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Learning to live with Seoul's snow and cold winters
So here is part three of my quest to educate South Africans and other readers about this fantastic country of Korea I now call home. Today’s snowfall has inspired this piece…
South Africa has the best weather in the world. I never appreciated it until I experienced my first winter here 08/09. If it weren’t for my impending trip to Bali that March I would have gone home in a flash. I start work at 7am and ...
Laudiology - Awesome Australia
Australia is absolutely awesome. There so much is happening own under, every weekend there are cultural events, music festivals and many international artists on tour. I was there with The Very Best, Radioclit and also doing solo shows. I really wanted to see kangaroos roaming free, but not enough time as all the free time was spent recording new music for The Very Best mixtape, due in a few months time.
T ...
Leading Greenpeace SA style
As Greenpeace surges into this new decade at a time when climate change is critical, with it comes a new leader. Kumi Naidoo, Oxford educated and from Durban, is the first South African to hold the International Executive Director role in Greenpeace. Appointed in November last year, Kumi is now based at Greenpeace headquarters in Amsterdam.
What is your role?
My job is strategist and representative of Gr ...
Little girl with mommy's drivers license
A mother is driving her little girl to her friend's house for a play date.
'Mommy,' the little girl asks, 'how old are you?'
'Honey, you are not supposed to ask a lady her age,' the mother replied. 'It's not polite.'
'OK', the little girl says, 'How much do you weigh?'
'Now really,' the mother says, 'those are personal questions and are really none of your business.'
Undaunted, the little girl asks, 'W ...
LUCKY Impala with Leopards for friends
This lucky impala made friends with Leopards instead of turning out to be dinner, we think and hope. It looks more like captivity scenario but who knows, it is still pretty amazing.
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Livingston - Go video
The new video, released 19 February, is Livingston's second single Go off their debut album, Sign Language.
Lead singer Beukes Willemse is from South Africa as well as guitarist Chris van Niekerk. The song has also been chosen as the track for German TV station ZDF for the current Winter Olympics. You can see some of the adverts for the Winter Olympics here too.
La Vu Vu Ze La - Be mine tonight video
New SA girl group La Vu Vu Ze La, from Cape Town, with 'Be mine tonight' video.
The first single was 'In Stereo' - a very Lady Gaga-esque tune, whereas 'Be mine tonight' is more of a strong club track with a trace of Birtney.
Leopard vs Crocodile Attack
The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera.
A series of incredible pictures taken at a South African game reserve document the first known time that a leopard has taken on and defeated one of the fearsome reptiles.
The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, an American wildlife photographer, who was supposed to be taking pictures of hippos ...
Local companies get slice of 2010 cake
Half the licensed products for the World Cup are being manufactured by South African enterprises, Fifa's licensing company said on Wednesday.
"We have appointed 38 South African based licensees, which account for 128 different official licensed products and product categories," Global Brands Group general manager Paul Zacks said.
His comments followed claims by the Congress of South African Trade Unions t ...
Let the last Super 14 begin
For all the starved rugby supporters, the start of the last Super 14 is soon upon us. As of next year it will be the Super 15 as the Melbourne Rebels join the cause! Last year’s champions, the Blue Bulls (two titles), are set to be combined favourites with the Crusaders (seven titles) for the 2010 Super 14 title.
For this year there are six teams that seem to have the edge – the Bulls and Crusaders with th ...
Laudiology - Flavour of 2010
I recently met the masters of new music called Limpop, Afrikaner boys Xander and Nick Mathews from Gazelle. Their show was at The Social Club, one of the coolest clubs in Paris. If you find yourself in the city of romance, do check it out! The audience can be quite young, but the line-up is cutting edge new music.
Their show was a brilliant audio-visual fiesta – the stage dressed with African prints, Xand ...
LUCY LIGHTFOOT back from UK
Leaving London was a decision I will always recall as exceptionally tough. Without realising, one year rolled into another and seven years later the sense of familiarity I derived from my life in London surpassed the 20 years I had known of life in South Africa. It wasn’t just the end of a year for me but the end of a seven year era, which in the space of a few weeks, culminated in Christmas parties, farewe ...
Learn Chinese in 5 minutes
Perhaps you made a new year's resolution to learn a new language? With the Chinese new year a month away - 14 February 2010, the year of the tiger - we share a few Chinese phrases for you to learn.
That's not right! - Sum Ting Wong Are you harbouring a fugitive? - Hu Yu Hai Ding See me ASAP - Kum Hia Nao Stupid man - Dum Fuk Small horse - Tai Ni Po NiDid you go to the beach? - Wai Yu So Tan I bumped i ...
London live music venue, The Half Moon, saved!
One of London’s oldest and most famous live music venues, The Half Moon in Putney, which was due to close its doors on the 31st January has been saved.
The historic venue - which has seen performances over the years by The Rolling Stones, U2 and Kasabian as well as many South African musicians - was due to become a gastro-pub. But after an extensive campaign and massive public uproar, plus huge support f ...
Leap in Life
If you are new to LEAP in Life Coaching, you might ask the question: “Why use LEAP in Life, why not someone else..?”
Let us give you four great reasons:
- We deliver IMMEDIATE RESULTS - we are committed to add significant value in every single engagement. Our services are CONVENIENT and FLEXIBLE – we utilise technology to best fit our clients’ needs, and We GUARANTEE our service – if we don’t deliver on t ...
Linda Hill Recruitment
We are a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to the needs of the beauty industry based in London, UK. Having in-depth knowledge about the Beauty Industry we provide both clients and candidates with expert advice and will go the extra mile to help therapists or companies.
Recruitment for beauty, aesthetic and hair industry Linda Hill started the company due to the increased demand for quality therapist ...
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Laudiology at the Lake of Stars
The Very Best at the Lake of Stars I knew it would be amazing to be so close and yet so far from home, but I could not have expected what was to come in Malawi after 24 hours of traveling from Paris via Addis Ababa to Esau’s hometown of Lilongwe! It was hot and even the airport staff knew about the Lake of Stars festival for which we, The Very Best, were there! We drove to Esau’s house in the township, met ...
Luxury Hotel market struggling to provide 2010 rooms
South Africa – Perched on the precipice of the World’s biggest soccer event, the 2010 Soccer World Cup, accommodation or rather the lack of accommodation is becoming a concern of major proportions. Despite the plethora of new hotels being erected around the country, it has become doubtful that a high enough proportion of available rooms will fall under the luxury category.
Doomsday protagonists who doubted ...
Lights, camera, background actio!
“Background action… and, action!” yelled the director. I was propped against a bar, chatting casually to the lady in front of me. The mood was relaxed and we talked with nothing louder than a bold whisper. A few metres away Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou acted out their dialogue as the camera rolled along its rails capturing the room’s inhabitants with its wide and keen eye.
The director was Ron Howard and th ...
