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Business
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For Sale: Half-Built House With Cinema And Cigar Lounge, Previously Owned By Wayward Militant Youth Leader
22 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Julius Malema’s Sandown home in Johannesburg is going under the hammer to cover his tax bill.
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Goodvertising: Brandhouse Social Media Campaign Targets Drunk Driving
19 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Local beverage company, brandhouse recently launched what they’re calling a “social media activism” campaign aimed at young adults, in an effort to curb rates of drunk driving in South Africa. We call that goodvertising.
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House Of The Week: The Kind Of Sea-View Villa That Features In VISI Magazine For Less Than R6 Million
19 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 2 Comments
Discover the ‘a juxtaposition of the ultra-modern with nature’s unrefined elements’ in today’s House Of The Week.
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TIME Magazine Releases Top 100 List [PICS]
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
TIME magazine is celebrating its tenth year of the TIME Top 100 List. This year, to do something a little special, they’re presenting seven cover portraits of the TIME 100 honourees who, “Reflect the breadth and depth of our list, each one profiled inside – as in our tradition – by an equally luminary voice.”
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Advertising Campaign Give Guys Stage Fright In the Toilet [VIDEO + PICS]
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Going to the bathroom has never been this much fun.
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Jeff Bauman Looked Into The Eyes Of The Man Who Tried To Kill Him At The Boston Marathon
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 5 Comments
One of the bystanders at the Boston Marathon on Monday was able to assist the FBI in identifying the man who planted one of the bombs. Jeff Bauman, pictured above being wheeled away from the scene, said he looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.
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Ex Fidentia Boss, J Arthur Brown Found Guilty Of Fraud
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 2 Comments
J Arthur Brown has been found guilty on two counts of fraud in the Western Cape High Court today. Brown had handed in a document last week admitting to two major charges of fraud. He faces 15 years in the big house
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Tech Report – Save The Life Of Your Cell Phone Battery [VIDEO]
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
We’ve all had that phone that constantly drains itself of battery power, way faster than it should. Well, you may actually be to blame for this one. Check out the video below to make sure your charger never wrecks your phone
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It Turns Out Billionaires Are Just Smarter Than You
18 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 2 Comments
New studies show that the billionaires of this world didn’t get to where they are by luck, or even hard work, alone. It turns out that people who get really, really rich are basically just smarter than you.
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US Digital Ad Revenues Hit Record High Of $37 Billion, Mobile Doubles
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
According to newly released statistics by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in 2012, digital advertising hit a record high of $36,6 billion (R330 billion) in 2012. This spike was partly due to huge growth in mobile and video advertising.
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CONFIRMED: John Smit Will Be The Sharks Rugby Union CEO
16 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / 1 Comment
Rumours began circulating at the end of last week that former Springbok captain and current Saracens hooker, John Smit would return to South Africa to fulfill the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Sharks Rugby Union. Those rumours have been confirmed. Smit will replace current chief executive Brian van Zyl, who will mentor Smit [...]
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Man Resigns From His Job To Become A Baker – Writes It On A Cake [PIC]
16 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Chris “Mr Cake” Holmes, knew where his heart was and knew that his current job was not for him. Holmes also knew what path he wanted to take on his new journey. So he wrote his resignation letter on a cake.
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Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs Fuelling Another Industry: High-Tech Prostitution [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
The Bay Side area of Silicon Valley attracts crowds of successful entrepreneurs to settle down, owing to its close proximity to a concentrated cluster of hyper-successful tech companies. And boy, do sex workers like this neighbourhood
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Cape Town Engineer, William Graham Invents Incredible Plastic-To-Fuel Converter
16 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 5 Comments
For years, science has agreed that plastic waste is destructive for our environment , but not according to Somerset West inventor, William Graham. To Graham, the tons of plastic waste produced by our society on a weekly basis is an ever-growing stack of gold
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LISTEN: SA Is Waging A Cold War With France For Their African Back Yard [PODCAST]
15 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Following South Africa’s disastrous military intervention in the Central African Republic, reports have emerged that South Africa and France are heading for a diplomatic showdown on commercial and political interests in Francophone Africa. This, and more on the M&G Newsroom podcast
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Radvertising: Kmart’s “Ship My Pants” Campaign Is Gold [VIDEO]
15 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
Kmart have taken to YouTube to promote their new shipping service, and they have nailed it by encouraging customers to “ship my pants”. Say that fast. There isn’t really much more we can say about this, apart from the fact that the child is a real highlight.
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The 2008 Financial Crisis Was Caused By Bankers On Cocaine Binges – Professor
15 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
The British Government’s former top advisor on narcotics, Professor David Nutt has claimed that the global financial crisis of 2008 was caused by widespread overuse and abuse of cocaine in the finances industry.
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This Cartoon Showing The Difference Between Bitcoin And Other Investments Is Genius
15 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
You’ll have heard a lot of finance types talking down the usefulness of Bitcoin as a currency, and/or a commodity in the last few weeks. The guys over at the Joy of Tech have nailed the central thesis of why no one’s listening to those Finance types
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Obviously Zuckerberg’s Nemeses, The Winklevoss Twins, Own 1% Of Bitcoin
12 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Identical twins, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have amassed the single largest portfolio of online currency over the last six months, and it’s all in Bitcoins. The Winklevii, as they are better known, say they own nearly 1% of all available Bitcoins.
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Lance Armstrong Sells Texas Home For A LOT Less Than The Asking Price [PICS]
12 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Last week, a texas businessman obtained a $3,1 million (R26 million) loan to purchase former good guy, Lance Armstrong’s sprawling estate. Newspapers reported that the buyer did not pay anything close to the property’s reported $10 million (R89 million) value.
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Mystery South African Buys Greek Island Over The Phone
12 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 4 Comments
An unidentified millionaire made history yesterday by being the first South African to buy a Greek island for the not insignificant price of R34 million – and they did it over the phone!
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Parents Reveal Photo Of Unfinished Text, Following Son’s Texting-And-Driving Death [PIC]
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is something quite harrowing about this photo of a kid’s cellphone, showing the conversation he was having via text, as well as the unfinished text he was writing before he crashed his car and died. Click through to see.
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Onassis’ Greek Island (Where He Married Jackie O’) Sold For R1,3 Billion [GALLERY]
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The beautiful Greek island where shipping billionaire, Aristotle Onassis married JKF’s widow, Jackie, has been sold for $100 million. The island, Skorpios, was sold by the heir to his fortune, Athina Onassis Roussel, to a very wealthy Russian.
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SPOILER ALERT: Game Of Thrones Explained On Facebook [PICS]
11 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 2 Comments
The lengthy episodes, duels, unexplained deaths, new alliances and strange dreams typified by the average 20 minute stretch of Game Of Thrones require the occasional bout of explaining, and this faux Facebook feed does just that, delightfully.
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