Pranksters push Kim Jong Un closer to TIME Magazine’s person of the year victory. Pope gets Twitter account. Kate has rare morning sickness condition. Syria prepping chemical weapons. Tyson high on coke during Hangover. Our grade nine’s maths average is WHAT?
I made up a saying once – you might have heard it: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” But smoke only truly becomes fire when a rumour is confirmed – and that is what has just happened, as Kate was sent to hospital for morning sickness. Read for more..
BizCommunity reports that it has learnt from reliable sources that Media 24’s SA Sports Illustrated is to fold. SASI has served as the premier South African sports magazine for decades. The magazine’s profile on Media 24’s website reads as follows: Sports Illustrated is the most successful and enduring multi-sport magazine in South Africa’s publishing history. […]
THE most exciting event of the year sees teams going against each other in their human-powered homemade flying machines, at the V&A Waterfront. This worldwide event started in Vienna in 1992 and the world record is 69.79 meters. Watch the incredible video here!
A group of politicial scientists in Norway have revealed that their research indicates a drastic reduction in the amount of ongoing conflicts globally. They claim that the number of wars currently being experienced will be halved by 2050 – with the greatest decrease coming in the Middle East.
One of 2oceansvibe’s favourite South Africans and former guest, Koos Bekker, conducted an interview with Summit TV and featured on BDlive. Click through to see what Koos has to say about newspapers, digital media, Naspers, their operations in China, and acquisitions.
Arguably the most disgraceful estate agent that has ever operated in South Africa, Wendy Machanik, has finally spoken publicly about her actions, and taken full responsibility for her public and humiliating downfall.
Listenership to CDs and digital music files in the US dropped over 20% since 2009. AM/FM listenership dropped 10% in the same period and in the last 3 months, 50% of the U.S. Internet population aged 13 and older — listened to an Internet radio or on-demand music service. It’s all happening..
Releasing December 7, Breaking the Taboo is a documentary made by Sir Richard Branson’s son Sam which sets out the case for decriminalising drugs. Some big names are backing the venture, including Morgan Freeman and Kate Winslet.
Australia’s world-first laws on cigarette and tobacco plain packaging have come into full effect on Saturday. All brand logos and colours have now been replaced with generic olive green coverings, gruesome pictures of diseased body parts, or depictions of children and babies made ill by their parents’ smoking.
The Mexican drug cartels are more than just gangs. They are a combination of organised crime and military – even if a rather undisciplined one. It’s the mafia with radio towers, RPG’s and armored vehicles. They are extremely badass; in the most horrible and corrupt way possible.
Lady Gaga kicked off her South African tour on Friday night with a concert at Soweto’s FNB Stadium. This evening will see Mother Monster take to Cape Town Stadium. The Darkness will kick off the show, and gates are to open at 17:00.
Supreme Leader hasn’t spoken out yet, and it’s not clear whether his scientists have the capacity to harvest unicorn DNA to make him one so that he may ride out across Pyongyang, but they have indeed found a unicorn lair!
Cops and teargas for Kardashian in Bahrain. Taxpayers’ pays for Zuma’s brother’s electricity. American Psycho writer tweets for cocaine. Has Apple fixed wireless-charging? When was the first SMS sent? News International CEO resigns.
It started in 1812 and takes place every year on 22 December. With a 1-in-3 chance of winning a portion of the €2.3 billion prize money, 90% of Spain’s population buys tickets. It’s basically complete and utter mayhem.
Cape Town’s two-day spree of wind gusts reported to range between 50 and 120kph are the topic du jour at the moment. So much so that a name was coined for this particularly beastly South Easter on Twitter: #HurricaneGatiema. The hashtag trended in Cape Town shortly after lunch time. #hurricanegatiema is […]
Every week @realtimewine publishes their top 10 trending wines for the week. I read last week’s list and responded, a little cheekily, with this tweet. Real Time Wine challenged me to put together a better list. I agreed. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel to be honest. Since I have entered the wine […]
Next Sunday, December 9, Derek Van Dam and team Wonderpillar will be competing in the inaugural Red Bull Flugtag event taking place at the Waterfront in Cape Town.
Today’s addition to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame is clearly a man on the move. He has no time to waste, not even for eating. That is why he has invented this ingenious way to eat a mielie in only 10 seconds.
Welcome to the gun show. Moustafa Ismail’s guns are so large he probably struggles to feed himself. However, these guns might be for nothing if the Guinness World Records finds he used implants.
Browsing the list, it would appear that things have gone and taken a bit of a more traditional turn this year. Aiden won boys, and Sophia girls, but there are definitely some good normal names doing the rounds. The data for the name list is collected historically for comparison, and this year nearly half a […]
Titled, rather appropriately, “Merry Xmas”, Parow’s latest video was shot in Durban and produced by Parow’s mate Warren Haviside. Laat die vet beats drop en die biltong hang!
A photo of a New York Police Department officer giving a homeless man a pair of shoes has gone viral. It was taken by a tourist earlier this month in Times Square. Shen sent a copy of it to the NYPD, who then uploaded it to their Facebook page two days ago.
Yesterday the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognise a Palestinian state, despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinians by withholding funds for the West Bank government. The 193-nation approved the de facto recognition after the vote passed 138-9, with 41 abstentions.
This headline poses so many questions. What is a sex box? Should I want one, or be disgusted by one. What’s up with the Swiss that they need something called a sex box? Can I get one for Christmas?
With last week’s multiple faling one game short of success, it’s going to be interesting to see what happens this weekend. Our two multiples for this week have 10 to 1 odds for the first multiple and 18 to 1 for the second! Good luck!
SA editors freak out over Gaga censorship. MNET sorry for horror film schedule. Dalai Lama to be re-invited. Leveson report blasts Murdoch. Ecclestone berates ‘unbecoming’ Ferrari. Assange has chronic lung condition. DSK settles with maid.
We’ve been doing some snooping around and all noises are pointing to the same launch date for the iPhone 5 in South Africa. Our source even has a countdown clock to the glorious date. Click through to check it out, as well as the supporting information.
The lives of those with prosthetic limbs may have the chance to improve rapidly with the introduction of thought-controlled robotic arms. These prosthetics and their electrodes will connect directly to the bones and nerves of amputees.
Forex trading is a way to earn money. Enough money to live the holiday, ergo, not work. What kind of things might you like to do in your free, moneyed leisure time? You could: Buy a motorsports team Challenge children to high stakes games of putt-putt on the Promenade Go for a lunchtime surf with other retired millionaires […]