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South Africa
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Friday Morning Spice
24 May 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
SA ranked worst in safety report. Pope says atheists are cool. Bang With Friends CEO outed. Google in anti-trust probe. Upton goes to a prom. Amanda Bynes goes full retard, gets arrested. All, and more inside
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Is Al-Qaeda Operating Military Training Camps Along SA’s Garden Route?
13 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Daily Maverick has released an explosive exposé on what they believe are Al-Qaeda training camps throughout South Africa. From strongholds near to Vlakplaas, to a golf estate along the garden route, the evidence is allegedly mounting.. The police’s specialised unit, Crimes Against the State (CATS) and the State Security Agency (SSA) have been monitoring [...]
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Everything You Want To Know About BITCOINS – Spending, Buying, Selling
08 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It won’t be long before your mother starts asking questions about Bitcoins – that’s how big this thing has blown up in recent weeks. So best you prepare to answer all her questions, with this handy guide.
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Go On A South African Ski Trip This Winter: The ALL NEW Tiffindell Is Ready And Open For The Winter Season [PICS]
08 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
New Tiffindell Is Ready To Open For The Winter Season
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BRICS Nations Give The Middle Finger To The World Bank – Plan To Start New Development Bank
27 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are aiming to establish a new development bank during the annual conference which began yesterday in Durban. The leaders of each of the five developing countries will discuss bringing together foreign currency reserves to ward off balance of payments or currency crises. Martyn Davies, [...]
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Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has [...]
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The 13 Most Outrageous Gifts Declared By South African MPs In 2012
01 Feb 2013 by Michelle Hodgkinson / 1 Comment
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 [...]
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South African TV Will Screen The 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
13 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
That’s right – now you can watch the whole schpiel on TV in SA, even if you don’t have an “MNET decoder.” Yes, it’s on ETV! Hating that! Click through for the time of the screening! And they’ve got Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber performing! Yay!
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Local Justin Bieber Fan Has Complete Meltdown Over Tickets – Video Goes Viral
12 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
It’s hard to believe that one can be driven close to breakdown over the chance of seeing another human being in the flesh. Such is the power of Justin Bieber. Please witness this local 15-year-old completely losing it. They call this “Bieber Fever.”
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Revealed: Expected Launch Date For iPhone 5 In South Africa
29 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
We’ve been doing some snooping around and all noises are pointing to the same launch date for the iPhone 5 in South Africa. Our source even has a countdown clock to the glorious date. Click through to check it out, as well as the supporting information.
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Mumford & Sons To Tour South Africa – Computicket Error Reveals
26 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 13 Comments
2oceansvibe has just learnt that a little slip up on Computicket revealed that English folk rock band, Mumford & Sons, will be touring South Africa. Click for more..
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CONFIRMED: Justin Bieber Will Come To SA In 2013
23 Nov 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 6 Comments
A Big Concerts representative let slip yesterday that Justin Bieber would perform two shows in South Africa next year. Then a radio station gave away the first tickets this morning leaving little to the imagination.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Searching for Sugar Man
12 Sep 2012 by SPLING / 5 Comments
Rockumentaries are usually about fame, the paranoia of money and the affects of a sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll lifestyle on the road. Searching for Sugar Man reinvents the genre with a real-life mystery about Sixto Rodriguez, a ’70s music icon, whose career was stifled and forgotten… or so it seemed. Decades after Rodriguez [...]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Dark Tide
05 Sep 2012 by SPLING / No Comments
Dark Tide is a shark thriller starring Halle Berry and directed by Blue Crush and Into The Blue director, John Stockwell. The film is set in Simon’s Town, South Africa, which lends it some Proudly South African flavour with its setting, film crew and local acting talent. Although, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s [...]
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Important Linkin Park Concert Ticket Information
24 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 9 Comments
I’m not sure if you’ve seen any mention of this on social networks over the past 24 hours, but guess what: Linkin Park is coming to South Africa! Computicket has released details and rules on how to book tickets for the band’s performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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Awesome Mystery Man Gives £1 000 To Strangers To Do Good
10 Jul 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Generally speaking, most people would doing something stupidly extravangant if they suddenly came into a ridiculous amount of money. Not this guy though, instead he chose to share his good fortune and travel the world, giving random people £1000 at a time requesting only that they “do something positive” with the cash.
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2OV BREAKING NEWS: Justin Bieber Is Coming To South Africa – Singer Confirms Tour Dates
04 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / 36 Comments
Are you a ‘Belieber?’ Justin Bieber lovers will be over the moon to hear that the award-winning chart-topping pop star is coming to South Africa. 2oceansvibe News picked up a tweet saying that he had “just agreed to routing for Europe, Russia, Middle East, Asia, Australia, NZ, South America and South Africa BELIEVE TOUR dates.”
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Public Safety MEC Blames Crime On Satan
02 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Forget the Hawks, we need an exorcist to fight crime in South Africa, although in my opinion, I think the Ghostbusters would do an admirable job. North West human settlements and public safety MEC Nono Maloyi said on Saturday that “Satan has declared war on the people of South Africa.”
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Things We Learned From The Third Test Against England
27 Jun 2012 by Sean Wilson / No Comments
2oceansvibe’s bi-weekly sports columnist, Sean Wilson, gives us the low-down on last weekend’s disappointing international rugby test against England, considers Morne du Plessis kissing one’s sister, gives a heads up to the fickle Port Elizabeth crowd, and fires off a warning to Pat Lambie’s hair stylist. 1. Sometimes Morne du Plessis’s quote about sisters doesn’t cut [...]
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Shocking Rhino Poaching Documentary Debuts At Rio+20 [VIDEO]
22 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 2 Comments
“Rhinos Under Threat” is a new YouTube documentary aiming to raise public awareness of the current crisis faced by poaching. It launched at the Rio+20 Conference earlier this week. See the full 28-minute film inside, however be warned that it might be upsetting for sensitive viewers.
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Online Photoshop Course For Just R399 – Save Over R2,500
18 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’m pretty tired of teaching all my mates the basics of Photoshop. Now that everyone has woken up and realised how much money they can save doing little photographic tweaks themselves (rather than hiring a designer whose skills far outweigh your little jobs), a course like this is invaluable. I strongly urge you to do [...]
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Important Booking Information For The Lady Gaga SA Tour
18 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Little Monsters across the country are painting their nails in all shades of black in celebration to the Lady Gaga concert announcement this morning. She will tour South Africa in a couple of months, and will be supported by The Darkness. Very important booking details inside.
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South Africa’s ATM Fees Tops List Of 27 Countries
15 Jun 2012 by Albi P / 4 Comments
A recent survey has found that South Africa has the highest ATM withdrawal fees out of a group of 27 countries which includes the likes of the United Kingdom and the USA.
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Flying Is For The Birds – ROVOS Rail Presents The Golden Age Of Luxury Train Travel
12 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It sounds like one of those Indiana Jones movies, don’t you think? Indiana Jones and The Golden Age Of Luxury Train Travel! We weren’t too far off, to be honest – as The Muse and I (accompanied by the Hardimans!) journeyed across South Africa, from Pretoria to Cape Town, stopping off at Kimberley and Matjiesfontein [...]
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