Bakkies Botha’s chronic Achilles’ tendon problem flared up once again at training earlier this week. It now looks like he will almost certainly miss South Africa’s rugby World Cup opener against Wales on Sunday. There is also an injury concern over winger Brian Habana, who also had not taken a full part in training this week.
In the aftermath of last Friday’s plane crash off the island of Robinson Crusoe, Chile, officials have stated that no effort would be spared in the rescue/recovery of the 17 passengers. This apparently includes using the Find My iPhone app to isolate the coordinates of one of the passenger’s last known whereabouts before the crash.
Hello, internet people. Google Takeout has been launched for you – a “data liberation platform” that lets users export their data from a number of Google products. It’s an importance service! If all your information is on Google without a backup, then you don’t have much control over it. Click through and learn things.
Whether you’re kickin’ in the front seat, or sittin’ in the back seat, this September 24th is officially South Africa’s Braai Day – and what better way to get down on the Braai Day vibe than take a squizz at this priceless parody of Rebecca’s internet YouTube sensation ‘Friday’? Check out the Braaiday vibe after the jump! We so excited, we we so excited!
To demonstrate the lethal speed at which the Texan wildfires are spreading, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department have released footage of the wildfire consuming the 6 000 acre Bastrop State Park – 84% of which has been burnt down as of today, in spite of firefighters’ efforts to save a number of historic Civilian Conservation Corps cabins.
‘Nett Warrior,’ the military program that aims to give soldiers the tools for communications and mapping with each has been put on ice. It seems the US army have decided to cut a couple of kilograms in the solider’s kit and go with civilian technology. And they’re going Google.
The ANC wants to know which ANCYL supporters were so vocal last week around the Julius Malema disciplinary hearing. And it’s not so they can hand out prizes for enthusiasm. Provincial leaders have been instructed to identify the culprits who caused chaos at Luthuli House and surrounds in support of Juju.
Swedish designers have made a cycling helmet that isn’t totally obnoxious, which is pretty great. It won an award. Understand that no matter how nice this helmet is, it still isn’t okay to wear this guy indoors, because that’s rude. Still, it just won the Index:Award, the largest monetary prize for design in the world.
An annual global ranking survey of 2 000 tertiary institutions has been completed by major research company, QS. It takes into account reputation, faculty citations, student-faculty ratio and international population. And according to this ranking, the University of Cape Town is the 156th best university in the world. It is also the only African university on the list.
The video you are about to see is in one word…brilliant. It chronicles the last 100 years in fashion in 100 seconds. Starting on Sept 13, 1911 and running all the way to Sept 13 2011, the actors change costume (and dance moves!) every second to reflect the popular fashion trends of each given year. Make it work!
Do you know what day today is? Google knows what day today is – which is why their latest animated doodle pays tribute to the legendary Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 65 today, had he not made an early exit. Click through to take a look. Please insert your favourite Queen song title here.
In just under four days the Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand. And, as you’ll see inside, people are finding all kinds of creative ways to show their excitement! Treat yourself to a very impressive “haka flash mob” as well as a rugby remake of “Living Next Door To Alice” after the jump.
I know, I know; can you really steal art from somebody as dangerous and transgressive as Banksy? Two of his pieces, put together during his 2007 project on the West Bank, Bethlehem Santa’s Ghetto, have popped up in a show called Banksy: Original Street Works, at the Keszler Gallery. In the Hamptons.
Sleek, compact design, leather seats, carbon fiber chassis. This is what a baby needs in a stroller today, right? This is the future? Swedish designer Dawid Dawod thinks so, having collaborated with Porsche Design to put together the P’4911 for parents with their fiscal priorities in order.
Relations have never been better between the media and ANCYL followers. With supporters threatening journalists with comments such as, “We are going to beat you all by the end of the day because you are writing lies,” and rumours this morning of people gathering stones to throw at media reporting on the Malema discplinary hearing, the vibe between league supporters and journos is just awesome right now.
