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As Of Now, There Is Only One Person On The SABC Board
19 Mar 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
That’s correct. In case you’ve been under a rock for the past week, the SABC has been hit with a spate of board member resignations. Last night was the worst of the blood-letting with six board members tendering their resignations in quick succession. This morning, only three board members remained: Pippa Green, Susan Vos, and [...]
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The ANC Purge – A “Cleaning Out Of Those Opposed To Jacob Zuma” [PODCAST]
19 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
In this week’s show, Nickolaus Bauer and Amanda Strydom spoke to senior politics reporter, Matuma Letsoalo about the ANC NEC’s decision to disband its youth wing’s executive, in a move that is likely to be seen as a purge of the political enemies of President Jacob Zuma.
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Seth Rotherham’s Interview In The March Edition Of Playboy Magazine
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apart from easy-on-the-eye visuals, Playboy magazine is famous for its in-depth interviews. I was fortunate enough to be invited as the March edition’s subject, resulting in a 6-page interview. More than enough reason to get a copy
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The Mad Men Season 6 Teaser Is Here [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Why do they do this to us? If the suspense for Mad Men season from the poster wasn’t enough, try getting your head around the subliminal messages in the teaser vid. April 7 can’t come soon enough. AMC promises the upcoming episodes will feature much more chaos and “upheaval” than previous seasons. Many members of the cast [...]
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Enjoy The Floor Plans Of All Your Favourite TV Show Apartments [GALLERY]
13 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Television shows – we love them. And with many great television shows have come many great fictional apartments. The gallery below, that shows an artistic recreation of our favourite TV show apartment floor plans from Friends, to Golden Girls, to Big Bang Theory. Enjoy that. [Source: Mashable]
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Mad Men Season 6 – Are You Ready?
12 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Remember those days in art class when you had to find the underlying meaning to a picture or advert? Okay well, if you were never in art class, that was an actual lesson. Just roll with it. I don’t know if we are reading too far into this one, but if we analyse the poster [...]
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Political Party Funding Of R68,4 Million Received By The ANC Is Illegal – Experts
11 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
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. In this week’s show, Phillip de Wet and Deshnee Subramany discussed the thorny issue of political party funding [...]
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LISTEN: Mail & Guardian’s Chris Roper Reports From The South By Southwest Conference [PODCAST]
11 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The Mail & Guardian team traveled to Austin, Texas for the twentieth annual South by Southwest conference. Online editor, Chris Roper and General Manager for Digital Operations, Alistair Fairweather bring us clips from Elon Musk’s keynote address, and other assorted treats. South by Southwest is one of the biggest interactive film, music, tech and pop culture conferences [...]
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According To Brand SA: Oscar Pistorius, Police Brutality, And Marikana Haven’t Harmed The Country’s Reputation [VIDEO]
05 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Ayanda-Allie Payne, eNCA News anchor challenges Brand SA CEO, Miller Matola in light of the recent headlines that have placed South Africa in a bad light. Payne and Matola discuss issues ranging from the Oscar Pistorius trial to the brutal death of Mido Macia at the hands of the police, and the Marikana massacre. Payne [...]
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LISTEN: “Instead of Catching Criminals, The Police Stand Accused Of Committing Serious Crimes” – Catch The M&G Newsroom Podcast Right Here
04 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
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. In this week’s edition, show presenters Charles Leonard and Amanda Strydom started the show off by talking about one story that will certainly stay on the news agenda for this week [...]
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Radvertising: Game Of Thrones Print Ad In New York Times Is Genius [PIC]
26 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
The New York Times is a good example of how savvy print publishers can survive in a digital age. And their advertisers are keeping in step with them, giving a great example of what it takes to delight the eye on the printed page in an era of online rich media ads. The full page [...]
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Everything You Need To Know About The 2013 Marie Claire Naked Issue [VIDEO]
25 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
This year’s Marie Claire naked issue is on sale, and boy it is a doozy. If you ever wanted to catch the likes of Rob van Vuuren, 2oceansvibe Radio‘s Bailey Schneider or EWN’s Aki Anastasiou in their birthday suits, then this is an all-in-one solution. Who does this year’s issue benefit? The Organ Donor Foundation [...]
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LISTEN: Mamphela Ramphele Is Forming A “Super Oppostion Political Party” – Catch The M&G Newsroom Podcast Right Here
25 Feb 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
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. In this week’s edition, show presenters Deshnee Subramany and Lisa Van Wyk covered the Oscar Pistorius bail application hearing, and Mamphela Ramphele’s new political party platform, “Agang”. They spoke [...]
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Fox News On The Oscar Pistorius Case – Bumbling Experts Discuss “White On White” Violence [VIDEO]
22 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / 4 Comments
Fox News experts mention necklacing, “white-on-white violence”, and apartheid in the space of 30 seconds while discussing the Pistorius case. Just enjoy that
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How Pistorius’ Journalists Have Massively Boosted Their Social Media Influence [ANALYSIS]
21 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
Additional reporting by Gabi October The live tweeting of the Oscar Pistorius legal proceedings has announced a fundamental shift in the way that news is reported and consumed, and in the way in which we the audience relate to reporters. Magistrate Nair’s ban of video recording or photography while court is in session has left [...]
