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Ernie Els wins the WGC-CA Championship at Doral

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Els claims his first victory in two years and this after finishing a tied 67th place at the Honda Classic last week.
This shows the class of the man and the handle he has on his practical game and mental abilities.
From SuperSport:
“I found something just before dark and I couldn’t wait to get out [...]

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Malizole “Banks” Gwaxula ROCKS!

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Ed’s not: This article was written by Andrew Whitfield.
This amazing South African has established, with the help of his friend and colleague Jacob Lief, a truly powerful organization. It is powerful because it is empowering young South Africans to rise up beyond the circumstances into which they were born. It is developing human capital for [...]

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Die Antwoord sign international record deal

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Yes, it’s true that Die Antwoord has signed (or will soon be signing) with Interscope records, it’s been reported on BoingBoing and subsequently The Times Live website.

I can’t write it any better than BoingBoing has already so I’m going to quote them and then send you on to their blog post and Die Antwoord’s [...]

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The last episode of Egoli

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments

I’m really not a massive fan of Egoli and I never have been. But it is an epic show on SA Television that stood some sort of test of time. It’s now over and below is the final episode.

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Jack Parow – Cooler as Ekke

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the MK Awards on Sunday night past.
What an incredibly eye-opening and fantastic night and show. I rocked out. I was sucked in and embraced the entire evening as flippin’ incredible.
One of the stars of the show was undoubtedly Jack Parow. The man rocked out colabs [...]

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District 9 at the Oscars

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s that time of the year again, Oscar time, or Academy Award time apparently.
I haven’t been this excited for an Oscar awards night since Tsotsi was nominated (and won) an Oscar. This year is bigger though. This year is badder. This year is going to be a battle for Neil Blomkamp and his breakout [...]

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Taste of Cape Town winners and an added prize!

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

It’s time to announce the winners of the SA Rocks and Taste of Cape Town competition that has been running over the past 12 days or so on SA Rocks.
The winners are:
Michelle Alexander
&
Lynn Fester
But worry not. I offer the readers a great consolation prize!
If you book your tickets through Computicket and use the special [...]

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Positive reports of Police doing their jobs

March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Fantastic to see a blog post like the one I read today from Park Life.
Here’s a little excerpt from their great blog post and a photo or two!

An asshole taxi driver decided to take a shorty down the emergency lane – crossing those very yellow lines that are meant to warn of such a [...]

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Don Packett Comedy – South African stand up comedian

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

This man makes me laugh. And yes, sure, he’s a friend so I sort of have to say that, but I really, really mean it. Honest!
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Get Wildly Creative About South Africa – Crowdsourcing

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

It seems as though even countries are rallying around the concept of crowdsourcing and using the Internet to promote brands virally. It is now the turn of the International Marketing Council of South Africa (IMC) and they’ve jumped in with both feet.
The “Get wildly creative about South Africa” campaign will be asking everyone [...]

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