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A number of commenters have expressed the opinion that the scene of the defacing of Brett Murray’s The Spear in the Goodman Gallery was a set up.

Citing the inch-perfect framing of the camera, as well as the fact that the camera was trained on the painting at the exact moment of its vandalism, commenters cried foul, suspected a rat, and called bullcrap.

New information has emerged in the following video, which suggests that the vandalism in the Goodman Gallery was in fact staged, for the purposes of maintaining the global media’s attention on the the painting, and the reaction of South Africa’s political leadership to it.

Spicy.

We’ve had the privilege of interviewing Henry Rollins not once, but twice here at 2oceansvibe in the last week. Both interviews are after the jump.

Henry is performing his spoken word show TONIGHT at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, and you could win TWO TICKETS to the show, simply by answering this question in the comments section below: In which US city did Henry Rollins grow up?

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You should probably know that you stand a chance to win and INCREDIBLE weekend getaway on Bob’s Weekend Getaways, this afternoon, on the Bob Skinstad Show!

You have to be in it to win it, so tune in this afternoon between 15h00 and 17h00!

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Helen Zille was live on 2oceanvibe Radio this morning, to discuss yesterday’s clash in the streets between the DA and Cosatu.

Catch the podcast, below.

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Yesterday, 2oceansvibe enlisted the brave men of Butlers in a diplomatic and humanitarian mission: the delivery of hot pizza to the stricken crew and salvage officers of the Eihatsu Maru trawler, currently beached on Clifton 1st.

The captain’s dog got a bone.

In case you haven’t caught the video and pictures of the successful mission yet, CLICK HERE.

We were pleased to note that the mission was picked up by the international press, this morning.

2oceansvibers in London may have seen the following clipping in the Metro newspaper, popular reading for the tube commute.

We’ve also heard that a spot of 2oceansvibe Radio is popular among the expats during the daily tube commute. Give it a try. It’s fun, and it’s a piece of home. Download app here, or…

Click the link, below!

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Rob Stokes, the Master And Commander of Quirk e-Marketing, will be chatting to Bob Skinstad this afternoon on the Biz Connect business segment of Bob Skinstad Show on 2oceansvibe Radio.

Having carved a powerful niche in Southern Africa’s digital marketing sphere, Rob and his minions are privy to some pretty incredible business and social insights. But you’ll have to tune in, to hear them.

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Look at this technology. Just look at it.

What prevents you from making EFT payments for absolutely everything in your life? It’s the clunkiness of the process. You log on, you enter a ream of details, you wait for  confirmation code, you pay… And the recipient waits two days for their money.

Whereas a cash transaction is instant. Value is transferred seamlessly, hand to hand. There’s no lengthy process, and you don’t have to know all of the other person’s details to complete the transaction.

FNB have upped their game in a big way with GeoPayments. This is what they say.

GeoPayments is available to both FNB and non FNB customers. FNB customers will have the benefit of being able to pay as well as receive payments. Non FNB customers will be able to download the App and receive GeoPayments into an eWallet, which can be created via the App.

FNB App users who use the GeoPayments functionality to pay other FNB App users will be identified to each other, with the payer and recipient ‘pairing’ their devices before a payment is made.

GeoPayments is available on the new version of the FNB Banking App for Apple, Android and BlackBerry devices.

In a nutshell:

Open the app, and select “GEO Payments” in the main menu. Choose whether you want to make a payment, or receive a payment.

In this screenshot, we elected to receive a payment. Because we make it rain. The person making the payment had followed the steps above, and was within 500 metres of us.

RB dropped themoneybomb. This stage of the process took all of 2,5 seconds.

Money received, in an instant, sans cash, sans EFT headache. Fairly mean, non? Oui. Tres mean.

And how incredible is this part? Non FNB customers who wish to receive a GeoPayment can download the FNB Banking App for free from the App stores. Upon download and selecting Geo Payments, once entering their cellphone number, an eWallet (electronic store of funds) will be automatically created for them into which they can receive a GeoPayment. Payments made to the eWallet can be withdrawn as cash.

We tried it out, it worked like a frigging charm.

Slow clap, FNB.

The Diageo World Class South Africa competition pits South Africa’s top bartenders against one another for a shot at the prestigious title of Master Bartender! Bartenders create monthly cocktails to be judged Diageo’s team of mixologists.

This episode, Phil makes us a Ciroc Strawberry Martini.

Check out their Facebook page, to stand a chance of winning a deluxe cocktail experience to the value of R5 000 for you and your friends!

Remember to stop by next week, to catch the next installment of the Diageo World Class South Africa cocktail showcase!

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Ivo Vegter is one of South Africa’s most controversial columnists. An outspoken defender of fracking in the Karoo, champion of free market policies and general hurricane of argument, the debate in the comments section of Ivo’s regular Daily Maverick columns often outstrips the length of the original piece by a healthy margin.

