“I’m committed to a friendship” said her ex when he, very abruptly, called the whole thing off. Six weeks (and a few tubs of ice cream) later, and the newly single woman discovered that her bastard of an ex had been having an affair with his most recent ex on and off the whole time. After her initial confrontation with the guy, she wrote him a killer break up letter that the internet just can’t get enough of
Cape Town has been ranked the third best city to visit in the world in the 2014 Lonely Planet’s 2014 Best In Travel guide, behind Trinidad (Cuba) and Paris (France). Check out Lonely Planet’s opinion of Kaapstad, and the rest of the contenders after the jump
A 12-month-long investigation by Ruth Hopkins, a journalist for the Wits Justice Project, has uncovered evidence of prisoners at the Mangaung Correctional Facility in the Free State being given medication against their will and subjected to electroshock therapy and assaults.
Join the paperless revolution and get a Kindle Wi-Fi and Accessories. With the ability to hold up to 1400 books at a time on internal memory and weighing just 170 grams, Groupies would be hard pressed to find a better way to store and read their titles. New fonts make reading in sunlight effortless and with battery life lasting up to a month, you can enjoy your books wherever, whenever.
Just take a guess where scientists have found a whole array of new animal species. You’d be thinking somewhere isolated, somewhere big, somewhere uncharted… Yup, it’s Australia. The continent down under is home to some of the world’s most fascinating animals, and just a few days ago a few more were were added to the list.
Murdoch’s trial has started. Man kills brother outside Tiger-Tiger. Obama’s Twitter hacked. Best rock-star Instagram accounts. New mechanical culture magazine launches. Britney helps fight against Somali pirates (seriously).
For those of you who missed this little newspaper snippet, which has been doing the rounds on email, here it is. It simply simplifies all of Zuma’s antics into an itemised list of incredible facts.
The thing I love about Jeff Bridges is he comes across like The Dude, even when he’s not in character. I mean, surely The Dude would have been spotted in Observatory, at a reggae jol, rather than in Hollywood star mode when in Cape Town? That’s what Jeff did. ‘Cos he’s cool..
“Google has blessed me with a R4000 p/m job from home” – this is how easy it is to make money off the internet, if we are to believe popular banner ads. In reality, making money from the internet is no easier than making money in real life – you need a certain set of skills executed in just the right way in order to ensure results.
Have you ever watched the program ‘Border Security: Australia’? If you have, you’ll know that Australian border-control officials are some of the toughest in the business, taking no kak from no one. However, one unwitting elderly couple managed to slip through the system, after it emerged that their bags had been lined with methamphetamine while they were away in Canada.
You haven’t started driving on the open road for real unless you’ve overtaken a few trucks, right? If you’re going to drive far, you’re going to get stuck behind trucks – that’s a fact. Problem is you never pass them, because it’s just too hard to see around them..
On the world wide web, these people are not your friends, mkay? Akamai released its Second Quarter 2013 State of the Internet Report recently, highlighting the internet’s most vulnerable ports, and a list of countries that evidently play host to a lot of naughty boys and girls with internet connections. So who is the top country in the world for internet attacks?
A somewhat controversial decision this year, you might say – given the upcoming weather for Tuesday and Wednesday. But you simply can’t ignore Sunday’s summer fever, with a repeat of that weather happening today.
Ridiculous, in a good way. Here’s a little something to get you onto the workday hom stretch. What we have here is a short insert from the full length ski doccie, ‘Valhalla’. There doesn’t seem to be any rationale behind this, other than an expression of the joy of skiing. And being naked. And being naked and skiing.
I can’t imagine a more exciting clock-related memory than the clocks and timetables that used to be found at banks and airports. You know, the ones that flip the numbers so quickly that you hardly even see them move. Imagine that girl sitting on your desk..
As the head designer for Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most successful fashion designers of all time. His designs are often beautiful, sometimes shocking, and sometimes a little… weird. This time, he’s taken inspiration from his cat to design a new range of fashion accessories.
