If you’re missing those vuvuzelas – or all the controversy surrounding them, check out ‘Gandalf Goes to the World Cup – Fellowship of the Vuvuzelas’: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2LPxggvqY …or watch Hitler & the Vuvuzela at the 2010 World Cup: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ln_rqPpPk

Check out South Africa’s best music video at the moment – Blaas Jou Vuvuzela (doen dit vir Mandela). It’s a Zombie Boeremusiek production brought to you by Radio Kalahari Orkes vs. Jack Parow. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1wq9H9M8KQ

Watch this video of people from New Jersey to New Zealand kicking the ball around the world. And see which well-known player gets it at the end!

Dave Henson does The Vuvuzela Song to the tune of Rihanna’s Umbrella song. It’s being played on BBC Radio and is funny and smart! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HmDVz1ED84

A wonderful rendition of the South African anthem by the spectactors before the kickoff of the Bafana vs Uruguay match (which SA sadly lost): httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP30WqjslX8

Vuvu Fever is spreading. Everyone’s uploading a vuvuzela video to YouTube. Here are some of the best (or worst!). And latest news on the Vuvu is that while some international TV stations  are scrambling to find a way to mute them, and over 100,000 people have signed up on a Facebook page calling for a […]

If you missed the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert – or loved it so much you want to watch it again, here are the links to watch each performance (the official videos) on YouTube. Although, first here’s an unofficial video of Shakira and Freshlyground’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa): Alicia Keyes Alicia Keyes […]

Some of the best bits from the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert on 10 June 2010 in Soweto (BTW Full repeats of the concert are still playing at Vevo.): httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFdSAVsi-c “Waka Waka” by Shakira and featuring Freshlyground (although it looks like they just filmed this from a TV so the quality is poor): httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khb5-BbJ-Lc

Shakira talks to and dances with Zulu kids in South Africa. You can also click here to learn more about Shakira’s foundation (which she started at the age of 18 to help thousands of children get an education and nutrition): httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22NH_cgMg6A

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