Kate Middleton Pregnancy Rumours Continue – Kate and Wills were on an official overseas humanitarian trip in Copenhagen to learn about the situation in east Africa and to help with aid efforts. However, when offered the chance to sample some of the peanut paste given to famine victims, Kate politely declined, despite the fact that her […]
Operation Repo is a TV show that follows repo men around. They’re the nice guys with the muscles, bald heads and facial hair that come and take your car when you don’t make your payments. In this particular video, the owner of the car happens to be obsessed with Michael Jackson. Hilarity ensues. Click continue to see the full video.
If you’ve been following the development of the rhino poaching issue in South Africa recently, you will be pleased to know that two Thai nationals, suspected to be central to an international rhino poaching syndicate, were arrested at OR Tambo International this morning.
Commercial space travel is now literally months away, and it appears that a mission to Mars is not too far off either. Six men that have been locked in large steel piped tubes for 520 days emerged from isolation earlier today after a bid to simulate a mission to Mars. This is taking Survivor to the next level.
When Gareth Cliff said on his show that “most 22-year-olds are laying on their backs with their legs open at 22, or else they are drinking” he wasn’t being a hater. This after the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) found him innocent of hate speech, following a complaint by a listener.
Hoo. Santa Cruz surfer Barbara Roettger got way up close and personal with a pod of humpback whales when she unwittingly found herself in the middle of a lunge feeding session; two massive whales popped up right next to the surfer and her kayak friends, seemingly out of nowhere. It’s pretty rad.
Remember a few months back when the local rags were full of news about Hollywood stars, Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington seen out and about in the Mother City filming an upcoming action flick? Well, check out the fruit of those labours after the jump!
Other than the obvious benefits of the various social networks out there; networking, re-connecting and event-planning, amongst other things, recently they have become a serious law-enforcement tool. In the most recent case, New Jersey police used Facebook to track down suspects in a vicious assault case involving a machete wielding madman.
If this six-inch blade truly is the notorious murder weapon of the famed “Jack The Ripper”, than you can expect to see it fetch a pretty penny on auction. The knife was found in a stack of possessions belonging to Sir John Williams, the surgeon thought to be the infamous killer. A surgeon, with a surgeon’s knife? Never!
In this week’s installment of Tech Vibe, Ryan gets his hands on the vaunted iPhone4S, Apple’s latest update to its line of famed smartphones. Ryan O’Connor chats to Gaynor McArthur of DigiCape to find out when the 4S will arrive in South Africa, how much we can expect to pay for it, and whether it […]
The words Halal and whisky are certainly two words we never expected to see in the same sentence. Now add to that “non-alcoholic”, and you’ve got yourself a fine example of the word “juxtaposition” – the placement of at least two things, usually abstract concepts, near each other.
Jamie O’Brien is a well-known Hawaiian pro-surfer. He recently decided to create some awareness surrounding fibropapillomatosis – a herpes-type virus that affects sea turtles. His “campaign” involved posting a picture of himself “riding” one of these turtles underwater. But it turns out he may have instead broken laws against harassing turtles, as well as offended fellow Hawaiians who consider these creatures as ancestral guardian spirits.
Okay, this might seem like it belongs in the same dark vault of impossible philosophical conundrums as “How much wood would a wood chuck chuck” but hear the hot IT nerd out:
Cricket South Africa Finds A New Sponsor: Cooking Oil – Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the Pietermaritzburg-based Willowton Group, manufacturers of Sunfoil Pure Sunflower Cooking Oil, on Thursday announced a sponsorship deal which will see Sunfoil partner as the event sponsor of the two-match test series between South Africa and Australia. From Standard Bank to […]
Just when you thought the stench of death had finally lifted from the Harry Potter series, today it emerges that certain parts of Twitter are getting their eye-liner all smeared up regarding the fictional 30th anniversary of the slaying of teen wizard Harry’s fictional parents. For realsies…
An overwhelming body of scientific evidence has led experts to conclude that fatty and sugary foods have the same addiction potential as drugs. This puts cupcakes in the same boat as cocaine – high in price, low in quantity, and a lot of fun with a stripper.
The act of assisting someone to die is fairly commonplace in South Africa, but people in this country tend to turn a blind eye towards it, says Professor Willem Landman of NGO Dignity SA. Landman was commenting on today’s news that his counterpart, Cape Town-based professor Sean Davison, has been cleared of an attempted murder charge in New Zealand for performing euthanasia on his mother.
Fans of the Twilight Saga will be quivering with excitement at this very moment. Why? Because the latest installment in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 1, is about to unleash upon cinemas across the globe. And YOU can get your tickets before anyone else by booking online, now. What’s more, you could be rewarded […]
Former Pakistani cricket captain, Salman Butt, was today sentenced to 30 months in jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments. Mohammad Asif was jailed for one year and Mohammad Amir was sentenced to six months. Cricketing agent, Mazhar Majeed, was jailed for two years and eight months for his part in the fixing scandal.
It turns out Michael Jackson’s use of Propofol on drip was widely acknowledged in Hollywood circles as far back as 2009. In fact, all the stars were trying to get their hands on it. In an excerpt from the online reality show “The Pauly Shore Tapes,” Hollywood actor Pauly Shore discusses the drug Diprivan and […]
Despite what we might think, the skies do not belong to us. In fact, we weren’t even the first beings up there. This was proven conclusively when a man paragliding in the Himalayas had a mid-air collision with a vulture.
A book called Islamic Sex, Fighting Jews to Return Islamic Sex to the World has been banned in Malaysia. It was published by the Muslim Obedient Wife Club and urges Muslim men in polygamous marriages to have group sex with their wives as a form of “worship”.
This week, Steve and his guest, Phillip Venter consider the personnel that South African rugby has at its disposal as it moves into the future. This week, Steve covers his pick of backline players. Next week, he’ll look at South Africa’s forward players of the future. Proudly brought to you by:
Check out this video of a surfer in California hitting up some night surf accompanied by the soft tumbling glow of bio-luminescent algae in the waves.
Every now and then, we come across a concoction of sorts, one that is so outlandish, so preposterous and so crazy sounding that it may just be amazing. How does Marmite, leather, pickle and beer grab you?
Jordy Smith (who recently signed with Buchulife) and Dusty Payne in Round 1 of the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco get scared out of the water by a big shark. I think his name was Bruce. Follow the link to check it out. Video contains bonus footage of Jordy dancing and singing “Staying […]
Hey gang! It’s that time of year again – the 2011 Blog Awards are upon us! As most of you will know, the main 2oceansvibe.com website entered the Blog Awards for the last time last year, after winning awards every year since the inception of the awards. But this year our fashion arm, PopYaCollar.co.za – […]
There have been murders and rapes associated with Facebook, but this is likely to be the first house burning as a result of someone defriending someone else on the social networking website. Jennifer Christine Harris decided it was a good idea to burn down Nikki Rasmussen’s house while Nikki and her husband, Jim, were in their beds sleeping.
To say David Thorne has been on fire in his place of work is an understatement. He has been tormenting one Simon Dempsey to the point of sure suicide. Please enjoy the note above and then follow the link below for the other notes – they’re too funny. If you’re new to David Thorne and […]
There is something about real-life events that movies will never be able to duplicate. This video, taken in Brazil, shows federal police officers smashing a car into a light plane at high speed! The plane contained smuggled goods, and by crashing into its wing, the cops was able to thwart it’s takeoff.