Online shopping has made life a lot more pleasant. There are no queues, no creepy shop assistants awkwardly approaching you to offer their assistance, and you can sit on your ass in your underwear on a Sunday morning with a cup of coffee. Lab42 recently compiled a survey of 500 online shoppers, to try and discovery the trends that are driving us away from brick and mortar shops. The result is a pretty sweet infographic.
Bucking international trends such as what we have just witnessed in Australia, a US appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that would block the federal government from requiring tobacco companies to put graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packaging.
Polio survivors from Africa have pioneered a new extreme sport that combines skateboarding and soccer to produce Skate Soccer. Now, an award-winning South African film crew is crowd-sourcing funding via Kickstarter for a documentary film about the truly remarkable sport.
Last year saw a lot of incidents where UK public transport users were being racially abused by fellow commuters. Some of these moments even got caught on camera and went viral. The one thing all the offenders had in common was the fact that they were white, British, and clearly had no love for anyone else trying to live in “their country.” But the tables are turned in this latest video. Police officers are currently investigating claims of a black woman making racist comments about white people on a London bus. Check out her take on Caucasian folk, below.
As far as owning a piece of history goes, this prison cell door, from Robben Island – the institution infamous for the incarceration Nelson Mandela – is about as good as it gets. The cell door is still in the same condition it was when it was removed in 1996, and may even have imprisoned Mandela himself!
The Denali National Park in Alaska has suffered its first deadly grizzly bear attack in the North American park’s 95 year history. 49 year-old Richard White of San Diego was attacked on Friday, but managed to snap up 26 photographs, which may provide vital insight into the minutes before his death.
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, is today staring the recovery process from the hangover that the Springboks’ performance gave him this weekend. The Boks delivered what was a decidedly lackluster performance against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday, that’s for sure.
You might have caught the story in the Sunday Times about ex-Springbok player Earl Rose and his wife (Amor) ploughing their BMW into the famous Ooskus fish & chips shop in Gordon’s Bay. Here is the CCTV footage. According to Timeslive: Dramatic video footage shows rugby player Earl Rose staggering topless from a fish and […]
The worst kept secret in South African concert history has been confirmed: the Red Hot Chili Peppers will finally be touring South Africa in February 2013.
A laid-off clothing designer fatally shot a former colleague near the Empire State Building on Friday morning. In turn, he was shot dead by police officers during a confrontation that also wounded nine bystanders. Newly released CCTV footage shows the moment the shootout happened. Please be warned that this is not for sensitive viewers.
My mother is pretty obsessed with Carrol Boyes ‘stuff’ and we have every item required, from the bread knife, to full knife/fork sets, salad servers, bows, platters – you name it. Check this 7-piece out for only R1,999 – you save R1,500. Perfect for you, or as a gift.
Two members of the all-girl Russian punk group Pussy Riot who escaped being arrested after performing inside Moscow’s main cathedral in February are on the run.
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By now you would have heard that the ANCYL is marching in Cape Town this morning. They have promised to keep things orderly and peaceful. However some traffic and noise disruptions can still be expected, as is the case with any protest involving a large number of people. Here are all the important routes, times, and info.
In a case that has dragged on for nine years, and been in court for three, an American man is set to feel the full wrath of the music industry after it was confirmed by court on Friday that he will have to pay $675 000 in damages for downloading and sharing just 30 songs from once-popular music-sharing sites, Napster and Kazaa.
Samsung to pay Apple $1 Billion in damages – shares plunge. Prince Harry’s secret Facebook profile. Neil Armstrong dies. Syria carnage. Pussy Riot members escape. 15-year-old wins PGA. Empire state shooting. CT cops ready for ANCYL.
Lucas Hartong, a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, has asked the European Parliament to cancel South African Airways’ landing rights in Europe over its anti-white hiring laws.
Brian Atwood’s latest ad campaign, starring South Africa’s Candice Swanepoel has come under sanction for being a little to steamy for the tastes of New York’s Madison Avenue types. Both the video, and the print portions of the campaign have been given a strong forward defensive off of their respective platforms. The New York Post […]
As you no doubt read in the Spice this morning, the most successful Tour de France cyclist ever, Lance Armstrong, might soon be stripped of all seven of his titles. What you might have missed though, is that he’ll also have to pay back all of his accumulated winnings which amount to roughly R35 285 592!
Jozi – get a load of the rad new PUMA store that’s about to take you by storm!
You might remember model, Andrej Pejic, who is rather famous for his hot female-like appearance. Well, Andrej might have some new competition – 19-year-old Stav Strashko, who stars in a new ad for Toyota.
The Brothers Streep will be playing a couple of shows in Jozi at the end of the month. Click through for a preview of what’s in store.
The overly pink London games are over, and hopefully the memories of the Lisa-Simpson-giving-Bart-a-blowjob logo will soon fade. The logo for the Rio games was revealed to the world at the closing ceremony, and it turns out that there’s more to it than just the beautiful symbolism of people holding hands.
But it’s not that bad. South African daily newspaper circulation has been declining by roughly five per cent year on year since 2008, and the second quarter of 2012 has proven this is still happening, but not as badly as some may have thought. There have been a few publications that have bucked the trend.
No, seriously, this is one tiny bicycle! We don’t know much about this boss, but he seems to be from Russia. I’ve been watching this video over and over, and my mind does not want to stop being blown.
Space, the final frontier, and mankind’s constant fascination. These mesmerising images, from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition, capture the night sky in ways that the naked eye never could and will leave you staring at the night sky wishing for an alien abduction.
The problem of pollution may have found a possible solution. Marine microbiologists have discovered an organism that lives in waste plastic. With the literal tons of plastic waste floating in the ocean, this could be key to finding a way to biodegrade plastic.
This is a sad, tragic day for humanity. Anders Behring Breivik – the guy who massacred 77 people (the majority of them teenagers) in Norway last year – is busy being sentenced as we speak. The court has found him to be sane and sentenced him to a mere 21 years in prison, MINUS the 445 days he already spent in custody. Upon hearing his fate, he smiled as this is exactly what he was hoping for.
I have done two of these posts in the past and I thought I would do another. I made this decision for two reasons. The first is because they are simply fun to write, and secondly because I enjoy poking fun at the hoighty-toighty world of wine, where food and wine pairings are touted as […]
Lance Armstrong to be stripped of all 7 Tour de France titles and banned for life. Malema sparks chaos at memorial service. “Despicable girl” sold pics of Prince Harry. Book will describe first hand account of Bin Laden killing.