Highlights this week include:
– View pics of Bafana Bafana Parade and World Cup Concert
– Ronaldo meets Nelson Mandela
– World Cup for Dummies (everything you HAVE to know!)
– Read an excerpt of Should I Stay or Should I Go?
– Elon Musk launched a rocket. See the pics.
– Watch Leon Schuster’s brilliant trailer for ‘Survival Guide to SA’
– District 9’s Vanessa Haywood & Charlize Theron need YOU.
– Zuma in another alleged affair scandal – his wife’s.

Still popular:
– Classic Castle ad, bru! and Breast is Best at Nandos
– SA woman conquers 7 Summits, SA man swims at Everest
– Number of Saffas in London not that Bafunny
– SA film gets standing ovation in Cannes; another wins Tribeca
– South African ‘walks’ on water!

You can also read the latest from our featured bloggers in New York, Cape Town, Durban, Tanzania, Johannesburg, Italy, London and LA.

Check out these South African ads: Cremora (It’s Not Inside – It’s Onnnnn Top!) – South African version: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvpEpLW28cI Cremora (It’s Not Inside – It’s Onnnnn Top!) – original version: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_t15vNuXP0 Castrol Oil Ad httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayoz5jEyuXo Mrs Balls Ad (for all those South African expats who miss Mrs Balls!) httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8VZrvMEbB8 I Wanna Be a Simba Chippie […]

Eish! First it was Citi Golf. Now it’s Femina. Another South African ‘icon’ is coming to an end. The magazine that’s been a part of South African women’s lives for decades will go on sale for the last time on March 17th with its April issue. So what has brought about the early demise of […]

by Fiona McIntosh When his wetsuit and custom-built surfboard didn’t arrive at the invitational Mavericks Big Wave Surf Contest in California’s Half Moon Bay, things looked bad for South African surfer Chris Bertish. He’d flown for 36 hours to be there, was jet-lagged and had slept for only three hours. But he borrowed a board […]

Highlights this week include:
– Breast is Best at Nandos
– SA Woman conquers Seven Summits
– Classic Castle ad, bru!
– Ernie Els feeling rough after criticsm
– Furore in SA over Prophet cartoon
– Number of Saffas in London not that Bafunny
– SA film gets standing ovation in Cannes

Still popular:
– Die Antwoord videos rocking in the USA
– interview with wildlife photographer Hannes Lochner
– South African ‘walks’ (um, runs) on water!
– Nandos ads make fun of foreigners

You can also read the latest from our featured bloggers in New York, Cape Town, Durban, Tanzania, Johannesburg, Italy, London and LA.

Eish – we got excited for a nanosecond that the revolutionary new controller-less Xbox 360 was named after South Africa’s own Kwa-Zulu Natal. It’s called Project Natal and even Steven Spielberg is claiming “this is a pivotal moment that will carry with it a wave of change, the ripples of which will reach far beyond […]

South African business coach Themi Stergianos (38) was born to be an entrepreneur. He has owned and operated over eight businesses including a restaurant, estate agent franchise as well as online ventures. And now he’s sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm with other entrepreneurs in his new venture as a business coach. In this interview the […]

From an email doing the rounds… PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN There are no words to add to this story. Without the Police photos to prove it…. no-one from anywhere in the world will believe this is possible! This Toyota Tazz was stolen in Butterworth/Transkei. It was then in an accident. Not 1…Not 2…but 3 cows were […]

Ernie Els has branded Tiger Woods as ‘selfish’ for making his 13-minute apology speech today, rather than waiting until Monday. Tiger’s 13-minute grovelling apology speech came on the third day of the Accenture Matchplay Championship in Arizona, stealing attention away from this year’s biggest golfing event so far (although Ernie’s outburst has certainly helped pull […]

Die Antwoord are taking the internet by storm. If you haven’t heard of  this South African rap-rave band yet, you can do a quick catch-up here and tap into your inner ‘zef’. PLS BE WARNED: Some of their lyrics and language are slighly offensive BUT yislaaik their music’s catchy, their message is kind of inspirational […]