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14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News from André-Pierre du Plessis on Vimeo.
Local TV Producer Punishes US News Coverage Of The Oscar Pistorius Case [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
This is great. Capetonian and current resident of New York, Andre-Pierre du Plessis has produced this delicious highlights reel of US television news fails in the Pistorius case. The title of the video is “14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News”, and it is delightful. Du Plessis is also the [...]
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Badvertising: The Star Newspaper Runs Poorly Placed Ad Above Pistorius News Headline
19 Feb 2013 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
Well, this is awkward. The Star, a Johannesburg newspaper in the recently sold INM South Africa stable ran with a poorly placed advertisment in the February 19 morning edition. The advertisement for a local insurance company depicts a stylised prosthetic leg right beneath the head and shoulders of paralympian, Pistorius. Click here for full sized image Contacted for [...]
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“Downtown Abbey” – What If Lord Grantham Was Barack Obama? [VIDEO]
18 Feb 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
This is potentially awesome. Let’s imagine something for a moment: rolling lawns, a stately abode, a noble leader and his graceful wife, their lovely daughters, set in a bubble of privilege and intrugue – just who did burn the roast chickens at last night’s dinner service? Now imagine the building is the White House, the noble leader [...]
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SOLD: Independent Newspapers For R2 Billion
18 Feb 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Independent News and Media (INM), the Irish publishing group, has sold its South African unit, Independent Newspapers SA to Sekunjalo Independent Consortium, owned by philanthropist Iqbal Surve, for a cool R2 billion. This after the group announced in July of last year it had appointed advisers to look into the various options for the South African unit. The Irish [...]
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Oscar Pistorius Makes Front Page Headlines Across The Globe [PICS]
15 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Oscar Pistorius made front page headlines across the world during last year’s Olympic Games. Now he’s back at it again, for all the wrong reasons and even more prominant than bafore. Click to see the biggest names in global news featuring Pistorius as their main front page headline yesterday.
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SA Blocks Total Ban On Rhino Trophy Exports, As 2013 Death Toll Nears 100
14 Feb 2013 by Gabi October / 3 Comments
South Africa has halted the total ban on rhino trophies, while 96 Rhinos have already been poached in South Africa this year. The United Nations Wildlife Trade Regulator (CITES) secretariat’s proposal halting the trade of rhino trophies and rejecting rhino products, is now being backed by Government. Environment Minister, Edna Molewa said in a statement, [...]
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Tuesday Tabs #339 – Kate Upton Gets Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover For The Second Year In A Row
12 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We’re talking about the US edition of Sports Illustrated, as the local edition went belly up. Speaking of bellies, please enjoy Kate Upton who lands her second cover in a row. But she’s not the only one.. Kate Upton has gone from strength to strength since blowing the world away last year as the cover [...]
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The Best And Worst Of The 2013 Super Bowl – Ads And Trailers [VIDEOS]
04 Feb 2013 by Michelle Hodgkinson / 1 Comment
No one actually watches the Super Bowl for the futball, do they? For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy our selection of favourite TV ads and movie trailers from Super Bowl 2o13. 1. Every year Dorito’s runs a competition called the “Crash the Super Bowl Contest”. This year, their Goat 4 Sale ad came in at [...]
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Convert And Transfer Any Video File To Your iPad, Apple TV, iPhone, Android, Playstation And More
04 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A buddy of mine gave me a hard drive with some video files on it. Most were AVI file format. I told him I converted them to work on my Apple TV and he got very excited. So just in case, here it is for you..
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Mail & Guardian ‘Newsroom’ Show – Live On 2ov Radio Every Monday 9 – 10am
03 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The M&G Newsroom on Monday morning, kicks off with a look at the top stories from Friday: Mac Maharaj’s tender kickbacks and heavy metals having an influence on crime. Your hosts Mmanaledi Mataboge and Amanda Strydom take a closer look at the latest Afcon news and break down the big stories of the week.
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Not One Of The ZigZag Judges Voted For The Playboy Models – Official Statement
28 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
In case you missed it, two Playboy models were bounced from the finalists’ list of Miss ZigZag 2013, even though they got the most online votes. Turns out public votes counted 40% so they would need just one of the judges’ votes to get through. Alas..
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How Is It Possible That This Print Ad Made It To Publication?
16 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 33 Comments
It’s one thing having a spelling mistake on the net. But how does it happen in print? More importantly, how does it happen twice in the 10 main bold words of your copy. Kercher cleaning tools managed to do it in the latest issue of Your Family magazine.
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Man Who Wants To Deport Piers Morgan Gets Invited To His Show And Completely Loses It [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 6 Comments
Alex Jones, the guy who wants to get Piers Morgan deported from the US for his views on gun control, was invited to Morgan’s show on Monday night. Jones lost the plot and ended up sounding like an even bigger nut-job than before. No one thought this possible.
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National Geographic Crowns Their 2012 Photo Competition Winners [GALLERY]
08 Jan 2013 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
A photo of an Indochinese tigress shaking herself dry has been crowned the Grand Prize Winner of the 2012 National Geographic photography competition.
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Reader’s Digest Begins Insolvency
07 Jan 2013 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Late on Friday, three-quarters of the British staff of Reader’s Digest were made redundant and it was confirmed that insolvency proceedings were to begin.
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