I love Postsecret. I’ll just put that right there. It’s an ongoing community art project that started in the States in 2005. Now, after almost seven years of receiving the secrets, Postsecret are releasing their very own app for iPhone.
We all have our lapses of judgment. But some of us make such horrendously poor decisions that one simply has to ask, “What were they on?”. Every week we bring you three contenders in what can only be described as a battle of small wits. So, with great pleasure we present this week’s three La […]
The president and CEO of Texas Armoring Corporation wanted to put potential customers’ minds at ease about the efficiacy of his company’s bullet-resistant glass. So, like any other sane person, he got one of his employees to shoot at him with an AK-47 while he stood behind the glass.
SABC Probe Finds R1,4bn In Misuse Of Funds, Fraud – The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating misuse of funds and fraud amounting to R1,4bn at the SABC. The extent of the fraud and misuse of public funds comes as the SABC is once again appealing to the government for a bail-out. [businessday] The Fight For […]
You’re not all on Twitter. I get that; I know people who don’t drink alcohol, either, and I don’t judge them for that. To all you cool social media cats, though, this is troubling: Twitter is readying a new ad product that will serve up ads to users from company accounts they don’t already follow.
Researchers in Gothenburg, Sweden, met this week to launch a new “meat without slaughter” initiative – with plans on being able to release bio-sausages in the next six months. Bio-sausages made from exotic animal cells, too, because vat-grown tiger meat isn’t any less ethical than vat-grown bacon.
A Florida funeral home has unveiled an ‘alakaline hydrolysis’ unit, which dissolves dead bodies in heated alkaline water. Which is, apparently, something you might want to do; the process is being billed as a far greener alternative than cremation, producing far less greenhouse gas and requiring far less energy.
The sex tape that made Kim Kardashian, well, Kim Kardashian has a bidder who desperately wants it off the market. It’s been mere days since Kim’s marriage to Kris Humphries, and an anonymous buyer now suddenly wants Vivid Entertainment’s rights to the infamous 2007 tape of her and Ray J. And those rights ain’t cheap.
Still trying to find your perfect match? Look no further than your own face! Find Your FaceMate is an online dating agency that pairs couples up by matching their facial characteristics to someone with the same (or near-enough) looks.
The Dalai Lama has applied for a South African visa to visit Desmond Tutu on the Arch Bishop’s 80th birthday. He is due to give a lecture here on 7 October as part of the celebrations. Why does he need a visa? Because he was barred entry to South Africa in 2009 to ensure that ties with our key trade partner, China weren’t jeopardised.
It’s pretty neat – the new pen by Wacom draws like a regular pen, but has a pressure-sensitive receiver that records your actual drawings for digital import and computer manipulation. So when you doodle obscene images, they show up directly onto your screen. Welcome to the future.
Foo Fighters don’t actually have to promote anything to get people to shell out cash for their upcoming North America tour, but because they had a fat wad of cash to spend on advertising and some guy in marketing wouldn’t stop saying the word ‘viral,’ they’ve put this video together for you. Take a look.
Huang Nubo, the sixteenth richest person in China, has offered $100 million to buy 300 square kilometres of Icelandic wilderness. He calls himself a “poet and adventurer,” so it would make sense that he’d want to buy the property to develop a golf course and tourist destination.
Hundreds of people have been gathering this morning outside the ANC Youth League headquarters in Johannesburg, following the league’s promise that supporters would behave well in the lead up to Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing. Rubber bullets have already been used by police to contain the crowd. Twitter is alive with reports of violence and mayhem going down.
A music producer from the UK sat patiently for 24 hours while a tattooist recreated a scene from the popular Where’s Wally book series on his back. The artwork features 150 characters in normal dress and historic and fantasy figures like Vikings, pirates, a caveman, cowboys and Star Wars characters. Wally is hiding among them – can you find him?