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Watch: Sassy Namibia invites Americans to visit its ‘shithole’ country

They say no publicity is bad publicity, and they may be right in the case of Namibia. This week marked the second time the…

Viral video: Johannesburg Metro police officer attacked in Hillbrow

A video of a group of people attacking a Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) officer has gone viral on both Twitter and Facebook. The video…

Uber’s wildly odd ad will resonate with Capetonians stuck in traffic daily

Uber’s first advertisement highlighting the plight of commuters in southeast Asia may just trigger a nerve for those stuck in traffic in Cape Town…

Watch: Trump demonstrates the most efficient way of feeding koi

It’s not often that a wordless tweet goes viral, but when it involves Donald Trump, Japanese President Shinzo Abe and a koi pond, anything…

‘Cape of Storms to Come’ uncovers the origins of Cape Town’s water crisis

You must be so sick of hearing about Cape Town’s water crisis right now. But it’s a huge problem — and a potential catastrophe…

Watch astronauts goof off on the ISS with a fidget spinner

The fidget spinner craze is all but over, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station are only now experiencing the joys of the toy….

Eminem disses Trump in freestyle verse, South Africa is split

Rapper Eminem unleashed a four-minute-long freestyle criticising US President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s BET Hip Hop Awards, and the South African responses have been…

Real-life Nathan Drakes turns Hong Kong’s past into playgrounds

A self-proclaimed “band of visual creators and storytellers” have taken it upon themselves to tell the story of abandoned buildings and spaces in Hong…

Japanese slugger hits baseball (quite literally) through the roof

Baseball is as big a sport in Japan as rugby is in South Africa, so when a player does something special, you’re bound to…

Vine is the latest victim of Twitter’s crazy week

Twitter, after shedding 9% of its company staff this week, is also shedding Vine. In a blog post published on Medium, “Vine and Twitter”…

Mark the Rhino (and a tyre) become internet sensations

If you thought you were having a bad Monday, consider Mark the rhino. Likely minding his business doing things rhinos traditionally do on the…

4 features Netflix needs to succeed in emerging markets

Video streaming superstar Netflix has gone from strength to strength in the past few years, expanding dramatically and churning out top-notch original content. However,…

Netflix library reportedly down 50% in four years

Thought the South African version of Netflix was lacking in the content department? Well, it appears that American users are feeling the content squeeze…

ShowMax continues data crusade with new ‘bandwidth calculator’

Say what you want to about the ShowMax library but the company is absolutely killing it when it comes to data-saving features. With the ability to…

We take a quick look at Instagram Stories (video)

It is no secret that Instagram Stories looks a lot like Snapchat’s Stories but what could the new feature do for Instagram? Having reached…

5 bite-sized tips for using video in your marketing campaigns

The art of digital story telling is constantly evolving, and 2016 is the year of the video. It makes the cut in almost every…

Viral Facebook video captures elephant wrecking bakkie in Maputo

Human beings might be most frequently at the top of the food chain, but we’re by no means a match for animals in the…

Kung fu joins CG animation in the coolest thing we’ve seen today [video]

Kung Fu is one of those mythical and extremely spiritual things that us human beings can do, along with singing in the shower, roughly…

Facebook drives video ad strategy by targeting desktop users with games

As you might know, video on Facebook is massive. With over four billion native videos on the platform every day, the company says that…

Watch this solar-powered plane fly around the world for the first time, in real-time

You can now follow this solar-powered airplane fly around the world via live video, chat and social media. In an attempt to demonstrate “concrete…

This dark short film shows that Power Rangers is all about child soldiery

A fresh yet dark take on the classic Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers saga features North Korea-punching, cussing, child soldiery and some other super controversial…

Here’s a livestream of a McDonald’s burger ‘decaying’ after 5 years

There are weird videos on the internet. So this live video of a McDonald’s hamburger (and accompanying fries of course) chilling under its plastic…

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