Elephant poaching is out of control around Africa, but it’s been a decade since one has occurred in the Kruger National Park. The poachers down here have always preferred hacking off rhino horns. Until now.
After many years of struggling to give to so many charities that regularly request help, we have decided to focus our efforts on three specific charities, via the GOOD VIBES charity bracelet. Click to find out more.
What would you do if you saw a random dude wearing a “Fuck The Poor” sandwich board, handing out “Fuck The Poor” leaflets and shouting “Fuck The Poor” on a busy London street? Check out the results of a social experiment entitled #FuckThePoor.
She may be the future queen of England, but she has a weak volleyball game. Often regarded as the most violent of all sports, volleyball is not something to attempt wearing heels… Or is that ice hockey?
The guy who won the sixth largest lotto jackpot in US history on 19 February sat on the ticket until 1 April. Why? Because the guy has a sense of humour, and also because he spent that time planning for something – not what the average lotto winner would do with his windfall.
Schwarzenegger has slaved and laboured away for years to achieve his life long dream… To become governor of California? No. To win Mr. Universe? No. To become a famous action star? No. But he has finally managed to buy his own “fucking tank.”
An uncharacteristic act of human kindness, by YouTube prankster Magic of Rahat, brought him and internet denizens to tears. His video in which he fooled a homeless man, Eric, into thinking he won $1,000 in the lottery, has gone viral.
It will be known has the drum battle of the millennium. Only one man will step away as victor, deciding once and for all who is the lookalike and who reigns cowbell supreme. What started as a comment on a Reddit AMA has escalated into a drum showdown between Will Ferrell and Chad Smith – oh, and it’s for charity.
Happy Friday! This video of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck riffing on each other for the sake of charity is excellent, so you should watch it. Topics covered include Gigli, Matt’s short stature, and who did the bulk of the writing for Good Will Hunting.
If there’s one thing this Neknomination mania has reminded us, is that nothing deflects as well as a good old charity shout-out. Why spill lager on your favourite sweater when you can humbly display your brotherly love and tie it in neatly with your cleverly sculpted brand a la Nandos…
When you buy a SAX Appeal magazine, not only are you donating money towards a good cause, you’re also ensuring that at least one student hasn’t spent the night binge drinking and getting dressed up in ridiculous outfits for nothing.
More accurately, he’s aiming to eradicate the poverty, not the countries. Every year for the past five years, Bill and Melinda Gates have published an annual letter in which they tally the success or failures of their foundations, and set the philanthropic agenda for the next year. This year’s annual letter, which was released today, goes down a slightly different path. Rather than a letter, it’s more of a manifesto.
Prince William, Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift were all attending the Winter Whites Gala at Kensington Palace last night, when the desire to sing suddenly struck them all at once.
Just after the charity auction in New York that saw a Mac Pro sell for R9.8 million, Bono and the Edge got down to some serious partying.
We don’t know precisely why we get annoyed with Americans who want to ‘save Africa’. Maybe it’s because we see it as paternalistic. Maybe it’s because we see it patronising.
In one of the most elaborate non-pranks of all time, the make-a-wish foundation helped transform SanFrancisco into Gotham City for a day, in order to fulfill a 5 year-old’s lifelong dream to be Batman.
Tally ho, chaps. Prince Harry is coming to town. He’s been preparing for a charity race to the South Pole that will take place next week, and he’s going to stop by Cape Town for some sunshine.
Feeling like a good time? Feeling charitable? Kill two birds with one stone at the fourth annual Ard Matthews and Friends Charity Concert this month. On August 29th, Ard Matthews – the lead singer of Just Jinjer – will hit the stage with Albert Frost, James Stewart and many others for a good cause, and […]
Look, sports brawls are regrettable enough at professional matches, but it’s poor form when community vetted charity games go into the toilet. We’re not sure how the trouble started between Holland and Belgium in this particular game, but the whole thing pretty much concludes with spectators and players punching each other in the mouth. [Source […]
This is an ‘Ask Me Anything’ with a difference. Samuel L Jackson has presented Reddit users with a challenge. Come up with a 300 word blurb and if it gets upvoted you could be famous. The movie star will read your blurb as a monologue.
Come4 is a porn site. But it’s no regular mosaic of flashing private bits. The site is dedicated to serving users high quality porn, for a price, and the income goes toward funding for charities and ethically driven projects.
A Cape Town couple from Norrdhoek, Sally and Stan Hannath are undertaking a road trip from Norway to Norrdhoek. The aim of the trip ios to rais awaerness for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hosptial in Johannseburg. THe cape2cape4kids road expedition will cover 27 countries and will run form June to October 2013.
Comedians Siv Ngesi and Brendan Murray battle it out in the ring for charity.
Are you tuned in to the Premier Show with me Seth Rotherham on 2oceansVibe Radio right now? I’m about to give away some awesome iPhone covers!
Here’s a Friday-feel-good story for you all, executive chairman and CEO of Richemont, Johann Rupert, took home €3.6 million for the year and instead of buying a new yacht or diamond-infused body lotion he promptly donated it to charity.
Gordon Ramsey suffered an effing back injury in the recent effing Soccer Aid, held every two years in effing England. The match sees a team from effing England play against a team from the rest of the effin’ world, in a charity match where all the effing proceeds go to UNICEF. Ramsey was taken out by effin’ Teddy Sheringham, and had to be taken off the field in a fucking stretcher. Video after the jump.
In 2009 Madonna broke ground for a new school in Malawi, side by side with the country’s Minister of Education. Now the singer’s plans to build a $15 million academy for girls have fallen by the wayside. Her Raising Malawi foundation announced recently that it would instead channel $300 000 into an existing NGO which builds schools, making some Malawians very unhappy.
Her untimely death shocked millions of people, but as proof that every cloud has a silver lining, a duet between Amy Whinehouse and Jazz Legend Tony Bennett is to be released as a charity single. All royalties from the pop classic Body and Soul, are to go to an organisation set up by Amy’s father, curbing youth drug use.
The nice thing about Pixar is that all of its movies make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Charity helps people AND makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. With this in mind, Lee Unkrich, Pixar director, is letting you enjoy the indulgence of both, by auctioning off Pixar stuff for Japan aid.
Never mind Libya, the biggest story this week has been Justin Bieber’s hair. And yesterday things got even more exciting (if you’re a tween), when the pop culture deity decided to donate a lock of his mane to another famous lesbian, Ellen DeGeneres. She then did what any other sensible person would do when receiving such a prized gift, she put it on eBay.