Sunday, July 13, 2025

Friday Morning Spice

Say goodbye to FHM. UCT ‘woman beating’ brawl video appears online. Gerrie Nel is destroying Pistorius. US threatens further Russian sanctions. Adrian Mole author dead. Letterman replacement announced. SABC staff phones bugged.

The FHM Writer Debacle: A Final Look At Both Sides Of The Coin

Kwanele Sosibo and Deshnee Subramany from the Mail & Guardian discuss the comments made by FHM South Africa features editor, Max Barashenkov and editorial assistant Montle Moorosi regarding corrective rape on Barashenkov’s Facebook profile. Did they deserve to get fired?

FHM Have Now Fired Those Facebook Rape-Joke Guys

By now, you’ve probably let your feelings related to the FHM debacle rage through heated conversation, tweets or blog posts.  On Tuesday, the two FHM writers, Montle Moroosi and Max Barashenkov, learnt how fast an asinine comment about rape and twerking could travel. Both men were suspended almost immediately, but after the increased impact of […]

FHM SA Suspends Features Editor For Rape Joke

FHM South Africa has suspended their features editor, for making a joke about corrective rape on his Facebook page. FHM suspended one other employee, Montle Moorosi for his participation in the thread under the status update. The private FB comments made by Max & Montle are indefensible. FHM is taking immediate disciplinary action. — FHM […]

FHM Features Editor Cracks Rape Jokes – Feels Internet’s Wrath [PICS]

FHM South Africa features editor, Max Barashenkov has unleashed the hellstorm of the decade on himself and FHM South Africa after comments he made regarding corrective rape on his Facebook profile were screengrabbed and tweeted on Tuesday. In a status update, Barashenkov wrote: “i propose correctional rape and sterilization for any white person who twerks.” […]

FHM Model Boasts On Twitter About Speeding, Bribing Traffic Cop

After boasting on Twitter that she got out of a R2 500 fine “for going 140 in a 60 zone” by paying a traffic cop R30, FHM model Sabina Essa received a call from Justice Project SA CEO Howard Dembovsky.

She then confessed to him that she merely sent the tweet for “some attention” from her followers. I honestly don’t know which of the two possible scenarios is worse.

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Jessica Leandra Stripped Of FHM Title After Racist Tweets

Fury broke out across social networks today after FHM model Jessica Leandra dropped the K-bomb on a “gentleman” in a shop last night. In an attempt to explain where “her anger boiled from”, she updated her blog, also saying she is “apologetic”. FHM, however, has since publicly distanced themselves from her. Read the full statement by editor, Brendan Cooper, after the jump.

DA Condemns Jessica Leandra’s Racist Tweets

Jessica Leandra isn’t going to have the best of weekends this weekend. Although, given her apparent ignorance, she might be none the wiser. Not only has most of SA’s twitterverse punished her online and FHM stripped her of her title, the Democratic Alliance has stepped in as well! Wowsers! Check it out – this just […]

Leandra Latest: Jessica Takes To Her Website To Apologise

With her name trending on Twitter, and most of the major news outlets having picked up the story, Jessica Leandra is having a pretty crap Friday thus far. Last night she tweeted a little bigotry that she may regret for a lot longer than it took her to respond to the backlash on her website. Her full apology, after the jump, but is it enough?