went mental, booing the Canadian for their money’s worth.
Instagram just isn’t the fun, family-friendly service that it used to be. The Facebook-owned platform had some problems a few weeks ago when it was found that users were selling guns via the photo-sharing app. Now though, if you wanted to buy a little bit of drugs to go with your guns, you need not even leave the Instagram app – it’s all there.
But how do you tame your brilliant beard? Shaving is hard. Isreali director Michael Mevorach felt so passionate about the obstacles men face when they shave that he made this hilarious short film about a man cleaning himself up for a date.
Word is that scientists are on the brink of creating a drug that mimics all the nice things about alcohol, but eliminates all the hangovers, addiction and health issues. You know you want to read more.
Blockbuster has been an American institution for well over 25 years. At the peak of it’s power, it employed up to 60,000 employees in 9,000 stores across America. Now, they’re moving online, and in so doing have closed all of their remaining 300 stores.
The latest twist in the Justin Bieber prozzie-plot is a humdinger. Just how big is Little Justin? Due to the fact that he’s been sleeping with so very many prostitutes lately, it’s difficult to know who to believe.
While some of us still struggle to speak english good, 10-year-old Cameron Bissett has long surpassed mere sentences – he is fluent is speaking backwards. His parents discovered his “talent” (their words) and decided to post a video of Cameron speaking English backwards into an iPad app that translates the word into our normal language.
Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked. We talk to M&G health editor Mia Malan about a small organisation trying to change the shocking way mentally disabled people are treated in rural Eastern Cape, and the support they’ve had since her article was published.
You just can’t keep a good comedian down. Sacha Baron Cohen takes even the most mundane of situations, and finds a means of turning it into comedy. If he isn’t throwing Kim Jong Il’s fake ashes all over Ryan Seacreast – then he’s killing an old lady on stage.
This is something straight out of the Daily Sun. Bethany Arceneaux, 29, was kidnapped last Wednesday afternoon by her ex-boyfriend (and father of her son), Scott Thomas. Happily, her family was so determined to see her safe and sound that they executed a dangerous rescue mission by themselves.
Take to the skies with a remote controlled metal helicopter and conquer the RC world. Capable of controlled hovering and flight, this epic helicopter features a built in gyro as well as an auto-stop feature to protect against rough crash landings. Measuring in at 123cm and with two different speed settings this chopper earns Groupies […]
Leonardo turned 39 on Monday, and what better way to celebrate than with Kanye West and 2 Chainz? Right? The two mega-rappers performed in an impromptu gig for DiCaprio at swanky New York Nightclub, ‘Tao’. We have for you some Instagram videos from the night – please enjoy.
For those who keep up with Jenna Jameson-related news, you’ll know that she’s not been in a good way lately. Not that she ever was in a particularly ‘good way’. Now, the 39 year-old is going back into porn after promising to “never ever ever spread my legs again in this industry.”
After what was a tightly contested 2-2 draw that saw Chelsea claim a point after a controversial last-minute penalty, Jose Mourinho stirred some violence after the match when he called West Brom defender Jonas Olsson a ‘mickey-mouse player’.
Remember Gymkhana 5? Sure you do. It got almost 4 million views in 24 hours. You’ll be happy to know that Ken Block is back with Gymkhana 6, and it looks like it could be heading the same way as Gymkhana 5. Written, directed and driven by Ken Block, Gymkhana 6 is yet another masterful demonstration of driving genius.
For a fee, New Yorkers can now enjoy the fully pimped out experience from within a cab – the Car Force One. We’re talking plasma screens, Xbox 360s, Cable TV and two mobile printers. According to Car Force One founder and CEO Ishai, the company’s priority is customer satisfaction. “My company is not about the car, it’s about the service. It’s for the clients.”
80 people publicly executed in North Korea – guess why. Eskom sorry for spying. Famous NY mobster’s son stabbed. They found the nazi art guy. Man and ex-wife in court over R3 billion lotto win. Djokovic vs Nadal results. Debut novelist gets R20 million for book.
We often tend to lambaste the SAPS on this site, but we do also give recognition when recognition is due. And sincere praise is due to one Beauty-Queen Nchabeleng, who went deep undercover to nab a rapist, and make our country that little bit safer.
We’re not lying. This is an actual ad for a hotel in Bloemfontein: “Now you can experience staying in a Shanty within the safe environment of a private game reserve. This is the only Shanty Town in the world equipped with under-floor heating and wireless internet access!”
On Friday last week the Continental Run2Stop Challenge came to an end at the Leamogetswe Children’s Home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. The home was the site of the final CSI challenge of the competition, and doubled as the finish line for the athletes, who had clocked up close to 1,000 kilometres on the road over the […]
The Biebs just can’t do anything right lately. In a very short space of time, the Canadian has managed to sully his reputation quite badly. The problems seem to stem from a recent fascination with prostitutes. First, he was caught leaving a brothel under a bed sheet. Then he got hit in the face with a bottle. Then a ‘mystery woman’ (prostitute) posted a video of him in his bed – and now this.
Perhaps its because she’s gotten a little older, or a little more comforatble with her celebrity status – but for some reason Beyonce has been pretty playful on her tour stop in Australia.
Kimberley Rose had always dreamed of being a superstar on the world stage, but she was diagnosed with cancer before she could make her dream a reality. This prompted local band, The Plastics to step in and help make her dream come true.
With payments like these, one is forced to believe that actors like Matt Damon earn a pittance from their films, and are in a position where they need to get as much income from advertising as possible – but we all know that not to be the case.
For your pleasure: The latest episode of the Anne Hirsch Show features the Monarch of the Fiefdom of Cape Town, Madam Premier Helen of Leeuwenhof. The girls chat about drum majorettes, rottweilers, and other interesting things.
The whole point of online tech companies monitoring us is to try and get an idea of what we’re doing in real life. Thankfully, up until now they could only use our online footprints to try figure out what we were doing in reality. Now, though, Google is telling advertisers that they have a way of tracking us in real life, all the time.