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The Film and Publication Board sent a team of five classifiers to view and classify Brett Murray’s “The Spear”. In other words, it stands a chance of receiving an age-restriction. The classifiers were supposed to meet this morning to discuss the size, length and visibility of Zuma’s penis (in the painting) in order to make an informed decision, but have now postponed it till next Tuesday.

After boasting on Twitter that she got out of a R2 500 fine “for going 140 in a 60 zone” by paying a traffic cop R30, FHM model Sabina Essa received a call from Justice Project SA CEO Howard Dembovsky.

She then confessed to him that she merely sent the tweet for “some attention” from her followers. I honestly don’t know which of the two possible scenarios is worse.

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I could tell you how cool this is, but seriously, that should be pretty obvious. This new full-sized foldable plastic boat is capable of sailing with a person inside it AND fits in your backpack! See what the Foldboat looks like, inside.

Our friends from FEMEN, the topless Ukrainian protest group, have struck again – this time at the Euro 2012 trophy display in Poland. They are protesting the prestigious sporting event and the economies of prostitution and sex trafficking that spring up around it. See their passionate cries for justice after the jump.

At the Moscow premiere of the latest Men In Black film, a male reporter tried to kiss Will Smith on the mouth. But all he got in return was a backhanded bitch slap and a signature, “The hell’s yo problem?!” from Will. Check it out inside.

The world lost a great musician when Bee Gees singer, Robin Gibb passed away last night. His passing follows shortly after a 12-day coma resulting from intestinal surgery intended to battle colon and liver cancer. He was aged 62.

Opening a beer with a chainsaw is not a job for anyone. And the difference between joining our 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame, and potentially winning a Darwin award, is this guy. Step inside and see how it should be done properly.

Facebook is set to float on the stock exchange today and all its early investors must be smiling. One of them, U2’s frontman Bono, has shares worth over $1,5 billion alone. This puts him well above Paul McCartney – currently the world’s richest musician. Who knew devoting your career to charity, world peace, and good causes could be so profitable?

So it turns out that one of the Patrick Holford supplement range products – called Smart Kids Brain Boost – does not actually enhance mental performance. This was revealed in a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority. The company will now have to change the name of the product, as well as remove the term “intelligent fats” from the packaging.

Pinterest, the hottest social photo sharing website right now, looks set to receive a nice $50 million injection from Japanese giant, Raukten. Plus another reported $70 million coming in from other international investors! This means that Pinterest’s valuation is now in the range of between $1 billion and $1,5 billion. Impressively, they’ve only been around for two years.

It looks like new Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig just made his first big move. The company has just announced that it will slash prepaid call rates by more than 34% with a plan called “99 Cents for Real”. More details inside.

A Norwegian man is in hospital with serious injuries after setting himself on fire yesterday. The incident took place outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Breivik is standing trial for mass murder and terrorism. N5FW video of the incident inside.

The DA’s march against Cosatu in the Johannesburg city centre became violent earlier. Cosatu members allegedly stormed the march and rocks were thrown. In the process, DA supporters and a journalist from the Mail & Guardian were injured after being hit with stones.

Patricia de Lille is about to fire off a proposal to award the Freedom of the City of Cape Town to Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. According to Cape Town’s mayor, the couple exuded leadership, excellence and inclusion, which made them “natural candidates for the city’s highest accolade.”

This morning we reported on a fire that broke out over the weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix in the Williams team’s garage. Click through for a full picture gallery, as well as video footage, of this dramatic event.

After his “blacks were not disenfranchised” statement on CNN last week, former president F.W. de Klerk has been taking a lot of flack. Not only did he get ripped a new one by cartoonist Zapiro in the Sunday Times yesterday, but Nehawu is now calling for him to be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize.

Yesterday, news reports surfaced about a schoolboy who was allegedly sexually assaulted with a broom and a banana. The incident took place during an Edgemead High School rugby tour. Even though authorities have opted not to prosecute anyone, Childline is campaigning for legal steps to be taken against the school and the coach who was charge when the alleged events took place.

For the latest issue of The Cricketer, they asked a large panel of cricket journalists, broadcasters, photographers and fans which cricket pitch is the best to watch Test cricket at. And according to the experts Newlands takes a close second place, only behind Lord’s, the symbolic home of the game. See the rest of the Top 10 inside.

It would appear that Bafana Bafana player (and Mamelodi Sundowns captain) Teko Modise has landed himself in a spot of trouble after failing to pay a monthly maintenance to his estranged wife. She now wants him to be held in contempt of court and sent to jail.

Firefighters are currently battling a fire that broke out on the construction site of Mitchells Plain Hospital. Not a lot of details are known at this stage. EWN is reporting that emergency officials are on the scene, and that site managers are trying to keep the media away from taking pictures.