Crime Intelligence Head Faces Criminal Charges Including Murder
South Africa’s head honcho of crime intelligence, Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli, has appeared at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court today facing a number of criminal charges including kidnapping and murder. In the same vein as, say, robbers locking up police, there’s something wrong with this picture, no?
Former Blue Bull Joseph Ntshongwana Is Alleged Axe Murderer
Joseph Ntshongwana, a former Blue Bulls flanker and Barbarians player, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court today in connection with a series of gruesome axe murders in the city, according to reports.
Teacher And Pupil Share Joint
A report in The Star newspaper has revealed how a Teacher has had to resign because he was caught puffing on the old knowledge cabbage with a pupil. It’s no big secret that South African schools have had problems with drug use over the years, but this is an upper class school, so it was probably good stuff.
Women “Don’t Have It Anymore” By The Time They Turn 29, According To Study
A UK study by a British-based funeral arrangement firm has found that women feel past their prime at the ripe old age of 29. Guys, on the other hand, only feel so at the age of 58. Or when they can’t get it up anymore. Whichever comes first.
Check Your Radiation Levels
What with radiation being the topic du jour at the moment (Google Japan), I thought it my civic duty to share this chart that shows very simply just how much radiation you’ll need to absorb before turning into a sludgy mass.
Tiffindell Ski Resort Up For Auction
South Africa’s only ski resort is due to go under the hammer in May. The resort was embroiled in a long and shady financial scandal that began in 2007 and was eventually forced to close the slopes indefinitely in 2009. But now you can own it!
Stand Up To Goliath – Lewis Pugh Challenges Shell In Remarkable Anti-Mining Speech [VIDEO]
Recently, news came to light that fossil energy giant, Shell Petroleum, was moving towards engaging in launching an environmentally devastating drilling expedition in the Karoo. The drilling procedure, which is ostensibly a search for natural gas, is known as Fracking.
Spotted: The Golliwog Alive And Well In Tygervalley
I know it is the northern suburbs, behind the boerewors curtain, and all that. But wrong is still wrong. The picture to my left is part of an actual logo for a toyshop in Tygervalley Shopping Centre. Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you – that is an actual Golliwog you are looking at.
Win An Escape From Work Tomorrow!
Friends, Jack Daniels and 2oceansvibe are teaming up to take Friday afternoon work hours down! Tomorrow afternoon you could be working – or you could be chilling with four of your friends on Table Mountain with great food, great drink, and great music – in absolute comfort. Best of all, we will take care of […]
Nature, You Are Horrific: Spiders Take Over Trees In Wake Of Pakistan Floods
Human displacement aside, the floods in Pakistan have caused massive changes in the local ecology. With more than a fifith of Pakistan submerged, millions of spiders have escaped the rising waterline by moving into trees – quickly covering riverside treelines in cocoons of spiderweb. It’s creepy-looking.
The Rebellion Starts: Win Your Own Office Jailbreak, This Friday
How many of you caught the story, posted earlier in the day, about a Cape Town advocate who swore at a Cape Town High Court judge, and stormed out of the court room? Look, in no way do we condone his behaviour. Insulting references to another man’s female relatives, most especially The Mother, should never […]
ANC Youth League Website Hacked
The ANC Youth League’s website was hacked yesterday. A message was posted saying that the great one himself, Julius Malema, had decided to quit as president of the organisation due to his own incompetence, lack of integrity and a lot of other stuff we know all too well.
Thursday Morning Spice
Murdoch’s Youngest Son Primed As Successor – James Murdoch is moving from London to New York to become deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation. Murdoch Jr will also become chairman and chief executive of News Corp’s international businesses, retaining his responsibilities for Europe and Asia. The move confirms that the youngest of Rupert Murdoch’s three […]
Stop Cyber Bullies With Bully Block
Here’s a story that would make Oprah and every other daytime TV host giddy with delight. It’s called Bully Block and it helps the bullied collect all sorts of evidence against their cyber-bully.
Who Can Party Harder? Rob Lowe Vs Charlie Sheen
Um, I think by now we ALL know the answer to that one. West Wing actor Rob Lowe has admitted to Vanity Fair that he and Charlie Sheen used to compete about who could jol the hardest and still show up for a full day’s work the next morning.
Tanzanian Shaman Takes Break, 26km Queue Too Long
The Tanzanian “miracle” pastor, Reverend Ambilikile “Babu” Mwasapile has called for a break. He has temporarily asked people to stop going to his remote home for a “miracle cure” after thousands flocked there, resulting in chaos in the surrounding area.
SPL!NG Movie Review: No Strings Attached (2011)
No Strings Attached is not about puppets. It’s a film about friends with benefits or f**k buddies, a fairly new term that has developed over the last twenty years. It’s that agreed upon relational state that prioritizes sex over intimacy in a peer-to-peer network relationship. Some would say this describes how every relationship they’ve been […]
Ron Jeremy Has His Own Rum Brand And I’m Not Sure How To Feel About That
Ron Jeremy markets a rum brand called Ron Jeremy. If you know who Ron Jeremy is, accept that you’re sort of curious and click through to know more; if you don’t, please believe me when I say it’s better to be ignorant about this kind of thing.
Tesla Sues Top Gear
Some time ago Top Gear aired a show in which the Tesla Roadster electric car was put through it’s paces. It ran out of electricity, and then had to be pushed back into the garage. Tesla said the test was rigged, and they plan on getting even.
Nando’s Is Hiring
Always picking up on the nation’s mood, the best in the business have been at it again. There isn’t really much need in beating around the bush with this one. The bushes, quite frankly, aren’t there to be beaten around any more. They have withered and dried.
Cape Advocate Swears At Judge – Full Transcript And Translation Here
Yesterday a little blue bird forwarded us a juicy document. That document is the full transcript of proceedings in a criminal case currently being argued in the Cape Town High Court. The transcript details an altercation between Judge Lee Bozalek and Advocate Nehemiah Ballem. And by “altercation” I mean a verbal smackdown. Enjoy this portion of the exchange.
A Very Cool Video From Greenpeace To Facebook [VIDEO]
Earth Day 2011 is on the way, and environmental group Greenpeace has released a video telling us that a) coal is the number one contributor to climate change in the world, and b) Facebook needs a lot of coal to keep all 600 million of us tagging and poking.
Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch Is Tanking Pretty Hard
This, apparently, is what happens when you let Zack Snyder write his own script without any male genitalia to jiggle in slow-motion – $19 million on the opening weekend of an $89 million film. This means Sucker Punch opened behind ‘Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules,’ the sequel to a film nobody watched.
Wednesday Morning Spice
Spot the axe murderer Ex-Blue Bull held for axe murders – The 34-year-old suspect, who’d played for the Blue Bulls in both the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup, was arrested at a home in Durban. Police refused to name him. The team investigating the murders in Umbilo, Lamontville and Yellow Wood Park confiscated an axe […]
Can’t Get A Girlfriend? New Company Develops Virtual Girlfriend For Social Networking
The new platform, which is still currently in its design phases, will allow users to create the perfect girlfriend who will allegedly write on your Facebook wall, possibly tweet sweet nothings at you and keep your virtual happiness in mind using other social media platforms.
Jesse Heiman Is The World’s Greatest Extra [VIDEO]
This is sort of like ‘Where’s Waldo?’ except it’s fun. Jesse Heiman has played background characters in dozens of films and TV shows. Spider-Man? Jesse Heiman was there. Arrested Development? There too. Glee? Yep. The Social Network? Entourage? American Pie? He’s ALWAYS there.
Creepy Abercrombie And Fitch”Push-Up” Bikini Aimed At Little Girls
Many a talk show will tell you that kids are growing up too fast these days, with little girls dressing “sexy”, and “Brat” dolls that might be borderline inappropriate for children. But the latest offering from clothing manufacturer Abercrombie and Fitch takes this creepy trend to a whole new level.
Find This Parrot
This doesn’t happen very often, but it is happening today. We need you to help Craig find his beloved parrot. Check out the missing flier. Craig says: He flew out the front door yesterday, and shit dude, I just gotta find him. My lady is not taking it too well cause he’s basically family. He’s […]
Robbers Lock Up Police
Three robbers enter a police station, lock up the officers on duty and steal a whole lot of stuff. There is no punchline. This happened in the early hours of this morning in the Eastern Cape.
12 Year Old Expands Einstein’s Relativity, Thinks He Can Prove It Wrong [VIDEO]
Jacob Barnett has an IQ of 170. According to some, this is reportedly higher than Albert Einstein’s was, although Einstein himself never took the test. Jake is now so far advanced in his Indiana University studies that professors are lining him up for a paid PHD research role. He also finished high school at eight years old.