In a continuation of its world domination, China Central Television, which produces the ruling Communist party’s news shows and other propaganda, is planning to broadcast English-language programming from the heart of the US capital of Washington DC. It has also built a studio facility in Nairobi, and plans to open a broadcasting centre in Europe too.
A 37-year-old Pakistani national is due to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court later this week on charges of contravening the telecommunications act. He was apprehended while seated and looking shady in his car, following an anonymous tip-off. He had 4 000 Pre-Rica’d SIM cards in the car, and police found thousands more after searching his home.
American mother and pillar of the criminally insane community, Wendy Werkit, identified a gap in the junk food market and took a leap of faith. “Why has no one thought of this yet”, she thought, as she put the finishing touches on her Facebook ad. “Fifty dollars isn’t bad for a ‘pox’ infected sucker”, she thought, as her brain fell out of her ass.
This afternoon, Nairobi commuters sitting in their cars on their way home from work will notice thousands of yellow balloons floating over the Kenyan capital city. The objective of the spectacle? Simply to put a smile on locals’ faces following two recent grenade attacks in Nairobi. Cool idea.
Conan O’Brien returned to New York last week for the first time since his falling out with the NBC – not only to rub his recent success in his former employers’ collective faces, but also to preside over the first same-sex marriage performed on late-night television. Because I guess that’s worth making a big deal over.
Cosmetic surgery, beauty products and other aesthetic enhancements have made it possible to change just about every aspect of your appearance, for better or worse. Now you can add permanent eye-colour change to your to-do list.
Looks like the only bottles in da club for Lil Weezy will be the ones filled with mineral water. Following his recent conviction for drug possession, the rapper isn’t allowed to consume alcohol or associate with anyone knowingly engaged in narcotics – good luck. Let’s see if he can last longer than (Camps Bay) “twenty minutes my broda”.
Walter Isaacson weaves a full and often revealing tale that brings Steve Jobs to life through interviews with the late Apple visionary and those in his inner circle.* The most anticipated book of the year is available available to buy. And what better Christmas present for all your Mac friends and tech-minded family! The Guardian […]
Everybody has bad days. Nothing goes your way. Everyone has the wrong opinion. The lane you’re driving is always the slowest moving. And then there are days when you find yourself in a 34 car pileup. Pictures after the jump.
Commercial space travel is now literally months away, and it appears that a mission to Mars is not too far off either. Six men that have been locked in large steel piped tubes for 520 days emerged from isolation earlier today after a bid to simulate a mission to Mars. This is taking Survivor to the next level.
When Gareth Cliff said on his show that “most 22-year-olds are laying on their backs with their legs open at 22, or else they are drinking” he wasn’t being a hater. This after the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) found him innocent of hate speech, following a complaint by a listener.
Remember a few months back when the local rags were full of news about Hollywood stars, Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington seen out and about in the Mother City filming an upcoming action flick? Well, check out the fruit of those labours after the jump!
The words Halal and whisky are certainly two words we never expected to see in the same sentence. Now add to that “non-alcoholic”, and you’ve got yourself a fine example of the word “juxtaposition” – the placement of at least two things, usually abstract concepts, near each other.
An overwhelming body of scientific evidence has led experts to conclude that fatty and sugary foods have the same addiction potential as drugs. This puts cupcakes in the same boat as cocaine – high in price, low in quantity, and a lot of fun with a stripper.
Former Pakistani cricket captain, Salman Butt, was today sentenced to 30 months in jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments. Mohammad Asif was jailed for one year and Mohammad Amir was sentenced to six months. Cricketing agent, Mazhar Majeed, was jailed for two years and eight months for his part in the fixing scandal.
A book called Islamic Sex, Fighting Jews to Return Islamic Sex to the World has been banned in Malaysia. It was published by the Muslim Obedient Wife Club and urges Muslim men in polygamous marriages to have group sex with their wives as a form of “worship”.
