Pope Francis had recently appealed to religious leaders to make humble choices when it comes to choosing a car. And in light of that plea, the Pope arrived to lead his first public prayer at the papal summer home in Castel Gandolfo, Rome, in a modest car.
Wired had a tour of the plant in Fermont, California that South African CEO and co-founder Elon Musk helped create. The electric Tesla Model S is in production with some 400 vehicles being produced weekly – thanks to “one of the world’s most advanced production lines.”
Billed as the anti-antenatal class, Dudes to Dads is an idea conceived by media personality Richard Hardiman to allow prospective fathers and those “about to be” dads the space to talk and interact with men going through the same process. Using a panel of radio and TV celebrities, businessmen and medical doctors, Richard guides the […]
Something like this has definitely happened before – in The Hangover. So, according to Business Insider, a man was found four months ago… unconscious… in a Southern California motel. Not such a crazy story? Except for the fact than when the man awoke, he could only speak Swedish and didn’t remember a thing about his […]
Writer Lizzie Crocker investigates how common it is for partners to picture somebody else while having sex with their partner or the “partner replacement fantasy”, and if this is healthy.
A race in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Saturday took an interesting turn. A bump in the behind led to the driver retaliating, but unfortunately he was taken on a rather dangerous joy ride.
You’ll remember the Spiciest Guy in Cape Town, the guy who made your life better here and here and here. Thanks to this Instagram video by mrcapetown, we’ve been able to view yet another (and overdue) appearance from the enigma himself. Please enjoy, the pelvis pumping routine by the Spiciest Guy in Cape Town, at his usual […]
The Mosquito. You know the noise, you know the feeling, but you don’t know why the heck in a room of 10 people, you come out looking like you’ve caught some foreign disease. An article in the Smithsonian covered the question: “Why do mosquitos bite some people more than others?” We’ve taken the most important ideas […]
In Pamplona Spain the final day of the San Fermin festival was a blood bath, with 23 people being injured on Saturday. Bull runners ran to the entrance to escape the bulls but instead blocked the path for the bulls leaving them with nowhere to go.
High-cut swimsuit, sheer blouse and strappy sandals were the outfit of the day for pop singer Rihanna while shopping in Monaco on Friday. She may have had good reason though, maybe.
If you ever wanted to run some kind of Breaking Bad smuggling expedition, now is your chance. According to defense analyst Helmut Heitman, South Africa has no airborne radar system. This means that if you know exactly where the ground-sited radar is and fly low enough, you can successfully smuggle whatever it is you need to. With the […]
Andre de Wet sat down to tell us about his entrepreneurial ups and downs. The interview with the online shopping company PriceCheck’s General Manger was held at the 2013 Net Prophet conference in Cape Town last week. From his dad’s advice when he was a “lighty”, to launching the international mobile app of the year, this […]
Amstel Lager got the digital world talking on Friday, 5 July when they released their new ad, exclusively online. “The Chef” is a follow-up to “The Boxer” and is once again a celebration of taking your time to do something the right way. But this time round, the story focuses on Simphiwe Nzima, a young […]
Madonna has been a thorn in the side for many conservative Christians. Now she will be a topic for discussion at the exorcism conference in Poland.
Daft Punk is entering the condom market. The musicians have teamed up with Durex to make a ‘Get Lucky’ condom. Durex has been sending DJ’s promotional packages, and a picture of the new product was uploaded on DJ Diplo’s Instagram.
According to an article from the LA Times, those old wives’ tales about pregnancy aren’t as far fetched as we thought. Health economist Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt of Princeton University describe how there could be a relationship between the month the child is born, birth weight and gestation period. Currie published on Monday: Pregnancy length and […]
Remember the when you used to play Age of Empires, StarCraft, and War Craft? (We’re in private, you can say yes.) Remember the joy of uncovering the details of the map as you moved your units over the terrain? The next time you’re on the move, take this excellent app along for the ride to uncover the fog of your world travels.
Take a deep breathe before diving into this one. This is the kind of house that makes you consider buying it – even if it wasn’t ever intended. With outstanding modern day features and a balcony adjoined to every room, the 8 On Bridle masterpiece is more like a view for the mountain. So if you are […]
Only after the 20-year-old Catarina Migliorini sold her virginity in an auction, did she say the whole thing was “kinda shady.” The flower-holding student from Brazil auctioned her goods off as part of a promotion for a documentary called Virgins Wanted. For a quaint R7,7 million, the young woman sold her untouched downstairs to a […]
Here come the oooh’s and ahhh’s. Matt Hulbert has set the standards for awesome proposals. The husband-to-be popped the question to his girlfriend Janice in one of the greatest and unique ways we’ve seen. With the help from Scrubs star Zach Braff and some of the couples friends, family and pets, this amazing video proposal above […]
Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in New York were removing a woman’s organs for transplant when they realised the woman was alive. Colleen Burns had opened her eyes during surgery.
What not to do: agitate a woman that has a strong older brother. Fatma Idem’s break-up with her husband did not play host to typical revenge like the chili willy or the classic “this is me throwing your clothes out my window” escapade. 34-year-old Fatma decided the punishment to get even with her spouse should be […]
You could bond with your wife, or someone else’s wife at the wife-carrying World Championship. This year the event was hosted by Finland and saw Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen take the title again.
It is, after all, the third biggest purchase you’ll ever make in fiscal terms (unless you buy a yacht along the way). But unlike buying a house, or a car (or a yacht, sure), buying a diamond has all of the stress of a major life purchase, and none of the excitement. Obviously you’re excited to be […]
If you have been longing for anything to viral on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube you need to aim for this part of the brain. The Temporo-Parietal Junction, or the TPJ.
South African model and TV presenter Minki van der Westhuizen has given birth to a beautful baby girl. Van der Westhuizen and husband Ernst Joubert welcomed their daughter into the world last Wednesday.
While vacationing in the Bahamas, Heidi Klum and family enjoyed some fun in the sun. But it was the Instagram picture that she uploaded of her behind that has grabbed everybody’s attention.
Every year, on 14 July, the French nation commemorates Bastille Day, marking the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison and the beginning of contemporary democracy. Bastille Day is a line in the sand, the third act of a revolution, and the start of a new life for the people of France. Fast forward to 2013, and the […]
Arachnologist Chris Buddle explains that your ‘spider bite’ is more likely to be from other insects or due to an infection.
Floribeth Mora, a Cost Rican woman who had been diagnosed with an aneurism, was cured by former Pope John Paul II with prayer. After many tests and interviews with her doctor, Mora’s aneurism was gone and this has been hailed as a miracle.