Checkout these pics of a 50m Japanese fishing trawler running aground at First Beach in Clifton on Saturday morning the 12th of May from an email doing the rounds.
Mutilation Cake Cries and Causes Racist Storm in Sweden
April 18, 2012 By
The Swedish Culture Minister has become embroiled in a racist storm after she posed and interacted laughingly with a controversial piece of performance art. The object in question was a ‘genital mutilation cake’, designed by artist Makode Aj Linde. (Scroll down for VIDEO.) Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Sweden’s Minister for Culture, is seen performing a ‘clitoridectomy’ [...]
Oh Africa!!! (Classic Photos!)
April 17, 2012 By
From an email doing the rounds. Africa – my mother land, the land of milk and honey! Where people are free to do as they wish…
Wedding of the President and Ms Ngema
April 16, 2012 By
As the world’s media scrambles incredulously to report on the upcoming wedding of South African president Jacob Zuma to his fourth wife, his press office has released the following statement setting the record straight on the state funding of his wive’s lifestyles. The Presidency has received enquiries from media houses relating to the pending wedding [...]
John Varty Survives Tiger Maul to Blog the Tale
April 13, 2012 By
Conservationist John Varty is recovering well since he was mauled by one of the tigers on his Tiger Canyons property near Philippolis in South Africa a fortnight ago . He has been well enough to write a newsletter on his site where he details his long history with Corbett, and divulges the details of the attack. Here’s [...]
Save the Rhino
April 11, 2012 By
From an urgent letter from Avaaz. They need our action asap. Dear Friends, The rhino is being hunted into extinction and could disappear forever unless we act now. Shocking new statistics show 440 rhinos were brutally killed last year in South Africa alone — a massive increase on five years ago when just 13 had [...]
SA Doctor Linked to Annie Lennox is officially divorced
April 10, 2012 By
The alleged South African boyfriend of 80′s popstar and Aids activist Annie Lennox has quietly divorced his wife. Court documents that were secretly filed in Florida have come to light, showing that gynaecologist Dr Mitch Besser and his former wife Debra Jackson were granted a divorce in December 2011 (scroll down to view document). Dr [...]
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe is Allegedly Fighting for his Life in Singapore Hospital
April 9, 2012 By
According to media reports, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is fighting for his life in a hospital in Singapore. His illness remains undisclosed, but in a document released by WikiLeaks last month, it was claimed that in 2008 Mugabe’s doctor urged him to step down because he was suffering from prostate cancer which had spread to [...]
John Varty recovering after Tiger Attack
March 29, 2012 By
We’re pleased to hear that South African conservationist and filmaker John Varty is on the road to recovery after being attacked by a tiger on his reserve yesterday. (UPDATE – 13 APRIL 2012: click here for John Varty’s account of his attack) The big cat expert had been filming on his farm in the Karoo [...]
Social Media : Make dust or eat dust?
March 17, 2012 By
It seems inevitable that for brands and businesses, the conversation turns to ”How do we use Social Media to grow our brand”. Everyone is jumping on the Blog-Facebook-Twitter bandwagon, but really — how should brands leverage off social media? This week I sat in on a meeting with a “prospective website” client (who is a [...]
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