Piers had the knives well and truly sharpened yesterday when he unleashed an insult-laden attack on FIFA’s top dog. Tell us what you really think Piers.
It takes a fairly large pair of testicles to defraud some of the world’s largest financial institutions out of hundreds of millions of euros. Walk in the park for this fella though.
Dj Sbu needs to stop getting into trouble: first it was endorsing his new energy drink at an event and then it was being caught for speeding, twice. Come on, old chap.
Good grief but kids are clever these days, managing to get money to support their partying habits from all different sources. Too bad they’ve been figured out.
With Oscar in prison and a multitude of claims towards his family (remember those rhino horns?), it seems these guys just cannot fathom staying out of the news.
We all dream of winning the Lotto, but imagine the nightmare of not being able to claim your winnings. Oh, and then getting arrested on top of that.
There are some full on crazies out there – here is hoping that you never find one sitting at the edge of your bed staring at you whilst you are coming out of a booze-induced coma… #mistakeshappen
The police spokesman in KwaZulu-Natal has been found to have forged his matric certificate. Classic!
Haha, Zuma, you never cease to amaze me. Have a squizz at how The President thinks he is above the rest of the world and South African law.
Thousands of businesses use platforms like Facebook – and the more thumbs up they get, the better. Unfortunately, many of these “likes” are not real likes.
Take an in depth, behind the scenes look at what really went on with Zuma and the NIA. I’ll bet Helen Zille has drawn her curtains, made some tea, and is ready for a good read.
Helen Zille and Jacob Zuma have finally come to an agreement by order of the court – and it is in favour of the DA. Helen will be dining on caviar and champers tonight…
Our country stands to head in a backwards direction because of our sub-standard availability of education
Money that has gone missing from MH370 passengers’ accounts has been said to have been due to an inside job at a Malaysian bank.
Aubrey Lee Price managed to fake his own death to escape his dark past, and while criminal, it proved to be a seriously interesting story upon his arrest.
We all know about the various number plate scamming and corruption in various departments that goes on under the radar, right? Well it may have just been blown WIDE open.
Can you actually picture what R90million looks like in cash? This guy could, because he was hiding it all in an, admittedly rather large, wooden box in his flat…
This looks like the making of a scandal, folks. One which could end Mamphela Ramphele’s political career before it has even really started. Is this why she formed Agang SA or are we getting ahead of ourselves?
All that wine-tasting and training is about to come in handy, as it’s been revealed that wine buyers are not getting exactly what they’ve paid for, with Italian police uncovering a massive wine fraud scandal, with cheap imitations in circulation that look and appear just like the real thing.
Pei-Shen Qian is a Chinese artist accused of being part of a R349 million art swindle, and is still at large. On Monday a US court document listed the methods Qian’s network is alleged to have used to fool collectors and experts. The New York Times is calling it a “forgers manual.”
Paying for fake likes on Facebook will give you notoriously poor returns, but even using legitimate means to generate likes through Facebook advertising will now result in failure. This is according to Derek Muller, who has 131 000 likes on his Facebook page. Muller now longs for the days when he had only a couple of thousand page likes.
Who is Jordan Belfort? Wall Street millionaire at 26, playboy, philanderer, addict, charismatic leader, giant fraud and federal convict at 36, Jordan Belfort says he’s a man who has found atonement. He’s coming to Cape Town. 2oceansvibe landed an exclusive interview with the man.
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The launch of the iPad Air in South Africa today reminded us of this special little moment. Professional genius and part-time eccentric, Steve Wozniak admitted on stage at the 2011 Engadget Show that he prints and spends his own $2 bills (he’ll also happily sell you a book of them), as well as numerous fake […]
Nigella Lawson, known as the ‘domestic goddess’ because of her homely presence and squeaky-clean image, has been found to be a severe drug user.
Mike Howard is a Canadian citizen American citizen residing in Canada, currently in Cape Town. A musician from Montreal, Howard travelled to South Africa to “record an album, and then climb up Table Mountain.” Yesterday morning, Howard published an account of a robbery and subsequent assault he allegedly suffered in the vicinity of Loop Street on […]
Wian Bonthuyzen, the former Media24 manager of community newspapers in Media24’s Volksblad stable, had some damning evidence against Media24 – and like any slimy old man, he tried to get Media24 to pay him off before he went to the Competition Tribunal.
Xolisile Guquza, a man accused of fraud, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court on last Wednesday. Xolisile donned a smart outfit for his big day, sporting a blue suit and a pink shirt. However, his sartorial elegance was somewhat overshadowed by what appeared to be a large Nandos paper bag that he put on his head.
Veteran BBC cameraman, Doug Allen confirmed in a recent convocation speech at a UK university that scenes in BBC wildlife documentaries are regularly filmed in artificial sets to guarantee the quality of the shots.
Trump University promised its students they would receive “individual instruction until they made their first deal.” Instead, all they got was a picture taken in front of a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the floppy haired Apprentice star, and thousands of dollars of debt resting uncomfortably on their shoulders.
Spam botnets, such as the infamous ‘Zeus’ that came to light in 2007, have infiltrated Instagram, and are being put to task generating false ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ in order to create media buzz over particular companies or individuals on the platform for eventual financial gain.