Ivo visited the HardWilli in the Morning Show on 2oceansvibe Radio this week, and talked fracking, football, the Euro, and the potential positives of farming rhinos for their horns.

Catch the enlightening, and thoroughly entertaining hour long chat, below.

This is one instance where you won’t find yourself sitting on the fence.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO BRANDON LUDLOW! HIS COMMENT WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS THE WINNING ENTRY.

Did you know that Mother’s Day is around the corner? It’s this coming Sunday.

The woman who bore you – the one who transported you into the world – the person who you owe for your LIFE. It’s her day this weekend.

So no pressure on the gift front, or anything. You’re only indebted to her for every breath that you take.

You can take the pressure off by winning a particularly awesome prize for her, courtesy of Groupon.

What is that prize? Well my friends, I thought you would never ask.

• A two night stay for two people at the four star Aquila Private Game Reserve in Ceres
• Game drives – Big 5 on site.
• Horseback safaris
• Quad biking
• All meals sorted

How much is all of that worth? R4 860.

One does not simply sneeze at that sort of radicalness.

TO WIN:

Tell us why your mother, in particular, is especially cool, in the comments section, below.

COMPETITION CLOSES AT 14h00 on Wednesday, 9 May 2012.

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The DA’s National Spokesperson, Mmusi Maimane has penned an open letter, to Jessica Leandra Dos Santos, and Tshidi Tamane, who earned infamy last week by stinking up twitter with their respective outbursts of racist vitriol. Maimane offers to host both of the racist models at his home, for dinner.

Read the whole thing, after the jump!

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If you missed this on Ian F’s Breakfast Show on 2oceansvibe Radio this morning, this cover was performed at the Hollywood Bowl on May 4, 2o12, just days before the passing of Adam Yauch (AKA MCA), a co-founder of the Beastie Boys.

Photo: Brian Witbooi – TimesLive

UK Couple’s Cheetah Horror – A Scottish couple will return home with a different version of happy holiday snaps when Archibald D’Mello and his wife Violet look at photographs of her being attacked by a cheetah. As Violet tried to stop one of her children from running away, the cheetah knocked her to the floor, grazing and gouging her head. [TimesLive]

The ANC Used Me Like A Condom – Malema – “Those of us who have remained loyal, [and] those of us who have entered treacherous places [by] defending the African National Congress… today we are not wanted,” he said. “We are used like toilet paper that is flushed in the toilet. We are used like condoms – those who use condoms will know how condoms work, they use them and they throw them [away] somewhere else.” [News24]

King Rejects Malema – Instead of arriving to the traditional welcome of song and dance, Julius Malema was met by seven security guards armed with automatic rifles and shotguns as he planned to visit abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s Great Place yesterday. Yesterday, Dalindyebo’s spokesman, Phumla Matshaya, said: “They were actually tempted to use the king. Bumbane is not a place for horses to die. [TimesLive]

4 Minors Suspected In South Africa Gang Rape Released On Bail – Four minors accused in a brutal videotaped gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager were released on $67 bail Thursday, their lawyer said. The boys fear for their safety and will not be returning to their homes because of anger in the community, lawyer William Karam told CNN. A South African court has already determined that three of the four will face full prosecution. [CNN]

“Frustrated” Osama Struggled To Control “Unruly” al-Qaeda – Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden’s hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to control an unruly network, the US military says. The documents seized during the raid on the Abbottabad compound were posted online by the research wing of the US military academy, West Point. The papers show he was unhappy with affiliates’ attacks on fellow Muslims, urging them to target the US instead. [BBC]

Bill Clinton Didn’t Learn Of Osama Capture Through Hillary – Clinton said he “didn’t know about [bin Laden] until they told me and that Hillary “never said a word.” It was the White House — and not wife Hillary Clinton or the State Department — who told him of bin Laden’s death a year ago, which was the proper protocol in the situation, despite the underlying obviousness he could have learned it from Hillary earlier. [Radar Online]

South Africa, India Trade To Reach $15 Billion Before 2014: Zuma – Trade between South Africa and India will reach the target of $15 billion (11 billion euros) per year before a self-imposed 2014 deadline, South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. The two countries agreed to increase their commercial exchanges during Zuma’s state visit to India in 2010. But they are on track to reach the mark ahead of schedule, Zuma said during a return visit from Indian President Pratibha Patil. [Yahoo]

SABC Losing Viewers To Pay-TV, Says CEO – Pay-TV companies were gouging out audiences from the national broadcaster’s traditional market as they offered cheaper and cheaper bouquets of channels, SABC CEO Lulama Mokhobo said yesterday. Competition was getting tougher as new players entered the market and the changing conditions would have a “serious and negative impact” on the public broadcaster’s revenue in the long term, Ms Mokhobo warned. [Business Day]

