Our Joy in Pictures #Smed11

A selection of the best images from the public relations 2011 farewell mini-party at Fat Cactus in Gardens, Cape Town. 

Test-Drive my second Degree

In the beginning of the year if someone tells me what the out of this year would be I would be definitely quote the person wrong. But in a month’s time I would add second rank to myself (BTech Degree in Public Relations Management). Just like people would want to test-drive a new car they want to buy, and so, I am trying to test-drive this degree.

Come January or February 2012, the degree would be conferred at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology[cput.ac.za] Multi-Purpose Hall, Cape Town campus.

Best of luck to all PRMBTech students 2011 and to all who contributed to making this happened @ Dennis Igboanugo @ Marian Pike @ Prof. Nirvana Bechan @ Mrs Deidre Porthen @ Vernon Chalmers @ Dr. Stuart Warden and Prof. Shaun Pather @ Blessing Makwabani.

Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host

 

Hollywood star Eddie Murphy quit as host of this year's Oscars on Wednesday, one day after the show's producer resigned for making an anti-gay comment, organisers said.

Who should replace him?

• Rick Gervais
• Ben Stiller
• Melissa McCarthy
• The Kardashians

 

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Malema's sugar daddy

ALL DRESSED UP:  Julius Malema, Lerato Zah Moloi and partner Collen Mashawana, and Lizelle Tabane, who is rumoured to be Malema’s significant other in Mauritius. (The Sowetan)

Johannesburg - The same mogul who took Julius Malema to Mauritius paid money into his family trust.

The tycoon who took ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema along on his wedding junket to Mauritius also deposited piles of cash into Malema’s trust fund.

City Press can reveal that property mogul David Mabilu’s Vharanani Properties has on more than one occasion paid amounts exceeding R100 000 into the account of the Ratanang Family Trust, named after Malema’s son.

In July City Press revealed the existence of the trust and quoted a Limpopo businessman who claimed to have paid money into the trust as a reward for Malema assisting him in winning a government tender.

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Tutu: Israel has forgotten the scriptures

Cape Town - The suffering inflicted by Israel on the Palestinian people shows that it has forgotten the Jewish scriptures, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Saturday.

"They have forgotten their own history. They have forgotten what their own prophets have said about our God," Tutu said in his opening address to the International Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

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Introducing Top 10 SA hotties

Arno Carstens

Arno Carstens is an award-winning South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is based between Cape Town and London. Arno is taking S.A rock music to an international level, babe!

                                                       

Chad Saaiman

Born in Cape Town, Chad Saaiman is a soulful singer & songwriter who is making waves in South Africa’s music scene.

Janez Vermeiren

Janez Vermeiren, born in 1978 in Cape Town. He is a South African-Belgian model and TV presenter. Best known for his abs and handy-man presenting on Top Billing.

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Daniel Craig growing beard for Bond

London - Daniel Craig is growing a beard for the new James Bond film.

The actor is reprising his role as 007 for a third time in upcoming instalment Skyfall - due for release in 2012 - and the usually suave spy will sport an unshaven look for the first time.

Bosses are also reportedly scaling back production costs on the movie - which had been delayed because of studio MGM's financial problems.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "They've really scaled back. The lavish production and locations have been cut. There is only a reduced cast and crew travelling to the few overseas destinations. There won't be as much hand-to-hand fighting, it's gone back to blowing stuff up - including London's Vauxhall Bridge."

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Baby found buried alive

 A newborn baby girl has been found buried alive in a shallow grave near Secunda, Mpumalanga police say.

A passer-by saw legs protruding from under the sand on a dumping site around 16:00 on Thursday, Constable Vhangani Makhaddo said.

Police dug up the grave and removed the baby, who started crying a short while later, Makhado said. Her legs and feet had bruises", he siad.
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Dad mistakes daughter for intruder, kills her

 A man has appeared in an Mpumalanga court for shooting dead his daughter who he mistook for an intruder.

Colilin Masilela, 49, was released on R1 000 bail and the matter was postponed to December 07 for further investigations, police spokeperson Leonard Hlathi said.
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ANCYL vows to stop anti Malema song

The ANC Youth League has vowed to block the release of a song said to be questioning the conduct of its leader Julius Malema.

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