Tuesday Morning Spice

Western Cape Gov. dumps Cape Times. Dior’s first black face. BBC loses 4m viewers. Ryanair approves low-cost flights to US. France to ban skinny models. Marli hasn’t seen Henri. Pinterest’s massive valuation. Romney to fight Holyfield.
Monday Morning Spice

Vatican backs military against ISIS. Cyclone Pam devastates, Oasis feud over?Drug dealer wanted Apple Watch. Putin considered nuclear options. F1 season underway. UK teens bust heading for ISIS. Self-flying Uber – surely not?
Friday Morning Spice

Oscar’s lawyers to appeal the appeal. Max Clifford arrested again. Another shooting in Ferguson. Super-rich dig SA. Kagiso’s township education plan. Is Putin very ill? Branson accused of stealing cruise ship plans. Boy George carries coffin.
This Local Gym Video Will Leave You Speechless [Video]

Holy shit – I’ve never quite seen anything like this. It’s a gym in Cape Town which claims to have the ‘ultimate power hour’ – featuring a live DJ on decks and nightclub lighting. Make sure you’re sitting down for this.
Thursday Morning Spice

Anni Dewani dad’s arm ripped off. Zuma wants pregnant moms on Robben Island. You can’t feel fat on Facebook anymore. Whale kills woman landing on boat. Massive Apple iTunes outage. Exclusive New York sex parties.
Yeehaa! Robbers Blow Up ATM In Bellville [Video]

Today’s Wild West installment features just-released footage taken last week in Bellville. Watch as the crafty robbers plant explosive on the ATM and – BOOM – take home the money.
Wednesday Morning Spice

Marli discharged from hospital. Robin Thicke And Pharrell guilty. Indonesia drug smugglers – Branson gets involved. Berlusconi does it again. Rihanna moved in with Leo. California earthquake odds just went up.
PR Disaster For Mercedes-Benz As Gavin Rajah Responds To Copycat Story

On Sunday we broke a story about Gavin Rajah copying someone else’s design and featuring it in his new collection. The scandal has greatly lowered the tone of the Mercedes Benz Jo’Burg Fashion Week.
Tuesday Morning Spice

Cape fires out as blaze rages in Stellenbosch. Massive PR disaster for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Killer mom home again. The Simpsons co-creator dies. Madonna explains her cougar tendencies. Die Antwoord called Drake a ‘massive faggot.’
FIRE FUNDRAISING BACKLASH As Steenberg Family Lose Uninsured Fully-Paid-For Home

Fundraising efforts for a family who ‘lost everything’ in the recent Cape fires, has turned somewhat controversial, with some of the community requesting donation refunds.
The Grand Restaurant In Camps Bay Has Turned Into A Dirty Dive

Poor service is all but normal in Cape Town. But add to that unhygienic levels of dirt and grime, meat that tastes expired, and a dismissive attitude from the manager, and something needs to be said.
Monday Morning Spice

Cape fire chopper pilot killed. MH370 black box battery expired a year before plane vanished. Biff hits back at divorce reports. Vatican gets ransom for Michelangelo letter. Apple joins Dow Jones. Nemtsov death suspect blows himself up.
Friday Morning Spice

Zephany suspect due in court. Nearly 50,000 PRo-ISIS Twitter accounts. Last known Liberia Ebola patient discharged. Hawks seize R20m of gold. Mars had more water than the Atlantic. This is how Bruce Jenner told family.
Thursday Morning Spice

Public weighs on teen sex criminal law act. New Age pulls out from ombudsman system. 50 Cent betting R19 million on Mayweather fight. US ambassador slashed in face. First known human found. Katie Price’s natural boobs are back.
Wednesday Morning Spice

Noordhoek declared disaster zone. ISIS threaten pope. Here is the average penis size. Apple beats Samsung in smartphone sales. Concourt asked to set aside Shuttleworth ruling. Passenger planes dodged Russian bombers. Snowden might return to US.
Send A Pic Of You In A Bar Doing This, And We’ll Give You A Bottle Of Gentleman Jack Whisky

We said we would give away a bottle of Jack Daniel’s for every bar you tell us that stocks the premium ‘Gentleman Jack.’ You’re coming along very nicely! Here are the latest additions..
Tuesday Morning Spice

2015’s richest man in the world. Jihadi John tried to get to SA. Coffee good for arteries. Twitter blocks ISIS accounts. SA sailing crew missing. Boko Haram behadings on video. World’s most expensive cities.
Attention Girls – A New Batch Of Your Favourite Kaftans Have Just Gone Online

2oceansvibe’s favourite local lifestyle and fashion blog, Café du Cap (cafeducap.com) has just launched their Summer 2 range of kaftans – with a sexy new beach shoot to boot! Check ’em out here.
Monday Morning Spice

Rebekah Brooks back in the mix. SAA CEO false bank account plot. Google allows porn following backlash. Nigeria torched a suspected suicide bomber. Apple Watch has ‘power reserve’ mode. Rafa is back. 50 Shades made a LOT of money.
Bidvest Lounge Becomes Retro Cool As The Rabble Move To SLOW Lounge

It seems everything does go full circle. Just as the SLOW lounges at SA airports became the coolest place to hang before flights, the poor-man’s alternative (Bidvest) began emptying out. And now look what’s happened.
Thursday Morning Spice

Weed is legal in Washington DC. Apple fined half a billion dollars. Bionic hand breakthrough. America’s Top Model contestant murdered. Paris drone: 3 arrested. Spy cable probe underway. US sea levels rise 10cm. Standard Bank are a bunch of pigs.
This Is Why Standard Bank Are A Bunch Of Pigs @standardbankza

I have said this many times and I still believe it to be true. Every bank can and will let you down at some stage. People who have loyalty to a particular bank are just lucky.
FACT: The Dalai Lama Will Be Rocking Out At Glastonbury For His 80th

Look he’s not ‘headlining’ in the traditional sense, but the fact that he his celebrating his 80th birthday will certainly capture the bulk of the ‘headlines.’ Now that the headlines of him being bounced from SA have subsided.
Wednesday Morning Spice

3-parent babies legal in UK. Weed was illegal in Jamaica until now! Zuma gives more friends top jobs. Churchill’s blood up for auction. How Is Stephen Hawking still alive? Table Mountain serial muggers caught. Idiot Giuliana apologises for being an idiot.
Tuesday Morning Spice

Is Biff making a comeback? Cliff Richard BBS scandal. Oscar ratings plummet. SA espionage exposed. 94-year-old charged with deathcamp atrocities. New Zealand vs. ISIS. Federer, Alonso, Shoes Moshoeu news..
This Is Why More And More People Are Flying Private In South Africa These Days

I spotted an article in Town & Country magazine, detailing the advantages of private jet travel. With the costs of private air travel plummeting in South Africa, this is a very interesting space to watch. Click for the list.
Monday Morning Spice

Inside the EFF’s bank accounts. Threat against Mall of America. Proteas fined. Alonso airlifted to hospital. Chelsea racist is ex-cop. Bangledesh ferry kills 39. UK parliament gets Ghandi statue.
Thursday Morning Spice

Mbete apologises. Naspers unbundles print division. Obama says they’re not at war with Islam. Apple watch will make too much money. Vanilla Ice bust robbing a house. Metrorail app is pretty smart. Pinterest goes for $11 billion valuation.
Camps Bay Property Pulls In R6 Million A Year From Shoots And Rentals

It’s common knowledge that properties on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard pull in big numbers for rentals over season – some as high as R50,000 a day for a 2/3 week stint over New Year. One house, however, towers above the rest..
2oceansvibe’s Readership Has Doubled Since Last Year (Again)

According to Google Analytics, 2oceansvibe.com’s readership has grown 186% for the first ‘hands-on-deck’ portion of the year. This isn’t the first time it’s happened, mind you..