Following South Africa’s disastrous military intervention in the Central African Republic, reports have emerged that South Africa and France are heading for a diplomatic showdown on commercial and political interests in Francophone Africa. This, and more on the M&G Newsroom podcast
Finally it’s here, the trailer for the second installment in the popular Hunger Games trilogy. The MTV Movie Awards was the stage for the premier of the official trailer for Hunger Games: Catching Fire, this last Sunday. Katniss Everdeen is back with her thousand yard stare, and it looks like she’s in just as tight a spot […]
Kmart have taken to YouTube to promote their new shipping service, and they have nailed it by encouraging customers to “ship my pants”. Say that fast. There isn’t really much more we can say about this, apart from the fact that the child is a real highlight.
The GoPro 3 Hero Edition is hot fire, and is widely regarded as the single best ultra-portable camera in the world. In the WORLD. Now’s your chance to get one, for less. So, go ahead and do that.
France got their own taste of an epic, Hollywood-style Prison Break this last Saturday, when one of their most notorious gangsters, Redoine Faid escaped from prison. Faid has claimed that his crimes are inspired by Scarface and Heat
The British Government’s former top advisor on narcotics, Professor David Nutt has claimed that the global financial crisis of 2008 was caused by widespread overuse and abuse of cocaine in the finances industry.
When do you think it will dawn on Oscar Pistorius that he is hanging with the wrong crew? When do you think he will take a step back and see how this looks to people who don’t own guns, and don’t admit to pumping bullets into occupied bathrooms?
You’ll have heard a lot of finance types talking down the usefulness of Bitcoin as a currency, and/or a commodity in the last few weeks. The guys over at the Joy of Tech have nailed the central thesis of why no one’s listening to those Finance types
A lot of people are not enjoying the feature on Whatsapp which let’s everyone know when last you checked Whatsapp. It’s especially annoying when people have written to you and now know that you are ignoring them as your ‘timestamp’ says you were there..
This video has had over 52 million views since it launched on Friday evening. That’s much more than 500,000 views an hour, which makes Psy almost as big as cats on the internet.
First Australian to win Masters. DA calls for police brutality probe. Pick n Pay, Checkers and co. fingered in meat scandal. George W Bush becomes grandparent. Bieber’s Anne Frank comments panned. Alonso wins in China. Snails as big as rats in Florida.
The sure skill and balls of the driver – who submerges his vehicle completely under water water for a good minute or so, is what gets him into our Boss Hall Of Fame
On Friday former South African president, FW de Klerk accused President Jacob Zuma of using apartheid to cover the ANC government’s failures. These remarks came after Planning Minister Trevor Manuel told Zuma that apartheid could no longer be used as an excuse
This image of North Korean soldiers wearing massive platform heels was taken on Thursday while the “lady-guards” (who make up 10% of the North Korean army) patrolled the banks of the Yalu River.
It’s here! The Taste Of Cape Town festival kicked off last night, and those of you who think it just happens to be about fine dining need to readjust your perceptions before you’re suffering from a massive case of FOMO on Monday morning. In general, you can expect gourmet food from a laundry list of […]
Identical twins, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have amassed the single largest portfolio of online currency over the last six months, and it’s all in Bitcoins. The Winklevii, as they are better known, say they own nearly 1% of all available Bitcoins.
This graffiti was spotted last night in central London’s “Banksy Tunnel”, also known as “Graffiti Tunnel.” The double exclamation point doesn’t seem necessary, given the human-height hate lettering, but artists do as they please, we suppose.
We can’t tell you what this song means, but we can tell you that it’s called “Gentleman” and it’s Psy’s follow up track to his famous Gangnam Style.
The “Oscar Pistorius Story” is set to be written by John Carlin and published after his trial by Atlantic Books.
This shocking video published mere minutes ago by eNCA shows an off-duty police officer repeatedly assaulting an unarmed woman at a Free State petrol station. Despite two on-duty police officers being on the scene for the entirety of the assault, the man manages to punch and kick the woman in the head. No attempt is […]
Last week, a texas businessman obtained a $3,1 million (R26 million) loan to purchase former good guy, Lance Armstrong’s sprawling estate. Newspapers reported that the buyer did not pay anything close to the property’s reported $10 million (R89 million) value.
Yesterday, the Johannesburg Metro Police shut down an operation mass producing penis enlargement advertisement posters. Because apparently this is actually a priority issue in our country.
What do you get when a filmaker, professional rally racer and part time crazy stunt driver and GoPro team up? You get a face melting, ear thumping, cheek shaking, heart racing video like this one.
German security consultant and commercial pilot, Hugo Teso has designed an Android app that could override airplane controls.
Get some friends together and cross this off your bucket list. The time is now to take a dive into the great blue and see what our beautiful oceans have to offer. Even better, do it for less
A Glostrup court said on Wednesday that a Danish man had been acquitted of molesting two 17 year old girls due to the man suffering from a rare sleep disorder known as “sexsomnia.”
This is probably one of the greatest things we’ve seen on the interwebs in a while. Or at least, since yesterday. Published on Monday, this video has already racked up over 12 million views, which makes it the clearest winner for Today’s Viral Video
This is almost too good to be true. Cape Town and Johannesburg recently played host to the Holi One and We Are One festivals, respectively. There are almost too many highlights to mention, but the Yellow Hand Print Guy should get a special round of applause.
An unidentified millionaire made history yesterday by being the first South African to buy a Greek island for the not insignificant price of R34 million – and they did it over the phone!
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.