Ostrich Ban Brings SA Farmers To Their Knees – The future of South Africa’s ostrich industry hinges on the lifting on a ban on exported meat, with time and money running out for farmers. About 741 farms used to be registered with the SA Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC), but this number decreased when the H5N2 bird flu virus broke out in the Klein Karoo, in the Western Cape, last April. [M&G]

Rooney Goal Voted Best In English Premier League – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s spectacular overhead kick against Manchester City has been voted the greatest goal in the history of the English Premier League. [News24]

Everybody’s Lying On Facebook – How to protect your privacy on Facebook? For an increasing number of users, the answer is simple: Lie. A quarter of respondents in a new Consumer Reports study admitted that they “alter personally identifiable information,” such as birthdate, on Facebook. [Newser]

Pepsi Bringing Back Michael Jackson For New Ad Push – One billion cans of Pepsi are about to come plastered with a most unlikely ingredient: Michael Jackson’s silhouette. Pepsi is about to try once again to breathe serious life into the deceased King of Pop’s global image in a move that has left some marketing experts aghast and others applauding. [USA Today]

Vogue’s Underage Models: No To Under 16s & Eating Disorders, Says New Policy – Vogue’s glossy pages will have an additional focus to fashion following the June 2012 issue: Health. The Conde Nast publication has chosen to adopt a new policy where girl’s under the age of 16, or other females with eating disorders, will not be featured in the magazine’s spread, the New York Times reported. [IBT]

’80s Authors Talk About ‘Near-Threesome’ With John Edwards’ Mistress – Fingers started pointing at McInerney, now married to publishing heiress Anne Hearst, when his old party buddy, “American Psycho” author Bret Easton Ellis, recently tweeted: “Somewhere in the late 1980’s I almost found myself in a coked-up threesome with Rielle Hunter in my condo on 13th Street in New York.” “Pretty in Pink” actress Molly Ringwald then tweeted back: “I think I know who the 3rd was…” [The Daily]

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COMING UP TODAY

The Premier Show With Seth And Bruce 10h00 to 13h00 – Easing you into your Friday, Seth and Bruce discuss the topics of the day, with a smattering of sport, entertainment and finance. Powered by Jack Daniels! [2ovfm]

2 Girls 1 Mic 13h00 to 15h00 – El Burro will be in doing a tequila tasting, and it’s the moneysmarf Shift_Ctrl session titled, “Take Back the Power – Saving Electricity This Winter” [2girls,1mic]

The Brothers Streep Show kicks off at 5pm – and hosts Derek Watts and the Sunday Blues. [brothersstreep]

FRESH PODCASTS

Maya On Money, Brought To You By 10X – Maya explains how confidence plays a bigger role in your ability to manage money than your skill and knowledge does. [Podcast]

Wine, Harry And Song – SA’s favourite wino, Harry Haddon, chats to Richard from KWV. [Podcast]

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2oceansvibe’s attention has been drawn to this fantastic project, and just in time!

Africam.com is attempting to broadcast the life of a litter of cheetah cubs from their birth to their hopeful re-introduction into the wild, through a live 24/7 video camera with sound and infrared night vision. The threatened big cats will be new additions to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) which has been at the forefront of cheetah conservation for over 20 years.

“As far as we know this has never been done before. Everything is in place but we can’t predict what will actually happen. It’s all up to our first time mother to be, Salome”, said Paul Penzhorn a spokesperson for Africam.

Paul Penzhorn has informed us the the female cheetah has entered her hut for shelter, and will be giving birth to her young at any point in the next 24 hours.

Don’t miss out on a phenomenon that only a handful of humans have had the privilege of witnessing.

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The Diageo World Class South Africa competition pits South Africa’s top bartenders against one another for a shot at the prestigious title of Master Bartender! Bartenders create monthly cocktails to be judged Diageo’s team of mixologists.

This episode, Chantelle makes us a Grape Ciroctini

Check out their Facebook page, to stand a chance of winning a deluxe cocktail experience to the value of R5 000 for you and your friends!

Remember to stop by next week, to catch the next installment of the Diageo World Class South Africa cocktail showcase!

CLICK HERE for last week’s Rosemary Pepper Martini!

