Blackberry for sale. Sales Assistant says Oprah is lying. England win Ashes. Dan Carter out. ANC Councillor shot dead. Whitey Bulger found guilty. Justin Bieber sings naked for his gran [pics]. Norway’s PM pretends to be cab driver.
Reports have surfaced of a 58-year-old man being arrested in Cape Town on Sunday for driving while under the influence. Die Burger claims this man was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni.
Zuma uses Mandela hospital for election rally. Mandela trying to open eyes. Obama will not send jets to intercept Snowden. Wikileaks volunteer was FBI informant. Italian fashion boss’s crashed plane found. Google is developing games console and smartwatch.
If you missed the Mail & Guardian Newsroom show on 2oceansvibe Radio, don’t dispair. We have the podcast of this week’s Mail & Guardian Newsroom show for your analytical pleasure. Feel free to listen on the page, or download for later listening. The past weekend saw the launch of a few new political parties, one being Mamphela Ramphele’s […]
Sopranos final-scene table ‘reserved.’ ANC Chief Whip sacked. One Million march in Brazil. A jet is ready to fly Snowden to Iceland. Instagram launches video. New virus more deadly than SARS. 50 Shades movie gets director..
ANC withdraw Mazibuko weight remark. Saudi Arabia may block Whatsapp. Why would Zuckerberg be wearing a jacket? Huawei launches world’s slimmest smartphone. Rihanna surpasses Bieber. Mandela: things are looking up.
A Twitter account calling itself Anonymous Africa has taken credit for taking the official ANC website, ancy.org.za offline with a dedicated denial of service (DDOS) attack this morning.
ANC threaten to boycott cell networks over DA campaign. Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM. Marilyn Manson dedicates song to Paris Jackson, simulates slitting wrists. Guess how old Johnny Depp is? Mandela spends 3rd night in hospital.
“Apartheid South Africa looked after white people and nobody else. Now some of its white communitites face a level of deprivation, or of violence, which threatens their future in the country,” said John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor.
Obama is coming to SA. Pistorius will not compete. “Zuma/Gupta relationship has nothing to do with ANC.” Mourinho leaves Real Madrid. Porn to stay at Tumblr. Doors co-founder dies. Apple denies tax evasion claims.
If you didn’t catch Sunday’s media briefing on the Gupta report, you missed nothing. It was the usual bullshit smokescreen and blame-shifting game we’ve grown accustomed to. The ANC/Gupta mafia closes in on a media-free utopia.
Missing kids found a decade later – alive. Gupta drama is dividing ANC. North Korea chills out. Facebook joins Fortune 500. YouTube launching pay channels. Lauren Hill jailed. Film critics punish Great Gatsby. Harry let’s slip baby gender.
Zuma and co. described Nelson Mandela as being in good shape, but he is clearly not. According to news24, the ANC and SABC are facing a ‘backlash,’ following the release of this footage.
DA launches new campaign. Gang steals rhino horns from museum. Gwyneth voted most hated celeb. Elvis impersonator charged over poison letter sent to Obama. Guess how much cash Google has on hand? They found 3 new earths. Kind of.
They reckon they have the Boston bomber. Armstrong 1999 tests had banned substances. ANC unveils plan to court ‘clever blacks.’ North Korea changing their tune. New microbatteries the key for electronics. 345k dead people on Zim voters’ roll.
Trevor Manuel says government should stop blaming apartheid. NKorea says ‘moment of explosion’ is near. Norway schools reschedule exams to accommodate Justin Bieber. They’re making a catholic sex abuse film. Jay Leno replaced. 200 rhinos killed this year.
Total Bitcoin value passes $1 billion. Pope mentions NKorea during Easter message. ANC says M&G are ‘pissing on graves’ of our troops. SA born ‘Pope of Pop’ dies. More Bieber drama. Ex-Rwanda king living in poverty in US. Gosling flips out.
President, Jacob Zuma, while speaking at a Human Rights Day commemoration ceremony in Mbekwini township yesterday, said South Africans should stop criticizing its country and its economy. “We need to take a more balanced view of our country.” Zuma called on South Africans “to make our country attractive to both foreign and local investors”, urging […]
SA cardinal says pedophilia is not a criminal condition. Bowie’s new album goes to number 1. ANC disbands Youth League Executive. Soccer star gets life ban for Nazi salute. First F1 of the year was a thriller in Melbourne. US company gets license to print 3D guns. Sharks embarrassed.
Democratic Alliance MP, Anchen Dreyer revealed before the House of Parliament on Thursday that R117 million had been spent on security at Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead. Consider that R45 million was spent to construct a top of the range jail in Kimberly last year. That’s 260% more spent on one man, than a criminal incarceration […]
On Tuesday the ANC pledged its support for President Robert Mugabe, and his Zanu–PF party. South Africa’s governing party has affirmed its intention to help Zanu-PF win the Zimbabwean general elections later this year. Keith Khoza, spokesperson for the ANC said: Zanu-PF has been governing Zimbabwe since 1980 and we feel they have gained the […]
In a world filled with so much corruption, we love finding a report where our own members of parliament honestly declare all that they have received. Sort of. Feast your eyes on the weird array of gifts declared by our Members Of Parliament in the Register of Members’ Interests 2012. While more than a handful […]
In a move described by the DA as “inappropriate groveling,” the ANC and FNB released a joint statement following their emergency meeting, which may have resulted in FNB CEO Michael Jordaan’s resignation.
Bouncers block exits, as 245 die in nightclub fire. Malema loses bodyguards. Australian Open result. Stats SA admits to incorrect census. Tina Turner becomes Swiss citizen. Burt Reynolds in ICU. Listen to The Strokes’ new song.
SA cyclists to be retro-tested for EPO. Twitter launches micro-video sharing service. US unveils assault weapon ban. JJ Abrams to direct next Star Wars film. Did fashion designer plan breast-slip? They have finally built a working Star Trek-style tractor beam.
It wasn’t so much the visuals of the now deleted FNB “You Can Help” YouTube videos that the ANC are freaking out about, it’s more about what was said. We managed to get hold of a number of those offending quotes. Click for more.
The ANC are freaking out all over the place about a recent FNB broadcast. They’re saying it amounts to ‘treason,’ which is pretty radical. Here is a video of the broadcast. Check it out – it’s only 3 minutes long.
Gasp, horror, shock. The poor government didn’t see that vast amounts of jobs would be lost as a result of their poor management of an on-going crisis in the mining sector in South Africa.
Cyril Ramaphosa appeared on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour show last night, and gave a frank and wide ranging interview, covering a mix of subjects including the general state of South Africa and our prospects as a nation, a retrospective of the Lonmin Massacre, and the implications of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. The interview is excellent […]
Your new president. Obama backs auto-weapon ban. Instagram backtracks on privacy policy. China detains 500 for doomsday rumours. Zuckerberg donates $500 million. Adam Lanza loved playing Call of Duty. Ireland to legalise abortions. New face of Burberry..