A guy from Volunteer Wildfire Services emailed me. His name is Michael Brandt. No spice. More than enough reason to show you this flyer. We at VWS Jonkershoek will be holding our second Fire & Fynbos Awareness Day on the 25th September 2011. Our focus is once again on creating awareness of what our volunteer […]
Lesego Malatsi is a young fashion designer from Soweto. The driving force behind Mzansi Designers Emporium, he has also just made his debut at London Fashion Week. By all accounts it looks like he owned the show! His clothing range was very popular on the ramp and he received high praise for his work. Make it work!
Awesome. Women on the Philippine island of Mindanao, growing tired of the continuing separatist warfare interfering in their everyday goings-on, decided to take matters into their own hands. And by hands, I mean pants. They organized a “sex strike”, which brought a quick end to fighting between the two villages.
We enjoy playing the game “just the tip” here at 2oceansVibe. And that’s why I’ve given a few of those tips in the latest issue of Destiny magazine. So if you’re an aspiring blogger and you’re looking for just the tip to get you earning a bit of cash, get this issue. It’s got DJ […]
Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 opus, Straw Dogs, stands as a monument to the psychological thriller genre to this day, and makes surprisingly thrilling fodder for a re-make.
The ratifying of the Protection of Information bill may be delayed. Opponents of the so-called Secrecy Bill – 3 000 of whom took to the streets of Cape Town on Saturday in support of the Right2Know campaign – may have claimed a minor victory in their battle against the controversial Bill. Further vigils will take place across the country tonight.
Would-be ginger sperm donators are being turned away from genetically-picky sperm banks in droves. It’s practically an orange tide of rejection. Citing “minimal” demand for the love seed of ginger-crowned males, the world’s largest sperm bank, Cryos, has been turning fanta-pantsed donor applicants away at the front door.
Do you remember the old adverts that pitted the Duracell bunny against other batteries at massive distances? Well, Panasonic is actually doing this now. They’ve designed robots, and entered them into a rather large triathlon taking place in Hawaii next month, in which homo sapiens will compete.
Sir David Attenborough is one of the world’s most well-known scientists and natural history film-makers. He has now thrown his weight behind a campaign in the UK to have the teaching of creationism and intelligent design banned outright from school curricula. He is joined by 30 other leading scientists and campaign groups, including the British Science Association.
I was reading Esquire magazine this weekend on my iPad 2 (get the Zinio app for magazine reading) and stumbled upon this pic of Candice Swanepoel, as she continues the practice of dropping napalm everywhere she goes. Thought you might “like”. Click here to see our past Candice Swanepoel posts.
Independent and Evening Standard owner, Alexander Lebedev showed up in an interview on Russian TV with fellow super-rich-Russian, Sergei Polonsky last night. Apparently Polonsky came off threatening, because midway through the interview, Lebedev’s KGB training kicked in, at which point he proceeded to beat the Russian oligarch.
As GQ’s Best Dressed Man, I would like to put my full support behind this new initiative by SA’s Most Stylish Men’s magazine – GQ’s Best Dressed Reader, 2011! What a great opportunity for the slickest of the slick GQ readers to throw their vibe out there. Are you as slick as you think you are? […]
As South Africa’s free, online money-managing tool, moneysmart will revolutionize the way South Africans manage their finances. The idea behind this fresh and exciting new brand is to shift financial control to you. moneysmart presents a unique platform that provides an innovative approach to aggregating financial data and enables individuals to take control of their […]
A European Union trade pact that dictates that the name “port” may only apply to fortified wines from Portugal will mean that the word will disappear entirely from bottle labels in this country by the beginning of January next year. The move has been on the cards since 2000, when the South African government agreed to stop using it.
The first intimidating “Ka Mate” was preformed by the All Blacks in 1905, and has been considered an important part of international rugby ever since. But, because of recent flash hakas in shopping centres, streets and schools across New Zealand, De Villiers said that New Zealanders risked overexposing the dance as they host this year’s tournament.
