The South African and Vietnamese governments have come together and agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding that will seek ways to stop rhino poaching. Ironically, the Vietnamese officials asked that a domestic medical research institute verify that rhino horn had no medicinal properties, and to make this information public.
Two BBC-made documentaries on Florence Nightingale are currently being sold in the UK as teaching aids. A group of academics, however, have called for them to be recalled. They claim these films demean Miss Nightingale by portraying her as “a manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman who inadvertently killed troops during the Crimean War through medical error.”
Have you ever wished you could be someone else for a day, a week, a lifetime? The Change-Up will give you a couple of good reasons to stop doing that in the body-swap movie to rule them all… starring Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. This is not a Disney movie folks, in fact, it’s what the Farrelly brothers were […]
Wonderful. Leisha Hailey, former The L-Word castmember, was thrown off of a Southwest Airlines flight yesterday for kissing her girlfriend – the flight attendant citing the apparent fact that Southwest is a “family airline.” This is the same airline that booted Kevin Smith for being fat, and Green Day’s Billy Joel Armstrong for wearing baggy pants.
An unidentified male has survived attack by a shark at Fish Hoek beach, South of Cape Town, the National Sea Rescue Institute reports. Tweets by journalists Paula Chowles and Dan Calders indicate that the man is in a critical condition, and is being treated at the scene. The victim was swimming at the time of […]
Imagine being cut off from society for so long that you have no idea how to use a computer, the internet or a cell-phone. Such was the case for Randall Lee Church, a 46-year old Texan who was released from prison earlier this year, and subsequently set fire to a house so he could go back to prison, unable to deal with the stress of living in a society 26-years ahead of him.
In another pretty sensational twist in the Lolly Jackson murder tale, the man identified as the prime suspect for killing the late Jackson’s lawyer was found dead this morning. Ian Jordaan, lawyer of the slain Teazers owner, disappeared last week, and the body of suspect Mark Andrews was found in the East Rand earlier today with a gun shot wound evident.
In the spirit of not taking ourselves too seriously, please enjoy this new music video by The Brothers Streep, in which they take a gentle stab at a few big South African musical acts. You can catch the Brothers Streep live on their own show, every Friday on 2oceansVibe Radio. Click here, for details.
Last week, news broke that the state of Texas had decided to move away from the practice of offering prisoners condemned to execution any special last meal. Ironically, Brian Price, a former Texas inmate who cooked the final meals for inmates, and author of “Meals to Die For”, had his offer of free meals turned down.
Rupert Murdoch has just taken delivery of his brand new yacht. And it’s not just a luxury yacht, it’s a luxury SAIL yacht. That means you can cruise around the world on wind alone. How rad is that? The name of the boat is “Vertigo.” What’s more, there is a chance that YOU could own […]
If the image of a dead Michael Jackson wasn’t enough to shock, the DA pulled out a voice recording at the first day of the Michael Jackson trial. This, from the Telegraph: Opening statements in Dr Conrad Murray’s trial began with prosecutors airing a recording of a groggy and seemingly drugged Michael Jackson just weeks […]
This decade’s OJ Simpson trial is bound to be as gripping as the original, with all the American showmanship one could dream of. Right on cue the opening statement was punctuated by a shocking image of Michael Jackson – dead. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal physician, is on trial for the death of the King of […]
As a mother, there is nothing more frightening than living with the suspicion that your son might be one of those gays. Luckily help has arrived in the form of a new Android app, called “Is My Son Gay?” Over the course of 20 questions, it claims it can determine whether the survey-taker’s offspring is a homosexual, or not. Example: “Does he like to dress up nicely?”
A study from Lawrence Berkely National Library has claimed that when you smoke a blunt, you contribute indirectly to a little under a kilogram of carbon dioxide emissions. The same study suggests that US pot growers are responsible for 1% of national electricity consumption. So I guess it’s not that green after all. (Sorry.)
