Memes

Marriage advice is currently trending in South Africa

Unable to solve the unemployment crisis or the cash-leaking SoE that is Eskom, South Africans are instead fixing a different institution on Twitter: marriage….

Man and his donkey singing The Lion King’s opening theme goes viral on Facebook

There have been plenty (and we mean plenty) of viral videos and memes inspired by The Lion King, even before the CG remake made…

‘Jesus’ trends on Twitter after pastors take him to church in Kenya

The lord’s name trended in vain on Twitter on Monday morning after “Jesus” appeared in Kenya over the weekend. According to mutliple accounts from several…

Twitter’s coping with the Boris Johnson news by posting Donald Trump memes

Former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson will be the next UK prime minister, beating rival Jeremy Hunt by a clear margin in the race…

South Africans can’t find jobs, turn to memes on Twitter instead

Introducing the bleakest trending hashtag we’ve seen in South Africa for a good while. #ToGetAJobInSA began trending across the country’s Twitter timelines on Monday…

Injured Phoenix hiker’s helicopter rescue video spins out of control on Twitter

On Tuesday, the rescue of an elderly woman who injured herself hiking in Phoenix, Arizona went viral on Twitter, but probably not for the…

South Africa wants the Proteas home early after a third Cricket World Cup loss

If you think South Africa’s serious about its politics, wait until you see it react to its national sports teams underperforming. Case in point:…

The internet can’t believe Apple launched a $5999 cheese grater

Along with its usual plethora of software announcements, Apple on Monday during its WWDC 2019 keynote announced the new Mac Pro. Starting at $5999…

David Mabuza cat memes flood Twitter ahead of his swearing in as MP

South Africa’s former deputy president David “The Cat” Mabuza will be sworn in as an MP later today, this after he postponed taking his…

Noodles repair everything in the internet’s latest, weirdest DIY meme

People on the internet are oh so weird, but we can’t knock their resourcefulness. A slew of videos inundating the likes of Reddit are…

Brace yourselves, voters thumbs are about to take over social media

You’ve dodged Endgame spoilers (Frodo does it), still dodging Game of Thrones spoilers (Rose lives, Jack doesn’t), and survived incessant campaigning from political parties….

Steve Hofmeyr sacrifices his weekend sport for DStv decoder revenge

Steve Hofmeyr’s not going to be able to watch sport for a while. The Afrikaans singer this week took to Facebook with a video…

The first ever image of a black hole, or Sauron’s eye? Twitter debates

The National Science Foundation has released the first ever image of a black hole, showing the world what the mysterious phenomenon looks like in…

‘Sneakers & Birds’ is a Twitter thread for shoe lovers and birdwatchers alike

We don’t normally write about shoes or birds on Memeburn, but when the two (rather oddly) coincide, it creates an irresistible, retweetable force few…

The internet gets carried away by JK Rowling-inspired predictive text game

Frustration towards JK Rowling has been on the rise ever since the author revealed that Dumbledore and Grindelwald of the Harry Potter universe were…

This ridiculous load shedding stage meme is the brightest thing about Eskom’s crisis

Say what you want about the state of our country, but we South Africans sure know how to make light of the most dire…

Twitter mocks JK Rowling for revealing Dumbledore’s sexual past

JK Rowling has reportedly confirmed that her fictional characters Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald had a sexual relationship. A report by Radio Times revealed…

Donald Trump called Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to ‘save time and words’

Late last week during a meeting of business executives at the White House, US President Donald Trump referred to Tim Cook — Apple’s CEO…

Pastor ‘resurrects’ dead man at his funeral, births a new Twitter challenge

This weekend a funeral service held by Alleluia Ministries International in Sandton garnered the attention of the internet after the seemingly deceased was brought back…

Elon Musk laughs at a dead deer and becomes a new reaction meme

This weekend Elon Musk along with Rick And Morty co-creator Justin Roiland hosted an episode of PewDiePie’s Meme Review. Sounds fun, but did we…

Super Bowl LIII, Maroon 5, Spongebob and the wrath of Bikini Bottom

It doesn’t take much for people to get riled up online, but when there’s promise of homage to be paid at a Superbowl half-time…

This sometimes drunk, adorable pigeon is New Zealand’s bird of the year

The country of New Zealand has crowned an overly-fluffy, drunk, and adorably clumsy species of pigeon its bird of the year. Known as the…

People are already trolling Apple over the iPhone’s new names

Apple may as well have launched an iPhone XD, because the internet’s heaping the hilarious hot takes on the company’s new smartphone names. Leaked…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

Google updates Chrome OS with better navigation and audio control

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

The foldable Huawei Mate X is now delayed until November

Open-world Need for Speed Heat is launching in November

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals