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South African-born and raised author Bryce Courtenay has sadly revealed that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has only months left to live. In a heartfelt statement, the ‘Power of One” author announced that his next novel “Jack of Diamonds” – which is due out in November – will be his very last. [...]
After Oscar Pistorius’ heated reaction last night, immediately after missing out on Gold in the Men’s 200m Final, the South African athlete has apologised for his bad timing…but not for the content of his rant which was made during a Channel 4 interview. He has also uploaded a photo to his Twitter page that seems [...]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has pulled out of a South African event at the last minute because he does not want to share a platform with Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was due to speak at The Discovery Invest Leadership Summit on 30 August at the Sandton Convention Centre, along [...]
Eish! Here’s a video you don’t often see – four people suspended from hooks that are attached to rigging, that’s in turn attached to a crane. And they’ve made it into the South African history books with their feat! The event took place at Her Majesty’s in Kyalami South Africa during the Cool Inc Tattoo [...]
South African-born beauty queen Avianca Böhm has become embroiled in a debate over her right to represent New Zealand at the Miss Universe contest, with Facebook commentators jumping on the bandwagon to have their say. Avianca (Miss Howick) was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 on Sunday at the Amora Hotel in Wellington, New Zealand. But [...]
Elon Musk’s private company, SpaceX, was forced to abort its rocket launch a second before lift-off this morning at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA. SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) was set to become the first commercial company in history to visit the International Space Station. South African entrepreneur, Elon Musk, was tweeting live [...]
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.
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’ [...]
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…
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 [...]
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