If you like or share a Facebook post, which contains questionable information, you can face legal action for engaging in the “chain of publication”. An example is the recent case where the website African News Updates published a fake article titled “Two arrested over 80,000 ballot papers already marked as ANC votes”. The Electoral […]
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BEWARE OF SCAMMER ONLINE….
Crooks use clever schemes to defraud millions of people every year. They often combine new technology with old tricks to get people to send money or give out personal information. Recently we have seen a surge of online scamming from particular individual who goes by the name of Steven King /Kingdoms or Jacob Okoh. And […]
Protesters burn trucks and close N3 highway
On one of the busiest days to travel days home on you will be stopped by‚ an angry mob which has forced the closure of the N3 at Mooi River Toll Plaza on Monday.
Illusion – This is a perfectly straight floor
This floor illusion was designed to stop you from running down the hallway of a showroom for Casa Ceramica, apparently designed by a tile company in Manchester. The inspiration was to create an entrance themed on illusions and exceed expectations on how tiles can be used.” Although it may give you vertigo when you walk in […]
Facebook….are they overstepping or are you sharing too much…
Facebook….are they overstepping or are you sharing too much… Cambridge Analytica is a political consulting firm that did digital work for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 and has close ties to Steve Bannon and GOP mega-donor Robert Mercer, is in hot water after several recent reports have raised ethical and potentially legal questions about […]
Listeriosis in Ladysmith?
MEDIA STATEMENT REGARDING NEWS REPORTS ON LISTERIOSIS IN LADYSMITH 19 March 2018 THE KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has been inundated with media enquiries following the publication of an article about listeriosis by a Ladysmith-based newspaper at the weekend. As part of efforts to avoid unnecessary panic, and the dissemination of inaccurate information, the department wishes […]
Is the cigarette’s day… going up in smoke??
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Health Minister, is no fan of the tobacco industry and is promising engaging changes that will affect smokers in South Africa As smokers, you could be in for some serious changes to your daily puff: Complete ban on smoking in buildings: Through this legislation, you will see the demise of the remaining […]
VIDEO: Shootout in Randburg CBD, suspect shot
Further details have revealed that four vehicles were involved in the attempted cash-in-transit heist. An eyewitness confirmed that a Toyota Fortuner, a white BMW, a white VW caddy and a white Ford Fiesta ST were all involved. Another eyewitness, Shawn Gerhadus Greyling, who drove past the scene shortly after the incident confirmed that several […]
Kitten with 2 faces
A woman residing in East London was shocked when her cat birthed a kitten with 2 faces. He is the only one of the litter to have this condition. Although a rare condition, the kitten has a syndrome called “Janus Syndrome”, because it refers to a two-faced Roman God. There have been many cases of […]