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, […]

An email doing the rounds… FYI – IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion

INTERVIEWS Matt Damon on CBS httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3xTbNjEv2I Morgan Freeman on Backstage httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy4tL5ZjO0w Clint Eastwood on Ellen (Invictus discussion begins at approx. 7’45”) httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rvu5gVDO2U Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman on BlackTree TV httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBH1GmLGq5g South African rugby player Francois Pienaar’s reflection on Nelson Mandela httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMrhZzp3Mw Matt Damon & Francois Pienaar cycling in the Cape Argus event httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0L62TufsHM TRAILERS […]

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[hidepost]Here’s Dog Humps A Woman – NOT for the faint-hearted…but very popular with South Africans at the moment! httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DC34B0693ED44E78[/hidepost]

(an old one, but a good one…) Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance […]

Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and take either music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete […]

Ted Botha South African author Ted Botha is interviewed at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia, about his book The Girl with the Crooked Nose. Botha, who is based in New York, is interviewed alongside the subject of his book – forensic artist Frank Bender. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWf88RQ3q_w Bryce  Courtenay Penguin TV takes us into the life […]