South African cricket captain Graeme Smith is said to be "devastated" following the news that Andrew Strauss is to retire from professional cricket.
Strauss was expected to announce his resignation today after a winter and summer during which his...
In the wake of a torrent of racist allegations against Chelsea's John Terry, and Liverpool's loose cannon, Luis Suarez, and completely overlooking the fact that the FA, although currently campaigning to 'kick racism out of football' don't quite appea...
TARZANA - Noted film star Charlize Theron was recently spotted visiting The Tarzan & Jane Petting Zoo in Tarzana.
The very attractive actress says that she loves spending time at the zoo because it brings back childhood memories of when she wa...
A depressed South African man thought he would do some crocodiles a favour as he waded into their habitat, a crocodile infested river, hoping that they were hungry enough because he had had enough of living.
The man could have jumped off of a tall...
HOLLYWOOD - After having Brad Womack, aka "The Bachelor" pick Emily Maynard over Chantal O'Brien, which 91% of the shows viewers believed he was going to pick and then Emily saying on The After The Rose Show that she is not going to marry Brad comes...
HOLLYWOOD - This year's Bachelor finale was filmed in beautiful South Africa, but the producers may just have thrown away their money and are probably now wishing they had filmed it in La Brea or La Habra instead.
Many felt that Brad Womack was go...
In what has been described as "nothing short of an everyday occurrence", a woman in the Potteries yesterday discovered another amazing item under her 9-year-old son's bed - a vuvuzela!
Karen Low-Cal, 45, from Stoke, was rummaging about under Child...
A South African football fan who had a vuvuzela inserted up his bum after the recent World Cup match between the host nation and Uruguay, has been invited to join the brass section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Johnny Umbuku, 39, from Joha...
As the World Cup reaches its thrilling conclusion on Sunday, it was the turn of European giants Germany and Spain to contest a very interesting game last night to see who would face Holland in the final.
And it was Carles Puyol of Spain who scored...
LONDON - Jontussa Buffatunga and Malikeesha Quancha, two lifelong residents of Cape Town, South Africa have applied for and been granted asylum by the English government.
Buffatunga said that the couple had applied and been turned down by 17 count...
Heiress and internet video starlet, Paris Hilton was yesterday released by a South African special World Cup court after being arrested following the Holland v Brazil quarter final tie in Port Elizabeth.
Hilton had been accused of possessing marij...
LIVERPOOL - The Society For The Gathering and Listing of New Born Baby Names has just announced in its July publication titled Sticks & Stones - The Naming of Babies that the South African name Vuvuzela has just surpassed every other name as the...
Durban, South Africa - Former President Bill Clinton was having the time of his life after the US Soccer Team scored a victory over Algeria, so much so that he decided to stay in town and hang with the fellas until their next match. This could have b...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African authorities at The Tarzan and Jane National Airport in Johannesburg confiscated two million counterfeit vuvuzelas that they report were heading for Great Britain.
The vuvuzelas were painted in the colors...
Sir Paul McCartney has said that he will record an album later this summer with a South African musical ensemble, with the central focus on the vuvuzela, that annoying trumpet thingy from the World Cup.
McCartney, the former Beatle, who seemingly...
Vuvuzelas made by a factory in China for use at the World Cup finals in South Africa have been recalled by the makers due to what has been described as 'a choking hazard'.
The plastic trumpets, a metre long and in a variety of colours, have been t...
GLASGOW, Scotland - Leona Lewis was in Glasgow to perform at The Annual Convention of Scottish Kilt Manufacturers. She was booked to perform a 45 minute concert and afterwards mingle with the businessmen, signing autographs, talking about the dangers...
Robben Island, South African World Cup: In a story reminiscent of the ''Smithy'' sketch performed by James Corden, in which the comedian tries to encourage the England players, Pavlos Joseph, 32, from Crystal Palace, south-east London, is staying at...