Missing kids found a decade later – alive. Gupta drama is dividing ANC. North Korea chills out. Facebook joins Fortune 500. YouTube launching pay channels. Lauren Hill jailed. Film critics punish Great Gatsby. Harry let’s slip baby gender.
Zuma and co. described Nelson Mandela as being in good shape, but he is clearly not. According to news24, the ANC and SABC are facing a ‘backlash,’ following the release of this footage.
DA launches new campaign. Gang steals rhino horns from museum. Gwyneth voted most hated celeb. Elvis impersonator charged over poison letter sent to Obama. Guess how much cash Google has on hand? They found 3 new earths. Kind of.
They reckon they have the Boston bomber. Armstrong 1999 tests had banned substances. ANC unveils plan to court ‘clever blacks.’ North Korea changing their tune. New microbatteries the key for electronics. 345k dead people on Zim voters’ roll.
Trevor Manuel says government should stop blaming apartheid. NKorea says ‘moment of explosion’ is near. Norway schools reschedule exams to accommodate Justin Bieber. They’re making a catholic sex abuse film. Jay Leno replaced. 200 rhinos killed this year.
Total Bitcoin value passes $1 billion. Pope mentions NKorea during Easter message. ANC says M&G are ‘pissing on graves’ of our troops. SA born ‘Pope of Pop’ dies. More Bieber drama. Ex-Rwanda king living in poverty in US. Gosling flips out.
President, Jacob Zuma, while speaking at a Human Rights Day commemoration ceremony in Mbekwini township yesterday, said South Africans should stop criticizing its country and its economy. “We need to take a more balanced view of our country.” Zuma called on South Africans “to make our country attractive to both foreign and local investors”, urging […]
SA cardinal says pedophilia is not a criminal condition. Bowie’s new album goes to number 1. ANC disbands Youth League Executive. Soccer star gets life ban for Nazi salute. First F1 of the year was a thriller in Melbourne. US company gets license to print 3D guns. Sharks embarrassed.
Democratic Alliance MP, Anchen Dreyer revealed before the House of Parliament on Thursday that R117 million had been spent on security at Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead. Consider that R45 million was spent to construct a top of the range jail in Kimberly last year. That’s 260% more spent on one man, than a criminal incarceration […]
On Tuesday the ANC pledged its support for President Robert Mugabe, and his Zanu–PF party. South Africa’s governing party has affirmed its intention to help Zanu-PF win the Zimbabwean general elections later this year. Keith Khoza, spokesperson for the ANC said: Zanu-PF has been governing Zimbabwe since 1980 and we feel they have gained the […]
In a world filled with so much corruption, we love finding a report where our own members of parliament honestly declare all that they have received. Sort of. Feast your eyes on the weird array of gifts declared by our Members Of Parliament in the Register of Members’ Interests 2012. While more than a handful […]
In a move described by the DA as “inappropriate groveling,” the ANC and FNB released a joint statement following their emergency meeting, which may have resulted in FNB CEO Michael Jordaan’s resignation.
Bouncers block exits, as 245 die in nightclub fire. Malema loses bodyguards. Australian Open result. Stats SA admits to incorrect census. Tina Turner becomes Swiss citizen. Burt Reynolds in ICU. Listen to The Strokes’ new song.
SA cyclists to be retro-tested for EPO. Twitter launches micro-video sharing service. US unveils assault weapon ban. JJ Abrams to direct next Star Wars film. Did fashion designer plan breast-slip? They have finally built a working Star Trek-style tractor beam.
It wasn’t so much the visuals of the now deleted FNB “You Can Help” YouTube videos that the ANC are freaking out about, it’s more about what was said. We managed to get hold of a number of those offending quotes. Click for more.
The ANC are freaking out all over the place about a recent FNB broadcast. They’re saying it amounts to ‘treason,’ which is pretty radical. Here is a video of the broadcast. Check it out – it’s only 3 minutes long.
Gasp, horror, shock. The poor government didn’t see that vast amounts of jobs would be lost as a result of their poor management of an on-going crisis in the mining sector in South Africa.
Cyril Ramaphosa appeared on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour show last night, and gave a frank and wide ranging interview, covering a mix of subjects including the general state of South Africa and our prospects as a nation, a retrospective of the Lonmin Massacre, and the implications of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. The interview is excellent […]
Your new president. Obama backs auto-weapon ban. Instagram backtracks on privacy policy. China detains 500 for doomsday rumours. Zuckerberg donates $500 million. Adam Lanza loved playing Call of Duty. Ireland to legalise abortions. New face of Burberry..
With the world ending on December 21, and Christmas/Mangaung just around the corner, this video couldn’t be more pertinent. But there’s MORE:
The annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012 has been released, and there is little surprise that South Africa hasn’t done very well.
Outrage over pre-death train photo. John McAfee seeking asylum. ANCWL wants Shrien Dewani bad. Rhinos to get specialised surveillance aircraft. Eminem’s daughter attacks Taylor Swift on Twitter. Who is the world’s most overpaid actor?
Cops and teargas for Kardashian in Bahrain. Taxpayers’ pays for Zuma’s brother’s electricity. American Psycho writer tweets for cocaine. Has Apple fixed wireless-charging? When was the first SMS sent? News International CEO resigns.
Vettel makes F1 history. ANC branches revolt. SA’s booming film industry. Gangnam Style takes YouTube’s top spot. Rolling Stones fans left fuming over unsold tickets. JR Ewing deis. Sheen gave Lohan $100k. Saudi women now wear electronic tags.
Lost Beatles rejection tape discovered. DA taking no-confidence to Concourt. ANC ’embarrassed’ after Potch mayor replaced by DA. Facebook testing auto photo sync. Is child sleep training a hoax? Kate’s private photos revealed. Chris Brown cancels tour.
Cellphone radiation harmful to babies. ANC backtracks on no confidence vote, John McAfee has a new disguise. Metallica coming to SA. Oprah uses iPad for Microsoft tweet. Guess who’s invited to Jen Aniston’s wedding? Another Madoff staff-related suicide.
McAfee buried himself to hide from police. SA platinum in big trouble. Stolen art found. Police foil Prince Charles horse manure attack. Frankie Dettori fails drug test. ANC approves radical secrecy bill changes. France’s champagne harvest worst in years.
A new politial party which wants Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to be the next ANC president, has been registered. They are calling themselves the South African National Congress. No-one knows who the founders are and the ANC are NOT digging the name..
Former president FW de Klerk is clearly being racist in his latest attack against the ANC, as he came out firing during a business-related speech – punishing the ANC for everything from wealth distribution to not being able to attract international investment. Check it out: This from News24: South Africa’s last apartheid president F W de Klerk […]
A tweet showing support for a Zuma vs. Zille public debate is currently trending on Twitter. If YOU, like us, feel that a public debate on economic policy between Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille (or Jacob and anyone really) is in the national interest, then read this.