In March this year, the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were arrested following an unauthorised performance at Moscow’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral. Part of their performance included chanting: “Mother Mary please drive Putin away.” They have now been sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.”
Since their inception and mainstream introduction, helmet cams have given the masses some of the world’s most fascinating footage. Recently, a group of falconers in Abu Dhabi took things a step further and attached a minute helmet cam to a falcon’s head, and then took the bird out to the desert to hunt. The results are amazing to say the least. Sensitive viewers be warned though, the hunt does get a bit bloody.
With a name that plays on the famous TV soap ‘Dynasty,’ Downistie is pulling in a daily audience of one million people, as the Netherlands can’t seem to get enough of the cast which is made of actors with Down’s syndrome. Have a look at this short 3 minute episode.
Assange berates US. Get Back To Work: Lonmin. Top Gun director kills himself. There is a new Miss World. Shia having ‘real sex’ in new film. Kasparov physically beaten by Putin’s government. Facebook Workers Suffer Pain Of Stock’s Sharp Sell-Off.
I don’t know how we missed this one. This is probably the greatest music to come out of the Western Cape in years. This song is called “Wassie Ekke” and has been translated perfectly from Shaggy’s version into Cape Flats-style Afrikaans. Not to be missed!
As the world focuses on the violence happening in the northern part of South Africa, virally organised protest action in Cape Town could lead to further violent clashes.
As you sit in the smelly spray left all over you, and every inch of furniture in the room, after Milo has “dried himself”, it’s easy to forget that his vigorous shaking is in fact complicated science. Thanks to the wonder of modern technology, experts are finally able to begin unraveling and understanding the advanced drying techniques employed by our four-legged friends.
Restaurants are quite possibly one of the oldest forms of social setting. You get to indulge many pleasures at once – eating, drinking, conversations, romance, and you don’t even have to do the dishes afterwards. Modern times have ruined us though. Interaction takes place from the bright screen of a smartphone, begging for us to check our emails, just “quickly reply” to that instant message, or check-in on Facebook.
He’s been a politician, a businessman, and the Governor of California since 2003, which was also the last time Arnold starred in a film. The action movie gods have smiled on us and have returned Arnold to where he belongs: being a badass on screen with a thick Austrian accent.
The winners of the 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest have just been announced. These images were chosen from more than 12 000 entries submitted by 6 615 photographers from 152 countries!
The Lonmin platinum mine shooting is all everybody is talking about at the moment, and if you’ve been anywhere near any news source it’s the only thing that’s been on the TV. Nearly every single major news publication has been running with the story – which makes you wonder about the kind of PR this might bring for us.
Dreaming of conquering the skies as an SAA pilot? Well, it’s time to get your head out of clouds if you’re a white male because SAA are no longer accepting any more cadet pilot training applications from that particular demographic.
Sick and tired of baby photos taking up your news feed on Facebook? There’s a solution for that: Unbaby.me will replace baby photos with whatever you’d prefer to see, like bacon for example.
On August 7 this year, all nine provinces in South Africa experienced simultaneous snowfall for the very first time. Joburg’s residents in particular were rather excited about this event and made sure the rest of us knew it via Facebook and Twitter. Sandton’s largest Twitter account, @sandtontimes, compiled this beautiful Instagram photo compilation of the city’s snow – sourced from social networks.
25 killed in SA mine massacre [video]. Avusa bid accepted. Assange to make announcement. New low for Facebook. Rihanna cries on Oprah. eBay stops magic spells sales.
There is a thing called a lockup, which is a period of time during which a company’s employees (in this case Facebook employees) cannot sell their share after the company goes public. The lockup period for Facebook employees ended today. Guess what?
To celebrate the launch of their sizeable new ½ litre cider, Savanna is giving you the chance to win big by turning your everyday mundane moments into breaking news. All you need to do to enter the competition is visit the Savanna Facebook page and post your Big News headline on the Savanna Big News […]
The Lions Rugby franchise has been booted into Super15 touch by the SARU bigwigs. The highly controversial and much-maligned Southern Kings will replace the Gauteng union, in a move that has been pegged more for its strategic developmental and politically expedient benefits than pure merit. IOL has more: The top four teams in the South […]
Red Bull loves to give unique opportunities to extraordinary athletes from snowboarding, skydiving, surfing, and pretty much every other “extreme sporting” background ever created. This year the Soul Flyers got to perform an amazingly choreographed flying routine in the Czech Indoor Skydive Arena.
Earlier today, Thabo Bester, also known as the “Facebook rapist”, appeared in the Western Cape High Court and was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
As we all know, matric dance season is here. For hormonal teenage girls, and high schoolers in general, this is a very stressful time of the year. Even if you’ve got your dress, car, before- and after-parties, and everything in-between sorted, you’re still have to find the perfect date. So why not ask Chad le Clos?
Africa’s largest social network already has MXit Moola as part of its mobile payment infrastructure, but they just got a little bit cleverer by partnering with Standard Bank and introducing MXit Money.
Having recently been involved in a stats-related online industry debate, 2oceansvibe has taken an interest in a current topic of discussion, to do with creative agencies, opinion leaders and their Twitter accounts. More to the point – the fact that they have allegedly been paying for fake Twitter followers to bolster their (and their clients’) online social media footprints.
Has the Loch Ness monster finally been caught on camera? Well, George Edwards from Scotland certainly thinks so! The monster hunter has spent the past 26 years searching for Nessie. He now claims to have taken the “best picture ever” of the beast, after dedicating 60 hours a week to his quest.
The world is listening to more and more music online. Either streaming radio, downloading music, or using on-demand services like Spotify and We7. These on-demand services will generate £696 million for the global music industry in 2012 – a rise of 40%, new research has suggested. Artists, however, are complaining that they are getting paid very little despite their tracks getting 10’s of thousands of views.
It may not always get the mainstream attention that it deserves, but Rally driving is a serious sport with serious risks. This was once again demonstrated last week when an Evo race car took a turn for the worse and flew off of a mountain onto a steep rocky slope.
Check out next month’s cover of Playboy! Way back in March you told you all about Kate’s stripper cousin, Katrina Darling, who has her own burlesque show. Well, it turns out there’s been some interest from Camp Hefner, as she’s gonna be on the cover of next month’s Playboy.
Springbok test and SuperSport broadcaster Matt Pearce takes on questions including why they never go too hard at the players and if the unwritten rule that only Sproingbok players should ommentate, is fair. Check it out.
Elton John’s fellow billionaire gay pals were clearly over the *ahem* moon when he decided to pull down his pants and display his ass to Michael Caine. Click through for full view of Sir Elton’s backside and find out who else he mooned recently.
The State’s first witness took the stand on Wednesday in the Cape High Court as part of Xolile Mngeni’s trial. Mngeni is accussed of firing the fatal shot that killed Anni.