David Hasselhof One Of The Stars At Loerie Awards – David Hasselhoff hosted the Sunday night leg of the 2011 Loerie Awards in Cape Town, much to the delight of the 1 500 people who attended the event at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Chants of “Hoff, Hoff, Hoff” rang out as he introduced […]
Unbelievable scenes as a scene of horror unfolds in Reno, United States. The annual Nevada air show features an airplane race, which goes on above the crowd. One World War II plane lost control and smashed straight into the crowd, killing at least three and leaving many without arms or legs. [UPDATE: the death toll […]
Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood is notoriously inscrutable about a lot of topics. This time however, Dirty Harry came out firing for gay marriage, or, to be specific, against those opposed to same-sex nuptials.
A probe into the SABC has revealed that the national broadcaster has been paying for its employees’ M-Net and DStv subscriptions. You can’t really blame the SABC’s employees for preferring non-SABC programming. But it does seem a little silly for the national broadcaster to be forking out for its own staff’s subscription television “privileges”. Especially when online TV is cheaper.
A tender awarded by the finance minister for a fresh supply of government condoms had to be set aside. The tender then went to the second-lowest bidder. The reason? They originals were made in China and were found to be too small for the African market. Awkward.
I’m not clear on where the time and money required to make these things is coming from. Following last month’s OK Go-themed video, a new The Muppets trailer has been released, this time playing off David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which makes sense given how much common ground the two franchises share.
In the evening following England’s marginal victory over Argentina in their opening game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, members of the English squad (including management) hit the town, to blow off the significant quantities of steam that are typically generated by a mediocre victory. Extra-marital boob-groping may or may not have ensued.
If you didn’t believe in gingers before my friends, here is proof. Proof that when not striking fear into the hearts of normal folk or hosting confidence boosting rallys, the gene is out jumping the species barrier on the Russian islands, in the Caspian Sea. Rescued by Photographer Anatoly Strakhov, this ‘rare’ seal pup was born with blue eyes and reddish brown fur.
Interscope is one of the biggest record labels globally, with artists such as 50 Cent, Dr Dre, Black Eyed Peas, and Die Antwoord. But it would seem they are peddling in more than just music. They have just been implicated in a drug-trafficking bust. Apparently their offices were used as “a transit point for cases filled with cocaine and cash.”
Because what every good recession needs is a plan to go to space. NASA today announced their new launch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), which should be able to take astronauts past the moon to near-Earth asteroids, and eventually to Mars some time in the 2030s.
This morning I spotted yet another cyclist going through a red traffic light on Somerset Road in Green Point. I drove alongside the cyclist (after the light had turned green) and I asked him who exactly he thought he was. The guy completely freaked out and told me, categorically, that the law states that cyclists […]
A limited-edition 18-carat gold phone aimed at Moscow’s fashion-forward elite has just been designed by Danish retailer, Aesir. It’s price tag? $57,400. The phone, which took three years to develop, doesn’t boast email, games, a camera or even GPS, it only boasts solid goldness. Or does that not satisfy you? The company founder, Thomas Jensen, subtly calls it ‘not a play thing’.
Norway Killer Caught On CCTV Shortly Before Bomb Blast – Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing nearly 80 people in twin terror attacks in Norway on July 22, was filmed by a security camera right after he placed a bomb outside a government building in downtown Oslo. [abcnews] Cameron And Sarkozy Receive Heroes […]
Zurich-based bank, UBS is in the toilet after a very, very naughty little boy or girl engaged in a spot of skullduggerous, unauthorised, and apparently not entirely skillful trading. The cost? A cool $2 billion, and an additional drop of 10% in its share price over the course of today’s early trading alone. UBS had better clench its buttocks. This is going to be a wild ride.
Steve previews this morning’s game, as well as bringing us up to date on the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup campaign – taking into account last week and this coming week’s games. Check it out: