Jaguar Responds To Latest Mad Men Episode
If you haven’t seen the latest episode of Mad Man, now is a good time to stop reading, as there are some spoilers ahead. The latest episode of season five of the show saw Sterling Cooper Draper Price trying to woo the business of automobile manufacturer, Jaguar. Their method wasn’t too orthodox. Jaguar took to Twitter to respond.
Charles Taylor Sentenced To 50 Years For War Crimes
The 64-year-old warlord-turned-president is the first former head of state to be convicted by an international war crimes court since the Second World War. He was found guilty last month of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes, and crimes against humanity by supporting rebels between 1996 and 2002 in return for conflict diamonds.
Head Of International Monetary Fund Doesn’t Pay Tax On Her Salary
Remember that Dylan lyric: “Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king”? That’s kind of how I feel when I read that Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, earns a R4,6m salary annually – without paying tax on it. This is the very same person who very recently attacked the Greeks for failing to pay their taxes.
FPB Exec Suggests Board Has A Duty To Suppress Criticism Of Political Leaders
As the dust settles between the ANC and the Goodman Gallery, all that’s left is for the Film and Publications Board to render their decision on the classification of our dear leader’s “umthondo” after a fraught hearing yesterday, but the how do you classify as offensive something that is no longer visibly offensive? And, what is the connection to “political criticism” in South Africa?
2012 Put Foot Rally Kicks Off In June, MINI Named Official Vehicle Sponsor Of Team Shake & Bake
Team Shake & Bake The Put Foot Rally is a 17-day journey through Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. One of the rally’s crews, Shake & Bake, will also be responsible for maintaining their own vehicles and route. The four members of this journey are Meegan Rourke, Louise Gans, Andrew McGill and Gordon McTavish. They […]
Female Student Slams UCT For Allowing Breast-Emblazoned Coffee Cups On Campus
Coffee cups bearing a pair of lacy bra-clad breasts have caused a stir at the University of Cape Town in recent days. Part of a promotional campaign by Axe deodorant, the controversial cups have prompted a number of complaints and have since been removed from the Upper Campus coffee shop where they were being distributed.
EXCLUSIVE: New Goldfish Music Video For “Washing Over Me” Drops [VIDEO]
The brand new Goldfish music video is here! The official music video for “Washing Over Me”, featuring Morning Parade, that’s been directed by Matt Torod, is very rad. Watch as Goldfish man accidentally alters the course of history wherever he goes. The new track is a collaboration between Goldfish and Steve Sparrow, from Morning Parade, […]
Butlers Pizza Thanks The Crew Of The SMIT Amandla Tug Boat
Those of you living on in the real world would have been vaguely aware of a Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, parked on South Africa’s fair shores in the last two weeks.What you might not have thought about in the ensuing drama was the incredible job that the crew of the SMIT Amandla tug […]
The Facebook Smartphone Is Codenamed “Buffy”
More details are emerging about Buffy, apparently the codename for Facebook’s HTC smartphone which may run with Android, all the Facebook trimmings and an Opera browser. Or will it? We try sort the facts from the fiction as excitement mounts over the phone that might topple Apple.
McCain Calls Heckler “Jerk” At Memorial Day Speech [VIDEO]
Yesterday was Memorial Day in USA, celebrated on the last Monday of every May. This is a great time for politicians to make some noise, including John McCain. His sentiments weren’t exactly echoed by some members of his audience – resulting in a reaction that may have been the biggest display of cojones in his career. Video after the jump.
Vodacom Office To Get Largest Array Of Solar Panels On A Building In Africa
Vodacom announced a short while ago that their Century City office would from August boast the largest array of solar panels on a single building in Africa. Nearly 2 000 mono crystalline solar panels will cover the 3 600m² roof of the building, it said.
First Images From Anti-Spear Protest At Goodman Gallery [PICS]
A protest march is currently underway and heading towards the Goodman Gallery, with people having been bussed in from as far as Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Check out all the action, and protest signs, after the jump.
Youth Choose Mothlanthe Over Zuma On MXit Poll
Recent polling of 3 600 South Africans between 15 and 35 has revealed some interesting preferences for the next President of South Africa.
The Sharks’ Beast Is Making Headlines Around The World! [VIDEO]
Sharks player Tendai Mtawarira is well-known in the rugby world as “Beast”, for obvious reasons. However, the marvelous brute is quickly earning international cult status for an immense feat of strength following a weekend clash with the Stormers. Click through for the details and amazing video.
Elvis Presley’s Tomb Goes Up For Auction
Are you a massive Elvis fan? Do you own all of The King’s records? Looking for a special piece of memorabilia and deeply concerned about where you’ll be laid to rest when you leave the earth one day? I may have just the thing for you.
Wine Competitions Can Be Useful. No Really. They can.
Instead of ripping into these competitions again, I thought I would try to find a few ways that they can be of use to you. Let’s see if I can find a couple of ways to make these seemingly silly, almost pointless competitions useful.
Bheki Cele Asks President Jacob Zuma For His Job Back
Police commissioner Bheki Cele is currently suspended. It is also recommended that he be fired and that a criminal investigation be launched into his involvement regarding the irregular awarding of police headquarter leases worth R1,7bn. But Cele has now allegedly written to President Jacob Zuma, asking to be reinstated. As easy as that.
Tony Blair Called A “War Criminal” By Protester Who Breached Security [VIDEO]
The Leveson Inquiry is a public inquiry following the News International phone hacking scandal. This morning Tony Blair was called to the stand, and whilst he was being questioned, a protester managed to make his way past security into the room. Watch him call Tony Blair a “war criminal being funded by JP Morgan” after the jump!
City Press Ed Cites “Personal Harm” As Reason For Pulling Spear Pic
Beleaguered City Press editor Ferial Hafferjee has published a cathartic editorial explaining the publication’s decision to pull the controversial pre-vandalised image of Brett Murray’s The Spear of the Nation that they have had posted on their website for a few weeks now, less than a day after she declared she would not. What happened, Miss Hafferjee?
Cape Town To Joburg Is One Of The World’s Busiest Air Routes [INFOGRAPHIC]
Anyone traveling from Cape Town to Johannesburg, especially on the “business run” on a Monday morning, knows that it’s a heck of a busy route. Exactly how busy, though? The Economist crunched the numbers and it turns out its one of the world’s busiest, outranking anything in the USA.
Finally – The Stuck Ketchup Problem, Solved [VIDEO]
It’s taken months of research and some of America’s brightest minds to figure it out, but now it seems the end of tomato sauce frustration is nigh. A new bottle coating developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) doctoral candidate Dave Smith, together with a team of mechanical engineers and nanotechnology researchers, has ketchup flowing like milk.
Goodman Gallery Guard In Court For Assault
Remember Paul Molesiwa, the security guard we saw in the video of the two guys vandalising the Zuma penis painting? Louis Mabokela, one of the two vandals, laid a charge of assault against him after Molesiwa was shown on camera head-butting and flipping Mabokela to the floor. Molesiwa is expected in court today.
Julius Malema Buys City Press, Writes Excellent Column
It’s not often Juju gets good press. In fact, we couldn’t really remember the last time it happened. But, we’re going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wrote this all himself now that he is well into his BA degree in communications through Unisa. Yesterday, Malema touched on some very important notions in a column for the City Press; notions that Nelson Mandela raised as critical 18 years ago.
China’s Twitter To Introduce Points System To Crackdown On Misuse
Chinese users of online Twitter-alike Weibo can expect extra restrictions to the service in the wake of complaints from several authorities that users were publishing “false rumours” on the site, namely a “points system” to track and punish offensive posts.
What Wes Anderson Thinks Of His Critics
Eccentric filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for his signature style made famous in movies like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic, recently spoke to the HuffPost about his latest venture, Moonrise Kingdom, the joys and pains of working with teenagers, and what he thinks about opinionated critics. Click through for details and the trailer.
Cape Town’s Buses Revealed To Be Running At A Loss
We’ve by now all grown used to the shiny blue MyCiti busus, the glass stations, and the special strips of red tarmac especially reserved for them. The service, which has been running now for almost two years, was reported this morning to be running at a loss.
Germany Eclipses Solar Power World Record
This will surprise you. On Friday and Saturday, German solar power plants produced a record 22 gigawatts of energy – the equivalent output of 20 nuclear plants running at full capacity. The country is already a world-leader in solar power, and hopes to be free of nuclear energy by 2022. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, Germany decided to abandon nuclear power, and immediately closed eight plants.
Sepp Blatter Wants To End Penalties
Sepp Blatter is at it again. The FIFA president said today that penalty shoot-outs are “a tragedy”. He challenged Franz Beckenbauer, honorary president of Bayern Munich, and head of the Football Task Force 2014 – a panel that will recommend rule changes to football – to come up with an alternative.
Violent Brawl Breaks Out In Ukrainian Parliament [GALLERY & VIDEO]
Violence broke out yesterday in the Ukrainian parliament, with fists flying all over the place. The cause? Disagreements over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine. Check out all the huffing and puffing after the jump.
SARU President: Zero Tolerance For Ref Abuse
South African Rugby Union President, Oregan Hoskins, has told reporters he has written to all fourteen provincial rugby unions as well as school rugby administrators to warn them of SARU’s zero tolerance stance on referee assault.