As the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws near, the South African public is feeling overwhelmingly positive about this momentous occasion, an event they’ve been anticipating for the past few years (what will SA focus on afterwards?). Ninety per cent of respondents in a survey, conducted by an international research company, expressed a pronounced sense of […]

by Janine Erasmus A passion for football and the venerable Volkswagen Beetle has resulted in the creation of a growing fleet of one-of-a-kind stretch Beetles in South Africa, vibrantly decorated in national colours and football elements. A group of four football fanatics at an unassuming panel-beating shop in the industrial suburb of Lindo Park, east […]

By Bongani Nkosi This year’s Oscar nominees will be sweetened up with more than just the promise of a golden statue: each star will also receive a delectable South African chocolate bar as a congratulatory gesture by the Los Angeles Times. Chocoholic Impact, a small company based in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, is exporting the […]

Here’s an article about the swine-flu pandemic that’s worth reading. It’s been translated into English from the Danish ‘Information’ website: Faked pandemic By Louise Voller, Kristian Villesen December 27. 2009 ”We have had a mild flu – and a false pandemic,” says Wolfgang Wodarg, the chair of the Health Committee in The European Council. The […]

South Africans celebrated 20 years since Nelson Mandela finally left prison and walked out a free man. And what an incredible walk to freedom it has been. Mandela was already an international icon at the time – February 11, 1990 – but he has been one of those rare individuals whose life, spirit and insight […]

by Janine Erasmus “I wish to put it plainly that the government has taken a firm decision to release Mr Mandela unconditionally. I am serious about bringing this matter to finality without delay.” With those words, said on 2 February 1990, then-state president FW de Klerk set a remarkable chain of events in motion. An […]

Rant from Rozyblue OK. So it’s snowing. If you think the roads in Joburg are bad…try adding snow. Not only do 99% of the drivers here have automatics – they are too busy texting and talking to actually pay attention to driving.  Oh wait – some of them don’t know how to drive – wish […]

Charlize Theron has allegedly broken up with her boyfriend of nine years, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, according to Britain’s Daily Mail. The UK newspaper initially reported in January that the couple had fallen out over New Year when they holidayed in Mexico. The secret vacation at the luxurious Casa de Miel hotel in Tulum was […]

Highlights this week include:
– Die Antwoord videos rocking in the USA
– interview with wildlife photographer Hannes Lochner
– South African ‘walks’ (um, runs) on water!
– the key to inner calm
– Nandos ads make fun of foreigners
– Charlize linked to Keanu and an unidentified guy

You can also read the latest from our featured bloggers in Cape Town, Durban, Tanzania, Johannesburg, Italy, London and LA.

Oh dear. President Zuma’s done it again. His libido has steered him into new trouble in South Africa. This time he’s had a child out of wedlock. (Apparently three, going on four, wives just isn’t enough!) His initial statement to the South African public, after the affair and subsequent October birth of his daughter were […]

From an email doing the rounds… 1. The Cape Times ( Cape Town ) “I have promised to keep his identity confidential,’ said Jack Maxim, a spokeswoman for the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg , “but I can confirm that he is no longer in our employment. We asked him to clean the lifts and he […]

If you’re a Celebrity Survivor addict, don’t miss our interview with Ashley Hayden. (Expats will remember Ashley from her M-Net presenting days.)

This week we also have:
– SHOUT for a Safer South Africa
– funny video of an apparent SA politician
– Elton and Annie supporting South Africans with Aids
– new SA movie tackling race with humour
– SA Supermodel sizzling on Esquire (see the vid and pics too)

You can also read the latest from our featured bloggers in Cape Town, Durban, Tanzania, Johannesburg, Italy and LA.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir were invited to feature in the amazing ‘Oh Africa’ track from Grammy nominees Akon and Keri Hilson. The African-inspired song is the Pepsi Football Anthem and will benefit underprivileged African youth. The song is being released as a digital download tonight on Grammy Night, along with the video for […]

Two hundred relatives, friends and fans of Mahatma Gandhi gathered in Durban to scatter some of his last remaining ashes into the Indian Ocean on 30 January. The sacred ritual was arranged by his granddaughter Ela Gandhi and marked the anniversary of the famous pacifist’s death 62 years ago. Traditionally, ashes are immersed in rivers […]

From an email doing the rounds… Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport.  They had  announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, ‘I love you, and I wish you enough.’ The daughter replied, ‘Dad, our life together has been more […]