Every now and then, we come across a concoction of sorts, one that is so outlandish, so preposterous and so crazy sounding that it may just be amazing. How does Marmite, leather, pickle and beer grab you?
There have been murders and rapes associated with Facebook, but this is likely to be the first house burning as a result of someone defriending someone else on the social networking website. Jennifer Christine Harris decided it was a good idea to burn down Nikki Rasmussen’s house while Nikki and her husband, Jim, were in their beds sleeping.
Diane Taylor is a 92 year-old great-grandmother from the UK. Like any other woman of her age and stature, she went down to her local convenience store to buy a bottle of whisky. The shop however refused to sell her any alcohol because she had no ID with her to prove that she is over 18.
This is the second time that DigiCape’s Roeland Street Branch has been hit by this burglary syndicate. The shop was broken into at 02h15 this morning, and the group made off with over R250 000 worth of new and demo stock. DigiCape are offering a R25 000 reward for any information leading to arrests. Click through for the surveillance videos.
Did I mention that his fiancee was in his address book as well? According to Ronaldo, he was attempting to delete the Dutch fan’s saucy snaps (which included her in numerous half naked poses in a shirt with “too hot to handle” scrawled on the front), but pressed forward instead. Clearly something broke his concentration.
I said goodbye to my buddy, the new 4X4 MINI Countryman, after six months of joyous adventure in and around Cape Town. From mounting pavements in Green Point, to dirt roads and the dunes of Arniston, it was nothing short of pure adventure. I also managed to squeeze in an online TV series, showing you, […]
One thing the Murdochs probably didn’t do last night, is sleep particularly well – James, especially. Documents released by the parliamentary committee investigating illegal voicemail hacking at News International reveal compelling evidence that James has been lying since at least 2008. Either that, or he is just a really shoddy businessman. Maybe both.
Crowd funding allows the average guy on the street to invest in movies without having to spend millions. And the producers of a porn film based on the scandal surrounding the former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, are looking for such funders at the moment. The working title for the film is DXK. R500 buys your name in the credits and an invitation to the premiere.
Howz this vibe, a plane landed perfectly without wheels in Poland! It took off from New York. Storyful reports: A Boeing 767 carrying over 200 passengers from New York’s Newark Airport made an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday. Video footage showed the Polish Airlines plane https://www.aldaorg.net/buy-accutane/ touching down on the runway without landing […]
George Papandreou’s shock announcement that he will put Greece’s bailout to a referendum helped the FTSE open nearly three per cent down this morning. It was interesting listening to Lindsay Williams on 2oceanVibe Radio a little earlier too. He remarked that there are more Porsche Cayennes registered in Greece than taxpayers declaring an income of 50 000 euros or more. Clearly Greeks aren’t fans of paying tax.
Heidi Klum is really, really into Halloween. Which isn’t surprising, given that Halloween is when people dress up in revealing costumes for candy, and her career is pretty much dressing up in revealing costumes for money. Except she went non-traditional at her annual Halloween party in Las Vegas, dressing as a terrifying skinless body.
We’ve all read the Guide to Klapping Gym Boet, and while it’s an amazing read, and wonderfully illustrates the way countless people feel about “charnas” in gyms around the world, no one took it to heart. Or at least we thought not, until some mad American gymster, who was the embodiment of the Guide, died trying to take things to the next level.
A new laser is to be built that is as powerful as “concentrating the rays of the sun for the entire earth onto the tip of a pen”. Scientists claim it could allow them boil the very fabric of space, AKA the vacuum. Because that’s a fantastic idea. It is official, mankind has a death-wish.
Is this the beginning of the end for BlackBerry? Manufacturer, Research In Motion lost nearly two thirds of the US smartphone market share, year on year for the same period. HTC has taken a clear lead in the US smartphone market, and it’s been closely followed by Samsung, who just last week, surpassed Apple in total worldwide smartphone shipments.