Obama, Kimmel Have Comedy Faceoff At Correspondents’ Dinner – President Obama got the first — and biggest — laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. He poked fun at some of Hollywood’s top stars, including Kim Kardashian, the cast of Glee and Donald Trump, sending him up with a seemingly serious allusion to the attack on Osama bin Laden, which took place during last year’s dinner. [USA Today]

SA’s Democracy Turns 18 – On Friday South Africa as a democracy turned 18 years old, which is a significant milestone. When you are 18 years old you have reached an age of majority, where one is able to conclude valid contracts without parental assistance. [Business Report]

Selebi, Shaik May Walk And 20,000 ‘Skelms’ Too – Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and President Jacob Zuma’s friend Schabir Shaik are some of the “skelms” who may benefit from yesterday’s announcement that parolees and probationers will be granted special remission of sentence. [Sunday World]

E-tolls Legal Bill: You’ll Pay – The government has spent as much as the cost of 14 RDP houses on one day in court defending the e-tolling system. According to The Star’s calculations, between the SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral), the Treasury and the Department of Transport, at least R750 000 was spent in the Pretoria High Court. It costs around R55 000 to build an RDP house. [IOL]

Mechem Working To Free Captured SA Man – Denel Mechem on Sunday said it was working closely with international and Sudanese authorities to ensure the safe release of two of its employees. The men, whose caputure was first reported on Saturday, were in Sudan participating in a United Nations (UN) humanitarian operation, Denel Mechem CEO Ashley Williams said. [News24]

Sars Slaps Firm With R136m Tax Bill – The SA Revenue Services (Sars) has slammed a controversial North West tenderpreneurship company with a whopping R136m tax bill after it uncovered that the firm had fraudulently claimed R38m in tax returns. City Press is in possession of a R136m final letter of demand that Sars issued against Peolwane Properties. [Fin24]

William And Kate: The First Year – Go on, admit it. You watched the ‘wedding of the century’, even if it was just to tut-tut at the expense, laugh at Prince Charles’ ears or ogle Pippa Middleton’s bum. More than two billion people worldwide watched the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011 – and the royal couple have been under constant scrutiny ever since. [Stuff]

There Will Be No New Phones Announced At BlackBerry World – Eager to see Research In Motion’s latest and greatest phones at BlackBerry World next week? Prepare to be disappointed. RIM will be taking a software-heavy approach this year, using the event to formally unveil its BlackBerry 10 operating system. [CNET]

Apple Schedules June Conference, But iPhone Hopes Dim’ – It’s a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple’s invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: “It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for.” But if it’s that elusive iPhone 5 you’d like to see, you might need to keep waiting. [CNN]

Kindle Fire Owns 54% Of Android Tablet Market – According to a new report from comScore, Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle Fire now accounts for nearly 54% of all Android tablets in the U.S. Also: Amazon blew away estimates with its latest quarterly earnings: $13.2 billion in revenues and $130 million in net income. [Fortune]

US Officials: Core al Qaeda ‘Essentially Gone’ – A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone but its affiliates remain a threat to America, U.S. intelligence officials say. [Time]

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FRESH PODCASTS

Wine, Harry & Song – SA’s favourite wino, Harry Haddon, chats to Chris
Alheit who makes Alheit wines with his wife Suzaane in the Hemel en
Aarde Valley.

Shift_Ctrl Session By moneysmart – Angel and Kamini from 2 Girls 1
Mic, share the 10 commandments of smart shopping!

COMING UP TODAY

The Just Josie show – Pi is in with the weekend sports wrap, and Luke from No Bucks tells us exactly where the food, drink and party specials are in Cape Town. [2ov.fm]

The Chris and Malcolm Show – This brand new show kicks off in our Melrose Arch studio’s today from 15h00 to 17h00. Hosted by comedians Chris Forrest, (who has been on SA’s forefront of comedy scene for close to 10 years) and Malcolm Ferreira, (Jan from Vodacom Player 23). Join them for a comedic show like no other! [2ov.fm]

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Judge Bill Prinsloo has granted the anti-e-Tolls lobby group, OUTA, an urgent hearing to argue for an interdict against the implementation of SANRAL’s controversial e-Tolls programme, which drew the ire of motorists and labour unions across the country in recent weeks.

In traditional Nandos style, the nation’s favourite Portuguese fast food outlet recently spoofed an iconic ad, originally flighted by Santam.

Check out the original Santam ad, here!

Check out the spoof, here!

In a fantastic display of advertorial sparring, Santam have hit back at Nandos, with this:

That went down so well.

Only a few hours have passed since Camps Bay bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld was fatally attacked by a Great White shark in Koeelbaai, near Cape Town. Less than two days ago, 2oceansvibe Reported the controversy around the awarding of filming permits to documentary film makers, who were chumming the water off the Cape Coast in a bid to attract Great Whites for tagging and filming purposes. At the time, Alan Boyd of the Department of Environmental Affairs defended the permits. Moments ago, in the wake of the tragedy, Boyd cancelled them.

Catch Bob live on air today at 15h00, with Justine Drake!

Mail & Guardian online editor, Chris Roper, joined Bob Skinstad in studio for the inaugural edition of the Bob Skinstad Show (Wednesdays 15h00 – 17h00).

The chat with Chris covered the survival of the print media industry, the future of mobile and tablet publishing, surfing in South Africa, and having his phone number advertised for “Good bum sex” in a Die Antwoord music video.

Check out the full podcast in all it’s entertaining glory, below!