European leaders are secretly all doing little victory dances. The Eurozone crisis has never looked better. Leaders have agreed new deals that slash Greek debt and increase the main bailout fund to around €1 trillion. They’re basically printing money. Athens will get a new €100 billion bailout early in the new year, and existing bond debt will be cut by 50%.
China is renowned for its seemingly ridiculous stance on freedom of speech and the proliferation of unauthorised news – a stance which has seen prominent members of society detained without legitimate explanation and popular social networks such as Facebook banned. Now, it seems, actions like that were only the beginning.
That’s right. Mike Judge, the man behind the Office Space and Idiocracy, has brought back his infamous 1990’s animated comedy. The first episode aired last night on MTV, and is pretty damn funny.
Recession? What recession? Next month, Victoria’s Secret will launch a US$2,5 million bra at their annual fashion show in New York. The 2011 Fantasy Treasure bra boasts 3 400 white and yellow diamonds totalling 142 carats, and was inspired by sea shells, and buried treasure, apparently.
Samsung Africa has unveiled a unique initiative they are calling the Samsung Internet Schools Programme. The initial programme will span five African countries: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan. In time it will branch out into other African countries too. The school is a mobile, solar-powered, independent classroom housed in a container.
Jessica Simpson is clearly quite some way into pregnancy – in fact, a gynecologist estimates she’s around 26 weeks along. But sources say she has not been able to find a lucrative enough media vehicle to announce this to the world yet, because she’s lost her star power. This must be very depressing for poor Jess.
In the second criminal case involving board-games in as many weeks, a 60-year old woman repeatedly stabbed her boyfriend, 48, for allegedly cheating during a game of Monopoly.
One of Cape Town’s favourite presenters, Ryan O’Connor, hosts the weekly TECH VIBE Show on 2oceansvibe TV. Every Friday morning, Ryan takes us through the latest tech news, reviews, recently-released gadgets, and taps the brain of a tech guru. Tech Vibe is packaged in a byte-sized (see what we did there?) five minute format, for […]
Normally a tape measure requires someone to hold it down whilst another person does the measuring. But not when you have this guy working for you! Our newest addition to the Boss Hall of Fame has perfected the art of solo tape-measuring using Spiderman-like moves. The high-fives he’s getting from his mates in this video is most definitely deserved.
One and a half billion Rand is usually as high as these overseas lottery jackpots ever get. That is why I bought the following numbers for this weekend’s US Powerball lottery. What number will you choose? It has rolled over so many times that it is now at $203 Million, which works out to R […]
One upcoming film gathering a lot of heat this year is Stephen Soderbergh’s Magic Mike; a planned biopic of a legendary stripper of the same name who mentors a young protegé into similar pants-dropping greatness, set to hit cinemas in June 2012.
Ciro blames the scarcity of the luxury SUVs on fat bankers in wall street, who used all of our money to buy small islands, and furnish their offices with polar bear rugs. Ciro’s solution? Replacing this void with the station wagon. Enter the Audi A4 Avant Sportline, a station wagon that’s nothing like those wood-paneled […]
Italian Parliament Turns Into A Brawl Amid Economic Tensions – Tensions over Italy’s attempts to avoid becoming the next victim of the eurozone debt crisis exploded in parliament on Wednesday, with MPs exchanging blows and insults over a pension reform plan. Epic. [telegraph] Nokia Debuts Their First Windows Smartphones – News of a Nokia/Microsoft partnership […]
It’s just been revealed that Sony has bought out its Swedish partner, Ericsson, for $1,5 billion. Ericsson had a 50 per cent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson, but will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony now. Sony is rather excited about the move because now it can integrate its smartphones with its consumer electronics devices.
If you’re still searching for a costume, in the hopes that you’ll win that bartab for best dressed this Halloween, you’d better hope this guy doesn’t rock up to the same party. Not only does it look like a DSLR, it’s fully functional as well. It actually snaps a photo, accompanied by a flash, and displays the image at the back.
Let’s face it, as necessary as they are, some awareness campaigns are pretty lame. Especially when they are conceptualised by ad agencies who are out of touch with the audience they are trying to speak to. But not this quality, yet very funny New Zealand commercial. It urges blokes to be “legends” by not letting their friends drink and then drive.
Watch self-described “crazy Xhosa white boy,” Quite A White Ou in the latest Taxijam, making a short taxi ride from Kloof Street down town so much greater with Ndingumlungu.
It was quite fortuitous how I became hooked on wine. I wish I could say it was something dramatic: being bullied into a corner by two boisterous sommeliers and forced to taste Corton, but it was all quite simple, and it came down to difference. A friend called to say that her stationary-selling buddy could not make it back from Genadendal – or wherever he was flogging staplers – in time for a wine course. Being a spontaneous chap and always happy for a chance to imbibe in good company, I agreed to this little excursion without question.
It’s been about seven months since that huge Tsunami hit Japan, wiping out businesses, cars, people and the Fukushima nuclear power station. However, a lot of stuff contained in the 18-mile radioactive exclusion zone remained undamaged, including some pretty usable cars. These can now be bought on the Japanese used car market. Extra limbs sold separately.
In a heart-warming TV moment reminiscent of the movie Slumdog Millionaire, a poor Indian man has became the first person to win the $1 million prize in his country’s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Lindiwe Mazibuko has trumped Atholl “I speak a little isiXhosa” Trollip* in a vote to select the Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader. *[Thanks, Mvelase]
It is with regret that the Port St Johns local municipality has been officially shut down for not paying nearly R11 million in debt. The popular tourist destination, situated along the Wild Coast in the Transkei, has been experiencing troubles for a while, but the sheriff of the court officially closed the municipal offices on Monday.
This week Steve touches on the tangible sense of relief felt by the average New Zealander as the pressure to win the Rugby World Cup finally lifts. Steve also looks forward to this weekend’s Currie Cup Final between the international players of the Sharks, and the youth and cheek of the Lions. It’s a great […]
Yet another Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set fire to himself in China yesterday. This brings to ten the total number of monks who’ve resorted to this extreme form of protest since March this year.
SA’s #1 surfer, Jordy Smith recently signed with Buchulife herbal health products! You will already know the brand well, as Buchulife (the water) is a 2oceansVibe partner and featured prominently in the background of 2ov TV‘s hit online TV show, The Compound. Durban-born surfer Jordy Smith is one of the most prodigiously talented and exciting surfers […]
Check out this ad, spotted in today’s Cape Times! This comes in response to the news that the ASA pulled a recent AXE deodorant television commercial as it might upset Christian viewers. Note how the ad teeters on the fringe of comparative advertising but probably scrapes through as AXE deodorant is not mentioned in the […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dropped its annual State of World Population report late yesterday, and as has been predicted for a little while now, the earth’s human population will blast past seven billion people by the end of the month.
Amy Winehouse Actually Died Of Alcohol Poisoning – Remember when Amy’s dad told the world that she died from withdrawal to alcohol? Not true, it seems. A coroner has ruled that Amy Winehouse died as the unintended result of drinking too much alcohol. According to pathology reports, Winehouse had consumed a “very large quantity of […]
Terrorist attacks don’t discriminate. Whether you’re pushing 99 or just taking your first steps, if you’re in the affected area, you’re in trouble. In light of this, and the real risk of a biological attack on the US, American scientists and officials are advocating the testing of an Anthrax vaccine on children.
What began as a harmless night of casual paid-for sex turned into a magical mystery adventure that has landed a Zimbabwean man in court charged with bestiality.