You have only one month, and one week until Father’s Day, 2012. And you know what? This might be the last one in history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyCCd8MCcZY But probably not. But speaking of history, how much do you actually know about Father’s Day? For example, did you know: Modern Father’s Day was invented by Sonora Smart Dodd, […]
Lately I’ve been drifting toward the cheaper end of the wine spectrum as the belt has unwillingly been drawn in these tough economic times. So this column’s for stretched budgets, treats, great bottles, and benchmarks. International wines that I have tasted in the last year or so that stuck in my head, that I woke up the next morning still thinking about.
As the total number of rhino poached in the Kruger National Park reaches 130, it’s nice to read news like this. SANParks has reported that two suspects have been arrested, and one killed, in a shoot out in the Crocodile Bridge section of Kruger.
Ivo Vegter is one of South Africa’s most controversial columnists. An outspoken defender of fracking in the Karoo, champion of free market policies and general hurricane of argument, the debate in the comments section of Ivo’s regular Daily Maverick columns often outstrips the length of the original piece by a healthy margin. Ivo visited the […]
We know; we also thought it was some kind of elaborate joke, or that we’d been mistaken for seeing an extra zero. We hadn’t. And nor is it a joke. The South African Municipal Workers Union is demanding that all vacant positions in the Local Government Sector be filled as a matter of urgency. Which makes sense, because that would benefit a lot of people.
Time Magazine Cover Goes Viral – The headline reads, “Are You Mom enough?” But if that wasn’t enough to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars, there’s the photo that goes with it: A pretty young woman wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, nursing her 4-year-old son. [shine] ANC Bows To Pressure Over Info Bill – […]
Heineken, worldwide sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, is challenging YOU (South African football fans) to a virtual shootout, on their Facebook app. What’s in it for you, besides ever-flowing fountains of praise, pride, and victory? An incredible prize. That’s what. Bring it in. Team huddle time. For the past five years Heineken International has […]
For the latest issue of The Cricketer, they asked a large panel of cricket journalists, broadcasters, photographers and fans which cricket pitch is the best to watch Test cricket at. And according to the experts Newlands takes a close second place, only behind Lord’s, the symbolic home of the game. See the rest of the Top 10 inside.
BBC Scotland viewers got a surprise at lunchtime today when HRH Charles the Prince of Wales himself appeared on their screens after the usual daily Reporting Scotland news broadcast and presented the regional weather report.
Venture capitalist, Peter Theil’s dream of an artificial island utopia for tech start-ups is inching closer to reality off the coast of San Francisco. Riding a wave of investment capital from Thiel, the project has a name – “Blueseed” – and a website, as well as a lengthy lineup of tech companies that want to get on board.
Cloud Computing. You’ve probably heard the phrase at a bar, or around your depressingly busy photocopy machine at work. Bill from management, or Peter from accounts drops this term at every opportunity, and every time you just smile and nod. Standing there without a worthwhile contribution. So you embarrass yourself again, by talking about your […]
The first part of the Olympics happened this morning, which saw the lighting of the Olympic torch in Ancient Olympia in Greece. This marks the start of the 78 day torch relay to the Olympic Stadium. Where will the torch be traveling this year?
A short while ago, Jessica Leandra dos Santos and Tshidi Thamana seemed to try to apologise for their recent actions, as well as form some kind of friendship. But Itumeleng Mabeba, a man at the centre of hate speech allegations for sending a very disturbing tweet, has claimed his Twitter account was hacked. His employer is also instituting an internal disciplinary process against him.
It would appear that Bafana Bafana player (and Mamelodi Sundowns captain) Teko Modise has landed himself in a spot of trouble after failing to pay a monthly maintenance to his estranged wife. She now wants him to be held in contempt of court and sent to jail.
SONY Corporation has declared an annual loss of 457 billion yen ($5,7 billion) in 2011, its fourth straight year of hemorrhaging money, and the worst in its 66-year corporate history. In spite of which, the company – which appointed a new president, Kazuo Hirai last month – is predicting return to profit by the end of 2012.
Sassoon came to prominence in the 1960s as he pioneered the “wash and wear” look for women’s hair, basically freeing women from over-stylised, labour-intensive styles that dominated the 1950s. He pioneered an “architectural” approach to hairstyling, using geometric cuts and shapes modeled on the facial structure of the person he was styling. At the time, the approach was revolutionary.
News has recently come to light revealing disturbing details of a 16-year old boy who was raped while on a school rugby tour. The incident was part of an elaborate initiation process which clearly went horribly astray, all of which was recorded on cellphones.
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Gentlemen, I have some good news. Sofia Vergara, one of the stars of Modern Family, has just split up with her boyfriend, Nick Loeb after two years together. All the juicy details inside, including who the hell Nick Loeb is.
Politicians reacted angrily at the decision to move Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli out of his crime intelligence position yesterday. A collective feeling amongst opposition parties was that this was simply not good enough, and that Mdluli should be suspended again.
Local Zara Fashion Range: Seasonal Or Laziness? – “I obviously popped into Zara whilst in Jo’burg last week – nothing like a bit of last minute winter shopping. I must say though I am getting quite irritated to see the same items I bought last November at Zara in Barcelona at the Zara in SA. Is it […]
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation, and state-owned lender, has a plan to sell about 15 billion Rand’s worth of investments it currently holds over the next five years. The initiative is part of its divestment plan, Chief Financial Officer, Gert Gouws said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, today.
Firefighters are currently battling a fire that broke out on the construction site of Mitchells Plain Hospital. Not a lot of details are known at this stage. EWN is reporting that emergency officials are on the scene, and that site managers are trying to keep the media away from taking pictures.
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In a slightly surprising move, given the extent to which Google and Facebook have been compliant in handing data over to government enquiry, Twitter filed a motion (PDF) yesterday to block a subpoena that would force the company to turn over the data of one of its users, an arrested Occupy Wall Street protestor.
Steve McQueen is a fine artist turned film director, who shares the name of the more famous action man and Hollywood icon – yet they are distinctly different. McQueen’s latest offering is another dark drama in the wake of Hunger and gives his audience a voyeuristic glance into the world of a man living with a sexual addiction aggravated by a painful past. Ag, Shame.
Some people become really famous, and then we forget all about them when they were younger. People change, perceptions change – but photos don’t. Check out these amazing photos of world figures.
What was the response from fellow residence mates when one Stellenbosch student had a break down? Call the campus security? Call the Counselling Unit? Not exactly… This morning’s Die Matie got the full scoop on the spooky goings on in Dagbreek two weeks ago, and we’ve got the full tale of supernatural terror, after the jump!
The Indian government has recently formulated some big plans to re-introduce cheetahs to the wild – in India, that is. The $56 million strategy involved importing cheetahs from Namibia to a wildlife sanctuary in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Unfortunately it’s just been pointed out that African and Asiatic cheetahs are completely different.
If I was a racist, I would NEVER get caught. And I think that is the difference between me and the real racists out there – they don’t have brains. Only a MORON would apologise and explain that the reason they used the K word was because they were angry. That ALWAYS results in people […]