I have mentioned in one or more of these columns that I am not exactly a fan of wine competitions. In this column I report back on the challenges I faced when helping judge in a recent local competition.
Tomorrow marks the start of Islam’s annual Hajj (which means pilgrimage), a trek to the Grand Mosque in Mecca made by millions each year. These breathtaking photos offer a glimpse of the masses already at, or en route to, the mosque.
Juggling is a pretty neat party trick, ever more so when you can do it with empty classes or your best mate’s triplets. Not all juggling involves throwing things in the air though – contact juggling is a completely different beast, and this video from the 2012 Japan Juggling Festival Championship will leave you mesmerised.
Activists from Greenpeace Africa, groundWork and Earthlife Africa JHB, this morning hoisted a banner and chained themselves to the entrance of Megawatt Park, Eskom’s headquarters in Johannesburg.
Everyone’s favourite longtime Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, has released a couple of photos of himself to the media. This is in response to recent rumours that a stroke put him in “a neurovegetative state.”
It’s finally here folks, the first, full-length trailer for Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, Iron Man 3.
SURELY I’m not the only one who bought this camera before I had finished reading the headline? Imagine monitoring (with live sound and video) any room in the world (via Wi-Fi) from any computer in the world? You can even watch on your iPhone!
The picture you are looking at was posted to Facebook on Sunday by Ilka Dunne. While booked in to the Northcliff Audi branch, her car was involved in an accident that has led to it being written off. How exactly this happened is a story we’d still love to hear!
Entries now open for a Friday fit for a king on 26 October. Open to residents of Cape Town and surrounds. Where were you last month when Jack Daniel’s and 2oceansVibe treated Johan and his mates to an afternoon of whiskey rounds, and cutting his own record at an exclusive recording studio? You missed the entry call? […]
Fingers were pointed in every direction at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana shooting on Monday. With transport for the victims now seemingly sorted out to an extent, proceedings got underway in Rustenburg with opening statements by the representatives of the various groups.
Insurance company wants Lance to pay back R103 million. Monster energy drinks might kill you. Scientists jailed for incorrect earthquake predictions. Whale mimics human speech. Kris Jenner nip-slip. And the winner of the third debate is?
And just like that, fourteen years of Lance Armstrong’s career have been wiped from the record books. In addition to losing his titles, the International Cycling Union has banned Armstrong from the sport for life, citing “insurmountable evidence” that Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs over the course of his career, and in every one of […]
South Africa’s Julian Boulle was announced as the first winner of the World Wingsuit League (WWL) Grand Prix late last week.
Last Friday’s Spice broke the news that Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig Jnr had resigned from the self-claimed largest social network in Africa. Citing a difference of opinion from shareholders as to the company’s expansion strategy, Knott-Craig Jnr resigned from the cellphone social network, as well as its holding company, World of Avatar.
That’s right. Would you believe that the biggest “you owe us” national pest in South Africa – the SABC – are under investigation by the National Consumer Commission? Yes, that’s right. Basically, if you feel pressure to pay your TV license, let this article clear your conscience. According to TimesLive: Letters of demand, text messages and calls to customers […]
Currently studying in Bosnia, the grandson of the late North Korean Great Leader Kim Jong-Il, and nephew of the Young General Kim Jong-Un, has given a rare TV interview. The interview was for Finnish television, with former Under Secretary General of the UN, Elisabeth Rehn.
Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive, Michael Jeffries, has been taken to court in an age discrimination lawsuit by a former employee. Stephen Bustin, a 55-year-old pilot, claims he was replaced by a younger man. He has also revealed very spicy details of how Jeffries treats his airline staff.
The BBC has taken a look at the rise of the passive-aggressive wi-fi names. The gist of the matter is that wi-fi network names have become the fridge notes of the digital age.
Seriously – there hasn’t been a magazine cover that has ticked all the boxes like the latest Tatler magazine cover. Just look at the broad-brushstrokes topics mentioned on the cover. Prince Harry – ‘The girls, the gangs, the gaffes.” Yes! ‘The Grimaldis – Monaco’s frisky first family.” – Yes! “Kim Kardashian” – sure, why not! […]
Much like a highly contagious strain of superflu, PSY’s Gangnam Style has penetrated every tier of society and has even managed to somehow find its way into the military and redirect otherwise well-spent funding to teaching a highly advanced robot how to perform the infamous dance.
Having just come out of winter, and with a decreased summer load on the national grid, you would expect that a little relief would be in order from our nation’s energy supplier – not quite. After lukewarm showers, green swimming pools and rooms lit with a single lightbulb, we’ll be finding out this week if we’re in for another increase in the price of electricity.
It looks like Rupert Murdoch might be keen to expand his media empire yet again. Reports have indicated that the old man is now after the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
We’re big fans of Justin Timberlake’s song ‘Dick in a box’ for it’s sheer visual hilarity, as well as the clever rhyming. The same is true for this new track ‘Yoga Boner’ by MC Jelly Donut (Featuring Daveed Diggs). “I’m confused” at 1:50 did it for me. Click to watch the video.
2oceansvibe has long despised the rude habit of random, unplanned phone calls. That was to do with manners, but now it is OFFICIALLY affecting our health as well. So you just carry on.. make another phone call. Click headline for story.
A massive car bomb went off late Friday afternoon in Beirut – the first of its kind in four years. Rubble and the twisted, burning wreckage of several cars filled the central Beirut street where the bomb exploded. The blast literally ripped the facades and balconies off buildings. Eight people were killed, and a further 78 injured.
In a tradition spanning more than five years, 2oceansvibe is proud to declare summer open from TODAY! Click through to see the method we use to make this decision, as well as how much later this year’s was to previous years. To come to this decision, we use the iPhone ‘WeatherPro‘ app and are only […]
Joahnnesburgers tend to make quite a big deal of the famed “Highveld storm”, talking up the magnitude and power of every smattering of rain in their general vicinity. But after watching this video, we think it’s probably fair to let them keep the weather bragging rights for a while longer. The footage was shot in […]
A team of South African scientists has discovered that certain people’s blood is capable of producing antibodies that can kill nine of ten known strains of HIV.
Armstrong charity supporters want refund. Pippa’s new book. French president to ban homework. Cricket SA CEO fired for lying. Tom Hanks drops F-bomb on TV. Pope names 7 new saints.
Over the course of the next ten days we’ll be bringing you a short history of a uniquely South African advertising phenomenon: Liqui-Fruit television ads. Perched high up in the fondly-curated South African Television Advertising Hall of Fame, the Liqui-Fruit ads are up there with greatest hits like the scottish Lunch Bar, and the “Ja […]