It is being reported today that Gary Kirsten is set to be appointed the new Proteas coach and Graeme Smith will in all likelihood resign on Sunday as Test captain of the national cricket team. Russell Domingo will be Kirsten’s assistant and Allan Donald will take over as the new bowling coach. These shock announcements [...]

It’s a pity about this, but it appears to be no evidence that convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik was beaten up at a Durban golf course two weeks ago. There appear to be no eyewitnesses and no CCTV footage. So what is this? An attempt to gain public sympathy? He was after all defending our good [...]

Former President, Nobel peace prize winner and peace negotiator FW De Klerk criticised President Jacob Zuma for failing to rebuke African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema, according to a report published in Beeld newspaper on Thursday. “It is unacceptable to sing songs that ask that somebody gets shot,” De Klerk said. “The historical [...]

It’s almost Rugby World Cup time and the name on everyones lips is Sonny Bill Williams. Being a boxer and all of that this man is a rare breed, as most sports people nowadays focus on one discipline. Here is a little teaser video on Sonny Bill Williams in the ring. Joe SocialI’m writing this [...]

It was bound to happen. This kind of poster I mean. My mate Andre the Property Broker, who usually sends me cute shit about kittens and stuff, sent me this… how apt. Joe SocialI’m writing this cos I have a lot to say and sometimes I cant sleep unless I write it. Then its gone [...]

Reggae and rap star Sean Kingston is in critical conditional after a jet skiing accident on Sunday night, a report has said. According to the Daily Mail, the 21-year-old was rushed to a Miami Beach hospital after he struck a major bridge connecting Palm Island with the MacArthur Causeway. He is currently being treated in [...]

Only in Africa. A Vervet monkey was burnt to death in Kagiso informal settlement, west of Johannesburg, after residents believed it was linked to witchcraft. “In an incident described as ‘barbaric’ by the Community-led Animal Welfare (Claw), residents chanted ‘kill that witch!’,” The Star newspaper reported on Monday. It reported that the monkey wandered into [...]

SAMA nominated singer Justin Bergh is back with a regular Friday winter sessions slot at Caveau Wine Bar and Deli at Joesphine Mill in Newlands, Cape Town for next three months starting 13 May 2011 from 19h00 – 10pm Bergh, who toured with Bryan Adams in 2010, released his third album recently and has a [...]

Andre the property broker is going to LOVE this! I found this on one of the other cape town based blogs and they were right.. this is the cutest cat ever. Once I saw this I just knew that i HAD to show Andre, he loves this kind of shit. How cool is this cat? [...]

A Cape cockroach, that can jump, has been named as one of the world’s new top ten species. The “leaproach”, which can grow up to one centimetre in length, was discovered in the Table Mountain National Park by scientists from the University of Cape Town, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. “Its jump is powerful… it [...]

The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) has announced that a rare eclipse will be visible in SA during June. “A total lunar eclipse will be visible from South Africa on the 15th of June 2011. The last total lunar eclipse visible from this region was in February 2008 and the next one will only be [...]

Well we aren’t sure if he is thrilled, but doomsday seer wannabe Harold Camping should be, and with good reason. Filmmaker Jon Gustafsson caught footage of the Grimsvötn eruption from the safety of an Icelandic military helicopter. How Awesome is that? Take a look. Old Harold will be fucken thrilled. He has just told us [...]

We all know Pierre Spies is a monster but we have never seen how the oke works out in the gym, until now that is… This man is a machine. Joe SocialI’m writing this cos I have a lot to say and sometimes I cant sleep unless I write it. Then its gone from my [...]

Ok first up like the thing says its a parody of Al Qaeda, and has nothing to do with religion. Ok that said, I saw this on eTV the other day and it’s awesome. Usually we see this kind of stuff coming out of the US of A but this time it’s local and it’s [...]

Diego Maradona says Argentina players took banned drugs before a qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup. He accuses FIFA vice president Julio Grondona, the head of Argentina’s Football Association, of being in on the scheme. Maradona says there were no drug controls for the 1993 qualifier against Australia in Buenos Aires. He claims the [...]

Remember I wrote about the fact that a South African Girl will be the next Royal Wedding Bride? Well it’s just been reported that the winner of Idols 2009 Jason Hartman has been invited to perform at the royal wedding of Prince Albert of Monaco and the South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock. Hartman, who apparently [...]

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The SA Music Awards on Saturday night were such a shambles that some of the judges could not be seated for the ceremony. Ukhozi FM’s Phumlane Mbatha, better known by his stage name, DJ Sgqemeza, was part of the huge judging panel, which included his Ukhozi FM colleague Zandile Tembe and journalist and socialite Lesley [...]