I was perusing Google maps the other day and I happened to notice that Google's impressive knowledge is either several million years out of date, or they're so far advanced they're already predicting future, when it comes to the street map view of South Africa on Google Maps...
Notice the Northern Cape, the huge empty area above the Karoo National Park?…
Who'd have thought it... the very very terrible Friday by Rebecca Black has been parodied by comedy duo 'Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues' in preparation for South Africa's National Braai day, held 24 September every year...
The tune is still terrible, but the lyrics are waaaaaay better.
I was just discussing Oscar Pistorius with a colleague yesterday after we saw him on the TV in the gym. At the time we didn't know what the story was about, but we discussed his attempts at being able to run against able bodied athletes. The last we'd both heard, the IAAF banned him.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly why you need SatNav in South Africa...
Yes folks, you are looking at a pretty sturdy looking informal dwelling and separate outdoor khazi made from official road signs. And from the looks of the signs, you'll probably be getting lost around about here in the Free State, which is probably right where you don't want…
From about the middle of December 2010 until the end of January 2011, large parts of South Africa experienced more rain then it's infrastructure could handle and severe flooding ensued.
During the week of 6 January 2011, the Vaal, Bloemhof, Gariep and Vanderkloof dams rose to 105.5%, 101%, 109.8% and 105.8% of their respective capacities [1]. Now percentages aren't a good…
Times are hard and money is short, especially in Africa. So it's not uncommon to see the impoverished make compromises and come up with some ingenious solutions. How's this for a wheelchair...
Wheelchair spotted in Kopanong Hospital, Vereeniging, South Africa
Genius!!! Now that is called taking full advantage of the resources at hand. That chair could have landed in landfill and …
So how exactly do you stop drink drivers this festive season? Well, you could tell them straight: Do NOT drink and drive, or you can take a more subtle approach, or at least as subtle as my fellow countrymen characteristically can be...
Yup, a little fear of intimately meeting Bubba or Gatiep or Koos in a dark corner of a prison…
This Friday is Braai 4 Heritage day in South Africa. Actually it's Heritage day in which South Africans get the day off and are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions and what better way than by having a braai. Jan Braai (real name Jan Scannell) thought so too several years ago and …
Panjo the hand-reared bengal tiger Someone once told me "don't be silly, you don't get tigers in Africa" when I said I was going to the bush to see 'lions and tigers' in my thickest South African accent. Well, they're wrong. Monday, Tuesday and most of Wednesday saw Africa with a real live bengal tiger roaming the bushveld. Yes, a …
Yes folks, today, 18 July 2010, is the first international Mandela Day to mark the contribution of Nelson Mandela to world freedom. South Africa has celebrated Mandela Day for while, but last year the UN gave it a thumbs up on the international calendar. What would have been brilliant is if the UN had made it a mandatory bank holiday …
I was perusing Google maps the other day and I happened to notice that Google's impressive knowledge is either several million years out of date, or they're so far advanced they're already predicting future, when it comes to the street map view of South Africa on Google Maps...
