If you thought things could not get any worse for Lance Armstrong, he is facing a criminal investigation by federal investigators according to a high level source who told CBS News this: Agents are actively investigating Armstrong for obstruction, witness tampering and intimidation. Contrary to statements made on Tuesday by Andre Birotte, US Attorney for […]
Welcome to Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Parents whisk their children to and from bouts of social soccer in the park. Some of them might stop off somewhere for a Cornetto. Maybe not. Others might be enjoying an alcohol-induced coma in the comfort of their running Audi A3 at the traffic lights. Wait, […]
During the changing of the guard ceremony on Sunday morning, an unidentifid 50-something man interrupted proceedings when he held a knife to his neck. Police intervened and tasered the man, jolting him to the ground. An onlooker in the large crowd managed to capture the entire scene on video. Eye witness Josh Greenberg said, One […]
Life is not looking too pretty for Malema. Nothing remains of his fortune; cars, houses and cash have all been seized by authorities to pay back his Sars debt of R16 million. Malema may even loose the very cabbages that he now farms in Limpopo. This week Sars applied to the Pretoria High Court to have Malema sequestered. […]
New evidence has surfaced linking the kickbacks from a contract to provide new drivers licenses in the 1990’s to Mac Maharaj and his wife Zarina. Maharaj’s sister-in-law, Sherine Carim, can confirm a secret Swiss bank account, opened by Zarina, into which these kickbacks were paid. Thales, a multinational company wired the money to a Swiss […]
Earlier this week, 2oceansvibe brought you footage initially broadcast by Channel 4 News that depicted gruesome scenes from the Marikana Killing Koppie in which one policeman in particular bragged about killing a miner. Now, in the follow up to that piece of investigative journalism, we hear from some of the miners about the harassment key […]
Footage filmed by two unnamed South African policemen at Marikana on August 16 2012 show events as they unfolded from the police point of view. While disturbing footage of police opening fire on and slaying a group of charging protestors has been widely distributed, footage of the so-called Killing Koppi – where the majority of miners who […]
North Korean prison camps are amongst the most notorious in the world. They house gas chambers and chemical experiments, and prisoners are incarcerated just for being related to other prisoners.
The British firm behind the new SelectaDNA gun, Selectamark, has demonstrated how their new orange gun is capable of firing green (non-lethal) pellets that carries DNA traces.
Yes, you read that correctly. Iran has decided to show the world its latest form of punishment – the finger-chopping machine. [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE]
Two members of the hacking group Anonymous were jailed yesterday for carrying out cyber attacks on several major websites. They were found guilty of causing “unprecedented harm” to Visa, MasterCard and PayPal.
Things are not going well in Salsolburg. So far two people have died, and nine others seriously injured during this week’s violent protests.
You’ve probably seen #Zamdela trending on your timeline today. The riots in the Sasolburg township of Zamdela have rocked South Africa, with the most compelling reportage coming from the ground via Twitter. Check out this collection of tweets, for a timeline of the riot. #Sasolburg There've been no protests in #Zamdela this morning. Unconfirmed […]
Free State police said this morning that they have arrested 187 people during yesterday and Sunday’s municipal demarcation protests in Sasolburg.
This article popped up last week on iol, which explains why it has taken so long for us to find out about it. Wowsers, can you believe that it is now legal for children aged between 12 and 16 to engage in consensual sexual activities with each other? Seriously. Read on.
They do things differently Bulgaria: the leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party, Ahmet Doğan, was lucky to escape unharmed after a man jumped on stage at the party’s national conference and pointed a gun at his head.
In an astounding conflict of interest, a local online marketing company that charges its corporate clients to promote their products and services online, has been revealed to be behind a local website that may sell fake Twitter followers, Facebook fans, and YouTube views. Depending on the method used, buying Twitter followers, Facebook fans or YouTube […]
Late last year, a shooting massacre occurred in the United States, of America, that has since led to widespread condemnation of gun laws in that country. Conspiracy theories have also emerged.
Well this is just plan ridiculous. Eyewitness News is reporting that policemen in Johannesburg are harassing owners of high-performance cars for rides in exchange not reporting their high-speed antics.
So while we are advised to listen and do what cops tell us, a new statement made by national crime forum, eBlockwatch, maintains that cops might plant drugs in your car when you step out for a breathalyser. This following the Audi R8 crash in Sandton. According to EWN: JOHANNESBURG – eBlockwatch on Monday warned […]
It’s tough for everybody at the moment. It’s harder to get a home loan, increase your credit limit, or to hijack a supertanker. That’s the word from Somali pirate Mohamed Abdi Hassan — also known as “Afweyne,” or “Big Mouth” – who is quitting the game.
North of South Africa, things begin to get a bit hectic when it comes to accepting gay people in Africa. Uganda is right up there, but so is Cameroon.
Bradley Manning is considered to be a hero by many, and a villain by others. He was the man responsible for leaking classified material he had obtained from US databases to WikiLeaks. Click through to read about the man that gave him up.
While the United States, of America, still grapples to come to terms with the worst ever school shooting in its history, a newspaper went and did the unthinkable yesterday.
Isn’t he in a jolly mood, that saucy old cad. The Associated Press report that the Pope has granted his former butler a Christmas pardon, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. Fifteen minutes after the meeting, […]
The United States’ latest mass shooting tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, has thrown the issue of gun control into sharp relief once more. Gun control remains one of the most hotly contested topics in the US, often dividing pro-gun Republican and anti-gun Democrat constituencies in local and national elections. The Second Amendment of the United States […]
Michael Douglas’ son, Cameron is a jailed heroin addict. He’s also a snitch, apparently. And his blabbing inside chooky earned him a date with destiny, “destiny” being an empty pillow case filled with batteries. Douglas suffered broken bones after a crime-family lieutenant put out a $100 bounty on his head for being a mouthy bitch. […]
In another display of domestic terror, the US has endured one of their worst mass shootings ever. A 20-year-old gunman killed his mother at home, then cruised down the road to his old school, and started shooting – killing himself in the end.
According to various news sources a plan to kidnap, castrate and murder Justin Bieber has been foiled. Allegedly an Albuquerque hit men and a convicted killer were plotting to strangle and castrate teen pop star Justin Bieber and three other people, including his bodyguard.
This week in cautionary tales, a Florida woman named Dorice Moore befriended a known lottery winner, ingratiated herself in his daily affairs to the point where she controlled his finances, embezzled his money, before murdering him and throwing a concrete slab over his bloody corpse.