Finally – here’s the FAB video for the official World Cup song – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) performed by Shakira and fab SA band Freshlyground. If the video disappears again – try Shakira’s site. Here’s the Waka Waka performed live in Soweto at the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert on 10 June: […]

Check out Nik Rabinowitz – South Africa’s funniest Jewish Xhosa speaking comedian. (It’s from 2008 – but still funny!) httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8R4TBmmmM

Not South African – but just too funny to not share with South Africans! Watch about 2 minutes in when Tom Cruise (aka Les Grossman) dances with Jennifer Lopez…

South Africa’s Diski Dance – a jive where football moves are transformed into dance – is becoming as big as the Makarena and moon walk.  So clearly – it’s important that you know how to do it for the World Cup! So here are two videos – the first has fab SA scenery and shows […]

Leon Schuster has a new movie out called “Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to SA” which (as per usual) makes fun of SA’s politicians and taxi drivers…as well as those vuvuzelas. Watch the trailer here: In an interview with FilmConnect, Schuster praised this South African quality. “It is one of our greatest strengths as a nation. […]

Here’s the music and the words… httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKur2FAN7g There’s no excuse not to learn it. Even this little kid has it mastered… Baby Singing Nkosi Sikele South Africa’s Anthem – A funny movie is a click away And if you’re still having problems remembering the words – here’s a PDF of a Simple Guide to the […]

From an email doing the rounds at the moment: Here’s the new High School Exit Exam – you only need to get four correct in order to pass. Can you do it (without scrolling down to see the answers first)? 1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 2) Which country makes  Panama hats? […]

Check out Castle Lager’s classic new ad ‘Welcome to our home bru’:

Video report from CNN – World Cup Fever hits South Africa:

Jislaaik! It’s all happening for Die Antwoord, South Africa’s rap-rave band. After rocking the house at Californian music festival Coachella last month, they’ve announced more USA dates in July and – through an interesting tattoo – that their new 23-track album’s dropping soon (see video below). Die Antwoord was the surprise hit at Coachella, a […]

Katie took to the stage for a surprise performance with Tom at a Hollywood charity gala over on Saturday evening. The 31-year-old actress serenaded her 47-year-old husband with ‘Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets, from 1955 musical Damn Yankees. The couple were guests at A Fine Romance Benefit for The Motion Picture and Television Fund. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mpv3EX7Pn8

Check out the latest Nando ads, featuring Bra Chris and playing on the perceptions foreigners coming to the 2010 World Cup have about South Africa: All South Africans carrying baggage on their heads. (C’mon guys – do it for your country!): All South African men have many wives. (And again…c’mon guys – do it for […]

Julius Malema had another tantrum last week in Limpopo at a youth league conference, hot on the heels of his recent outburst against BBC reporter Jonah Fisher. And the AWB guys haven’t been behaving themselves that well either. So some guys in South Africa have put together a video to show South Africans can and […]

South Africa it’s Possible – A Thousand Memories Richer: a video showcasing SA and its people from SA Tourism. Visit: www.SouthAfrica.net

ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema ‘asks’ a BBC journalist to leave his press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6NJ4WOKGMs Below: an interview with Max du Preez about Malema.  The book The World according to Julius Malema was written and compiled by Du Preez and Mandy Rossouw from the Mail & Guardian Below: Debora Patta vs Julius Malema – an […]

OK. It’s not South African at all – but most of us have been here… httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK5H2y69BY

Report on Taxi Drivers striking because of police ‘discrimination’ and ‘harrassment’! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1i8Nr2cf_s

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Check out the trailer for South African movie ‘I Now Pronounce You Black and White’, due for release in May 2010. More info about I Now Pronounce You Black and White. Visit the official movie website.

Watch live streaming video from theoscars at livestream.com Read more about the South African nominations for tonight’s Academy Awards.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This video shows the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, […]