If you’ve been reading our stories on bitcoins recently you’d be forgiven for thinking that Bitcoin is only used by the most nefarious online criminals, because they are largely untraceable. You’d be partially wrong though, as absolutely anyone can use Bitcoin anywhere in the world. And now, the ever-progressive Canada is launching the very first Bitcoin ATM.
FNB’s Ideas Can Help campaign has drawn hundreds of fantastic entries from accross South African entrepreneurs, proposing solutions spanning from infant care and hospital ward trauma councilling to job creation. One such idea is Ledula, which seeks to create jobs and meaningful work leads for trade and services professionals in South Africa. Now available via an iPhone […]
This piece of hosiery is equipped with BlueTooth, so every time there’s an unclasping of the clips, the bra communicates wirelessly to your Twitter account, triggering a tweet that reminds women to go for a medical examination. By extension, everyone will know that you have your bra off.
Well, we say ‘anybody’ – but by that we mean anybody who has R750,000 to spare on a trip to space. Yup, a small Arizona-based business, The Paragon Space Development Corporation, has used some existing technology to create a helium balloon that will take passengers to the edge of space.
That’s right, Bruce Springsteen is making a trip across the Atlantic for two shows in South Africa. The Boss has sold 120 million albums, won 20 Grammy’s, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award – so it’s fair to say that him coming here is big news, even if you weren’t born when he had his first hit single.
Multi-award winning rapper, Khuli Chana, became a victim of police violence early this morning, when SAPS fired multiple shots at his driver window. Chana was on his way to meet a DJ at the New Road Caltex garage for a gig in Pretoria when he was shot at from an unmarked police vehicle.
Of course, by “local comedy duo”, we mean Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues. Here’s the gist: Join Lt. Brann Wilson & Officer Kevin Face of the new, elite Movember taskforce – MOPO911 – as they patrol the streets and keep them safe from fakers and try-hards, whilst also encouraging those who think they cannot grow a glorious mo for the month of Movember.
In lieu of the Edward Snowden inspired paranoia about online privacy, Adam Penenberg, a journalist for Pando Daily, challenged a hacker to try to get as much information about him as possible, simply by using a PC. The man he challenged, Nick Percoco, considers himself a “white hat hacker” and has been breaking into companies (at their request) for some years now. The journalist in question had no idea what he was in for.
Freelancing sounds pretty good – flexible hours, flexible locations and at the end of the day – flexible jobs. But it’s quite tricky to get it right. For one, you don’t have the security of a regular salary. It’s a rough world out there, and for anyone who wants to freelance their way to the top – you’ll need to read this.
It must be said – the recession hit us all hard. We’re not as wealthy as we used to be, and won’t be as prosperous as we hoped we would. In particular, the 2008 recession hit men the hardest, and left more men out of work than women. What did this mean? This means that more men were taking on home-keeping tasks like shopping, cooking and cleaning.
Former first-class South African cricketer, Darryn Randall, has died after he was struck on the head by a cricket ball. Randall, 32, was hit on the side of the head before he collapsed. He was batting at the time – but it is hasn’t been made clear whether or not he was wearing a helmet.
Groupies stay in touch and connect with the world around them with an Apple 16GB iPhone 5C. Sleek and stylish, the Apple iPhone 5 reinvented the way we think about phones, join the revolution and enjoy an 8MP camera, four inch Retina display, ultrafast 4G LTE wireless connectivity and a fingerprint-resistant coating on the front. […]
Up until now, the only place to purchase bespoke Jack Daniel’s fashion wear or collectable items was by making the trip to the JD Hardware Store in Lynchburg Tennessee. Now, local Jack fans can do their online shopping and enjoy free delivery to anywhere in South Africa, from Sandton to Springbok, thanks to the newly launched JD online store.
Tokyo Sexwale arrested at JFK airport. McDonald’s drops Heinz ketchup. Legendary rocker dies. New F1 World Champ crowned. Obama was aware of Merkel spying. Mozambique ambush kills 1. Becks crashes car.