parody

MTN warns of multiple ‘fake MTN Facebook accounts’ scamming users

MTN is warning its users against a number of parody Facebook accounts parading as official channels for the telecoms company. It called into question…

Halloween’s favourite boy band, the Slashstreet Boys, are back

Halloween is just a few days away, and if you were thinking of dressing as one of the Backstreet Boys, you might want to…

James van der Beek runs a better Diplo Twitter account than Diplo

As the brains behind tracks like “Lean On”, “Cold Water” and, uh, “Bubble Butt”, Diplo is no stranger to the limelight. His official Twitter…

Someone turned Donald Trump’s tweets into a beautiful emo song

From YouTube channel Super Deluxe comes your new favourite emo song for when you’re feeling that presidential teen angst. Picking up on the number of complaints…

Twitter’s @TrumpDraws mocks executive orders with toddler doodles

We’ve been writing a lot of content about Donald Trump, and who can blame us? The man has become a living, extremely powerful meme…

4 hilarious #SaltBae parodies that’ll make you cringe

Salting food has never been this popular, and it’s all thanks to #SaltBae. The Turkish-born chef based in Dubai rose to internet stardom after…

Johannesburg speaker Vasco da Gama already has a Twitter parody account

In the battle for the Johannesburg Metro that took place on Monday, the DA’s Vasco da Gama was elected as the City Council speaker….

5 super serious digital trends to look out for in 2015

Without fail, around November we start to see “Marketing Analysts” provide the top trends they predict for the coming year. I see these “Analysts”…

10 hours walking around as a drag queen, Skyrim character and white man

Earlier this week Hollaback — an organisation which works to combat public harassment — made a video of a woman walking around in New…

Lion’s Head, Devil’s Peak and Northcliff Hill spark SA’s latest Twitter war

Twitter‘s a cavalcade of strange people with even stranger opinions. Take the #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence trending hashtag yesterday after the Oscar Pistorious verdict if you need…

This Humans Of New York troll is the best parody yet [video]

Actor Tyler Fischer recently trolled Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York and it is hilarious. Brendon Stanton, the man behind the Humans of…

The Fall of the 1000-year Copy Reich

Is unintentional self parody an art form? Constantin Films, production company of an otherwise obscure movie entitled the ‘Der Untergang’ (‘Downfall’), which spawned an…

Queen Sono is live on Netflix: these are South African’s first reactions

SAWS: ‘severe thunderstorm’ warning for Johannesburg on Friday afternoon

How hot is local streaming content? Showmax gives us the facts and figures

‘Senegal Startup Act a result of bottom-up consultation process’

Final call for sustainable mobility startups to apply to Movin’On challenge

Cote D’Ivoire startup Afrikrea lands €1m investment

Vivo Z6 5G: a sensible 5G gaming phone with a 5000mAh battery

This is the Vivo APEX 2020: a concept with no ports and big claims

This is Fujifilm’s adorable entry-level Instax Mini 11 instant camera

This is the VW Golf 8 GTI coming to South Africa at the end of the year

The Hyundai i30 N is the company’s fastest car yet

VW T-Cross 1.0 TSI Highline road impressions: the Polo crosses over