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South Africa mourns the loss of former Bafana Bafana player Marc Batchelor

South Africans on Tuesday took to Twitter to mourn the loss of former Bafana Bafana player Marc Batchelor, who was gunned down outside his…

Twitter was down worldwide after ‘internal configuration change’ last night

Social media tables turned on Thursday evening when Twitter — not Facebook — went down for a few hours around the world. “We are…

SA rugby legend James Small has died, Twitter pays its respects

Former South African rugby player, James Small, has died. Small, who was among the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning squad, reportedly suffered a heart attack,…

#RIPNomhleNkonyeni: South Africans pay tribute to the late actress

South African actress Nomhle Nkonyeni died at the age of 77 on Wednesday morning, a report by the Herald Live has confirmed. The Order of Ikhamanga…

Stranger Things 3 was watched by 40m accounts in its first four days

Stranger Things 3, which hit Netflix just under a week ago, has already racked up over 40 million views according to the streaming service….

Mulan’s first teaser trailer inspires some fans, annoys others

Another day, another live-action Disney remake that’s got Twitter talking. This time the first teaser trailer for Mulan got fans emotional over what looks…

Disney fans claim they lost ‘natural’ redhead icon with Ariel casting

News of Disney casting Halle Bailey as Ariel for its live-action remake of The Little Mermaid continued to trend throughout Thursday and Friday morning…

Twitter now tells you if your tweet breaks its rules

When you report a tweet for breaching Twitter’s rules, or when the company takes actions on one, it requires the offending user to delete…

YouTube suffers global outage causing mass internet panic

In the early hours of this morning YouTube, including its TV and Music services, went down around the world, preventing users from accessing content….

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…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry excite the internet with #royalbaby news

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting their first baby, the royals announced on Monday morning. The news comes after Meghan and Harry, Formally known…

Twitter’s new favourite Ariana Grande song is ‘pete davidson’

Today on internet-famous-relationships-that-probably-moved-too-fast, recording artist Ariana Grande and SNL star Pete Davidson have called off their engagement. The news broke via TMZ late on…

SpaceX launch lights up California skies

Over the past weekend SpaceX successfully launched an Argentinian satellite into space using its Falcon 9 rocket. The SAOCOM 1A, as its called, was…

3 Twitter apps for Android that use less data

Now that the glorious days of MTN’s Free Twitter are over, and we’re done mourning, you’re probably intent on saving all the data you…

Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Today is not just a Wednesday, it is also October 3rd, more commonly known as Mean Girls Day. Many fans of the pop culture…

Viral video: Indonesia island hit by tsunami after strong earthquake

Indonesia has a storied and frightening history with tsunamis, and on Friday, it was given a stark reminder. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake which struck off…

A train at Cape Town Station is on fire (once again)

A train at Cape Town Station is reportedly on fire, according to a number of eyewitness reports. Twitter users on Friday afternoon uploaded pictures…

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The South African government has asked citizens to not share a video of the alleged rape of a little girl in a Dros in…

The internet thinks this Namibian teen is Regina George from Mean Girls

Doppelgangers are instant viral internet fodder, but even more so when the person in question looks like Regina George from Mean Girls. A 16-year-old…

South Africa fumes online after girl was raped in Dros restaurant toilet

South Africa’s Dros restaurant chain has come under fire on social media this week after it confirmed a seven-year-old girl was raped in a…

Julius Malema will let JSomething keep his land in an EFF-led South Africa

Thanks to Julius Malema, JSomething and Micasa are trending on Twitter in South Africa today. Also thanks to Julius Malema, JSomething will get to…

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