Yesterday, police in Australia’s New South Wales state were handed more authority to remove burqas and other face coverings to identify potential criminal suspects. The move follows the recent case of a Muslim woman who was acquitted after a judge ruled her Islamic veil made a positive identification of her impossible.
BOS Ice Tea has launched a new campaign to fight the winter blues – The BOS Gravelocity Challenge. Anyone can take part, there’s lots of prizes to be won (iPods, iPads, bucketloads of BOS) and it’s fun, silly and very interactive. Rob van Vuuren and Louw Venter (of Corné & Twakkie fame) showcase the art […]
You know how this one goes, right? There is a house in Orange Grove. They call it The Radium… The Radium is reputedly the oldest surviving beer hall and grill in Johannesburg, and unlike places like The Brazen Head, it genuinely has that aged feel. The chairs and tables creak ominously under the weight of the patrons and the food. The pavement outside is littered with ash and the odd beggar. The only things they seem to have added in the last 20 years are a stainless steel urinal and the big TVs. It is exactly my type of place to hang out.
Would you trade the ability to produce children in exchange for the cheapest car in the world? In an attempt to curb high birth rates in India, a “competition” has just been launched: any male or female undergoing sterilisation procedures will stand the chance to win a Tata Nano. They are hoping to attract 30 000 entries – problem is there is only one car.
The 2011 Tour De France didn’t start very well for a number of competitors on Saturday, after an over-eager spectator leaned in too close, causing a massive pile-up that brought down dozens of competitors.
Not many true guitar gods have walked this earth. In the hands of these rare beings, the guitar is more than a six stringed musical instrument; it is a source of immense power, a weapon of mass destruction, a light saber, the most magical of wands, capable of removing a groupy’s panties with a single […]
Bafana, Benson and Moses are a threesome who really love the finer things in life. Particularly, pricy watches. It appears this Johannesburg trio of thieves will pick up a stray Rolex whenever they get the chance, really. So they were thrilled when their case was struck off the roll in the Pretoria Regional Court yesterday.
Loyiso will be dropping by the 2oceansVibe Radio studios for a chat with Rich Hardiman and Lindsay Williams, hosts of The Morning Meeting about his new show, “Life and Times”. You can tune in live online by going HERE. Or you can listen on your phone by going to www.2ov.fm (on your phone). Loyiso stole the […]
Police in Chetumal, Mexico, have said they have caught a woman who was trying to smuggle her common-law husband out of a prison in a suitcase, following a conjugal visit. Judging by the photograph that has been released to accompany the incident, the prisoner hadn’t even put his clothes back on after the romp.
Yes, I just tried this. A new study suggests that men whose index fingers are shorter than their ring fingers may have longer penises. It is called “digit ratio” and refers to the length of the index finger divided by the length of the ring finger. The lower the ratio, the study suggests, the longer the penis may be. How’s yours looking?
Strauss-Kahn To Make Slander Claim Against Another Accuser – Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn say they will file a slander complaint against a writer who accuses the former IMF head of sexually assaulting her in 2002. Tristane Banon, 31, says she plans to file a criminal complaint Tuesday accusing Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in […]
A fair portion of the smartphone market in this country belongs to BlackBerry, because unlike the rest of the world, we still pay rather exorbitant data fees to the carrier firms that run the market. And free messaging is like, so cool. Not internationally though, where BlackBerry maker, RIM, is in a serious make-or-break space.
Remember judge Nkola Motata? He got a bit wasted a couple of years ago and drove his car off the road into someone’s garden. He was terribly sorry about it at the time – so sorry that his 12 months jail sentence was upheld. But during “the early hours” of this morning he was involved in yet another accident – this time with a minibus taxi.
Vocal genius, Matt Mulholland, has produced yet more hilarity by over-dubbing the famous lobby shoot-out scene in The Matrix, using only his voice. The video is complete with score and loads of “pew pews” for the gun sounds. It’s hilarious and reminds me that there was once a time where not every shoot-out scene in a movie looked like this one.
If you take a little stroll down to your local market, you can pick up anything from a pair of Mikes (fake Nikes) to a pair of Maddibas (fake Adidas) to the best real fake Rolex you’ve ever seen. It’s now only a matter of time before you can pick up a new secretary, wife or girlfriend as well.
2oceansVibe Radio broadcast the Premier Show on Friday from a cosy Italian spot at the V&A Waterfront called Meloncino. Why would we be broadcasting from there, you ask? We were busy treating one lucky lad by the name of Brendon Bain to an afternoon of jollification, courtesy of Jack Daniels. In case you missed the […]
A female mayor from Davao City in the Philippines has punched a court sheriff, in front of numerous TV cameras, because the sheriff insisted on demolishing 200 shacks despite her request for a two-hour delay. She’s since been told by her husband to take leave for five days while the Department of Interior and Local Government investigates.
The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India – dedicated to the god Vishnu – was built in 1566. Secret vaults have now been found, containing more than R74 billion in offerings to the temple! All these shiny coins, jewelry, and even a six meter-long gold necklace have been secretly hoarded in underground vaults. This is like the Indian version of Gringotts in Harry Potter!
The Australian women’s football team, the Matildas, have recorded their first win in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 after they defeated Equatorial Guinea 3-2 in their second Group D match in Bochum, Germany, on Sunday. Fortunately, a bizarre handball moment that occurred during the match didn’t go all Thierry Henry on them.
Big wave surfer and father of modern stand-up paddleboarding, Laird Hamilton, has joined the PUMA Ocean Racing team as the honorary 12th crew member for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012. On board to find and conquer the world’s biggest waves, and to act as a fitness and nutrition coach to the team, Hamilton’s partnership [cntd…]
“Jy speel op Avbob se stoep!” If you aren’t familiar with this Afrikaans saying, get Johan in the office to translate it for you. This is exactly what the dove in this video is busy doing. Watch as this cheeky bugger sides up to a sleeping cat and… no, rather watch it yourself. This is too priceless to spoil!
Michael Bay, womaniser, loon and director of brilliant movies, such as Pearl Harbor and the Transformers trilogy, has been caught cheating… again, this around time by recycling footage from The Island and using it for Transformers 3.
Our original article about the Waterfront iStore (entitled “iStore Does Not Need Your Business” has been read over 10,000 times. This is mainly due to the fact that the article ranks number 1 in Google if you search for “cape town iStore.” the beauty of this situation is that the comments section of the article […]
A Sikh man enters a pub. The owner says, “Take off your hat”. “It’s a turban,” the patron replies. “No headwear, mate,” says the proprietor, tapping his little sign. That’s kind of what happened on Sunday at a Brisbane hotel.
Come on, you all know what we’re referring to in that headline. It’s just a little bribe and you’re done. In there. RICA sorted. It’s actually hardly surprising, but it deflates the high we all experienced with the relatively hassle-free event that was reported in a lot of the mainstream media.
Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert of Monaco’s Royal Wedding – South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock married Prince Albert of Monaco this weekend, in a wedding shrouded in controversy – as only the Grimaldis can. Full photo gallery available. [popyacollar] Djokovic Crowned King Of Wimbledon – In an encounter which lasted nearly two and a half […]
Back in late March we told you about our very proud milestone of 100,000 unique readers (in one month). We are happy to report that this figure has been more than doubled, with 2oceansvibe.com’s June stats showing a readership of 226,364 Absolute Unique Visitors. This, according to Google Analytics. What is even more exciting, in […]
Last Friday’s jackpot draw was an all-time record for the EuroMillions lottery – both in size and the amount of times it had rolled over (11). People were losing their minds, with many who had never played before, buying tickets. When it’s that big, only a fool wouldn’t enter. The chances of winning are smaller. […]
Isn’t that surprising? A study of British recreational culture has been published, and it transpires that British people love nothing more than to listen to the wireless. Much more so than they enjoy reading, surfing the net, or even watching television. That kind of thing is almost unfavorable in South Africa. Because the general quality […]
The twins officially launched their second studio album today, Running To Midnight, and with that, a rather interesting music video for one of the new singles – Stars Above You. The video is pretty well executed and features a rather intense looking Siberian Husky.