This week we’ve reported about various violent protests on US embassies across the Middle East over a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The latest incident saw an attack against the U.S. embassy compound in Sanaa, Yemen. Check out footage inside.
Malaysia’s Education Ministry has recommended a list of traits that it believes will help parents and teachers identify homosexuality in their young children, so that they can respond to the “symptoms.”
About a year ago, we ran a piece in our prestigious boss category, called How To Fight Fire Like A Boss. It featured two guys that just completed their firefighter exam and were eager to show us how quickly they could get through a window several stories above the ground. Today we revisit the art of fighting fire like a bauw5 by showing you something even more incredible: fire fighter olympics!
President Zuma, answering a question from from DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko yesterday in front of the National Assembly, said “[y]ou have more rights because you’re a majority; you have less rights because you’re a minority. That’s how democracy works.”
Steven Spielberg is back with what is sure to be one of the cinematic treats of the year – a star-studded period drama following the life of one of America’s most famous Presidents, Abraham Lincoln.
Is South African Chenin any good? According to two international writers it is, and it isn’t. Frustratingly for local producers, mixed messages are being sent out. Locally we have been all “Yeah SA Chenin is the dog’s bollocks!” and then given a full-on smack-down by international writers: “Steady on there Saffas, your wines are definitely […]
Maybe you’ve heard of the concept of six degrees of separation, which states that any two people can be connected to each other by six other people. This is where the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon comes from, as well as Google’s latest built-in feature: The Bacon Calculator.
Frans Baleni, National Union of Mineworkers general secretary, was this morning quoted as saying that Lonmin had made mineworkers an offer, but this offer has since been rejected.
Yesterday afternoon, Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire), an active volcano near Antigua, Guatemala unexpectedly began erupting, causing panic and the forced evacuation of over 33 000 people. The eruption caused volcanic ash to fall more than half a kilometre down the mountain.
Yesterday we reported on Julius Malema visiting more striking miners, and telling them how the president does not see them as a priority. At the same time, Jacob Zuma was asked in parliament to explain government’s action plan to return stability to areas that have been dogged by violence and protracted strikes.
Yesterday we told you we’d be having Stephen Birch on 2oceansVibe radio. If you missed his incredible story, you missed out. It’s a fantastic tale, and the South African property developer swears that he’s found her body buried in a driveway.
I am very surprised these days when I hear that some people don’t have a scanner – it’s one of the most used pieces of hardware on my desk. I’ve got everything scanned and saved in my dropbox. From passports and ID books, to legal docs and RICA/FICA info. They’re usually quite expensies, but not today. SaveR3,000 and get this thin scanner for just R499.
Lonmin makes offer to workers. Malema in firing line. Topless pics of Kate hit stands today. Calls for calm as protests erupt over anti-islam film. Film maker is a meth cooker. Lamborghini recalls 1,500 supercars. The crazy things women will do when turned on.
I was really enjoying the tennis court and imagined myself drinking pimms and eating cucumber sandwiches between sets. But the clincher was the subterranean squash court..
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers the merits of the shortened, shortened game, ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup that gets underway next week.
Some of you may remember this guy, Stephen Birch. He’s a South African, who claims to have found Madeleine McCann’s grave, and – get this – the Portuguese government know about it too, but choose not to act on it. Birch will be live on Mark Bayly’s show at 16h15 this afternoon. Make sure you […]
This is why you don’t tempt fate. Or use stupid sayings. Or tweet whilst driving. Or tweet while driving drunk, while “going 120 drifting corners.” This is the fate that was suffered by a Canadian rapper and his friends recently, after deciding to have a little too much fun.
For the second time in 28 years Africa can say it has a new species of monkey – the lesula is found in remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Three Cape Town brothels, in Milnerton, Claremont and Diep River respectively, were shut down and their operators arrested during a joint operation between the Hawks and the City of Cape Town’s Vice Squad.
In another instance of sheep-like behavior, research shows that a banner message on Facebook showing users’ friends who voted drove a third of a million more voters to the poll booths in the 2010 US elections. It’s not simply people responding to a message, but rather seeing their friends had voted, that they then followed suit.
After his much talked-about Tuesday interview on CNN, Julius Malema visited about 60 SANDF soldiers at the Lenasia Recreation Centre yesterday. Before the day was done, he danced and sang a bit, called South Africa a “banana republic”, ripped into president Jacob Zuma, talked Twitter, and got mobbed by a group of school kids. Check out all the action inside!
Cassandra Bankson is a 19-year-old Californian girl. Unfortunately, genetics blessed her with rather awful acne, so bad that she stopped attending school because of the constant bullying. So she did what I suppose any girl in the same position would have done – she made a YouTube video.
There are half a billion Android devices worldwide. You have to believe that Google is planning to, at some stage, release Google TV for Android.
Flightradar24 has been around for a while now yet it seems that it’s slipped under the, er, radar, of many people. The flight tracking service gives you “real-time information for thousands of aircraft around the world” – you’ll never miss a flight, or an important airport pickup, ever again.
The new iPhone 5. ANCYL leader accused of murder. Striking miners shut down mine. US send marines and warships to Libya. Zuckerberg admits wasting years. Anonymous pilot reveals secrets airlines don’t want you to know.
It’s all happening so fast I might need a little lie down. Here they are, they first pictures of the iPhone 5. Click to see them. It’s the thinnest smartphone…. wait for it…. EVER!
Tens rugby is about to take Jozi by storm! The weekend that isn’t just about rugby, as we all know, is taking place this weekend – the 14th and 15th of September – at Pirates Rugby Club in Parkhurst.
Johnny Ives, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, just put down $17 million for a stunning, five-storey mansion in San Francisco’s Gold Coast. So, what exactly does that kind of money buy you? Let’s take a look.
Rockumentaries are usually about fame, the paranoia of money and the affects of a sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll lifestyle on the road. Searching for Sugar Man reinvents the genre with a real-life mystery about Sixto Rodriguez, a ’70s music icon, whose career was stifled and forgotten… or so it seemed. Decades after Rodriguez […]
How do you know that someone went to UCT? They tell you. Why wouldn’t they, after yet another year at the top of the rankings for Africa. They’ve even climbed a few more places this year. Keep that in your back pocket for the next time you’re having a beer and need some bragging rights.