Radio 702 Fires Mark Esterhuysen For Multiple F-Bombs During News Bulletin – The controller, producer and call screener on duty during Talk Radio 702’s 1am news bulletin were all so shocked by newsreader Mark Esterhuysen’s F-bombs on air (listen here) that they “froze for some time”. So said Eyewitness News’s editor-in-chief, Katy Katopodis. Katopodis said […]
Well hey, that sounds at least a little familiar. Ivan Lewis, shadow culture secretary is presently proposing a licensing scheme for journalists at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, which would have the power to prohibit people from doing any sort of journalism – which would have to include tweeting, blogging, and uploading pictures of stuff.
You live in Cape Town, and yet you’re not big on embracing local culture. What the heck is up with that? Alright, so, you concede you haven’t been the best citizen. What’s the best way to educate yourself? With books? Fat chance, my guy. With food. That’s right. The eating kind. Ja, you’re reading this […]
Look, it’s absolutely insane that up to 14 000 people are killed on our roads per annum. Those figures are from 2009, and are apparently the last reliable statistics available. That, according to Bob Geldof logic, would mean that about 38 people are killed on the roads every day. I can’t stress enough how appalling that is. But saying that the road deaths are due to a speed limit that is too high is a bit of a silly statement for a transport minister to make. But that is what S’bu Ndebele wants to do.
The Ahrlac (Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft) will have a number of uses, including border patrol and surveillance. But, just in case, they’ve also equipped it with a 20mm canon. At a cool R79,59 million each, these badboys aren’t exactly recession friendly. But who cares? Who needs money when you have guns?
“The Tokoloshe” – Dr. Watts feels the heat as his legitimacy comes into question by a patient. How long can he keep this up? Remember you can catch up with the previous 3 episodes of this outrageous online series starring Rob Van Vuuren, by heading over to 2oceansvibe.tv and checking out the different shows available. […]
Remember we told you a while back about an American guy that made a wedding proposal in the form of a movie trailer, and then surprised his fiancé with it? Mubeen Allie from Lansdowne recently proposed to his girlfriend in the same fashion. This legend asked for her hand on the big screen as she watched from the audience at Cavendish Nouveau.
Eyewitness News radio bulletins will never be the same again after one newsreader lost it last night and f-bombed all kinds of philosophies to anyone that was listening to the 01h00 news. Anarchist and environmentalist, Mark Esterhuysen, probably won’t be reading the news anymore. NSFW, obviously.
So hey, it turns out that on top of everything else, Hitler got slapped with a speeding fine south of Ingolstadt for going twice the speed limit in his Mercedes limousine. This was about two years before becoming Fuhrer, though, so Adolf got his chauffeur to take the heat to keep from spoiling his image.
Anyone who watched Eastbound & Down will want to see this. And anyone who hasn’t watched Eastbound & Down, should. Get season 1 on Kalahari here and season 2 here. For those of you living in the future, get it on US iTunes (get US iTunes account here). The following video contains swearing, so, you know, […]
You do not want to piss Catherine Kieu off if you value your manhood! After an argument with her husband about a friend of his coming over to spend the night, she drugged him, tied him up in their bed and cut off his penis.
From the Brazilian super model to Crocs, everything eventually has its time in the sun. That rule also applies fully to health food. The “newest” African superfood has been growing on some really old trees for a really long time – it’s Baobab fruit.
Google and Israel’s national museum, the Israel Museum, have come together to place a number of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls online for the first time. The project is the first of many hoping to showcase some of the manuscripts that make up what many consider the most important archaeological find of the 20th century.
Here we go again. Last month we told you that the Dalai Lama had applied for a South African visa to visit Desmond Tutu on the Arch Bishop’s 80th birthday. This is happening next week, yet our government has not issued the Lama with a visa – something he applied for months ago. You do the math.
Winnie Mandela Gets Top Award – Convicted kidnapper, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has become the first woman recipient of the National Heritage Council’s Ubuntu Award. The award is given to those who have “contributed selflessly to the benefit of humankind”. [timeslive] Michael Jackson’s Doctor’s Murder Trial Begins Today – Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, is to […]
Vata Ngobeni, a South African rugby journalist, was detained by police in a New Zealand pub last night. According to the officer who took him into custody, he “fitted the profile of a drug dealer.” Ngobeni happened to be the only black person in the venue at the time. He was also the only one that was asked to take a trip downtown. Awkward.