Posted by Savage on August 31, 2010
Racist or clever?
Just recieved this in my inbox and not sure what to make of it. Advertising for the Tropitone Sunless Bronzer have taken viral and guerilla marketing to batsh*t crazy levels by using a park bench with the words “NIE BLANKES” sprayed on it.
The words “NIE BLANKES” are Afrikaans and translate as “non-whites” a [...]
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Posted by Savage on August 31, 2010
Hundreds of you readers keep sending me this story so i’m gonna post it and get it over with ( maybe not hundreds.. more like 5, but who’s counting hey).
Baboons in the Constantia area of Cape Town have been invading wine farms and getting drunk on fermented grapes. The hammered animals have reportedly terrorized the neighbourhood, [...]
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Tags: alcoholic baboons, cape town, drunk baboon pic, drunk baboons, drunk baboons cape town pics, drunk baboons terrorize Cape Town, drunk baboons terrorizing Constantia, south africa, video | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 31, 2010
Things don’t seem to be getting any better for former Springbok legend, Joost van der Westhuizen, especially now that People Magazine have alleged that he is gay.
I swear..you have no idea what it took to not photoshop in some sparkly diamante earrings to match his sessy satin shirt. First we had Chester Williams in a [...]
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Tags: Angela Tsikoudakis, Joost van der Westhuizen gay allegations, Joost van der Westhuizen gay rumours, Joost van der Westhuizen gay?, people magazine, rugby legend, south africa | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 30, 2010
South African, Greg Minnaar was +0.37 seconds away from being the 2010 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup champion.
Minnaar narrowly lost the title at Windham, New York after finishing 2nd to competitor Gee Artherton who was 7 points in the lead prior to the final event of the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held yesterday.
Well played boychay. 2nd place [...]
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Tags: 0.37 seconds, greg minnaar, greg minnaar finishes 2nd, mountainbiking, south africa, sport, world downhill championship | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 27, 2010
Ya..it’s not what you think. It’s not Klippies so you can still go ahead and mix it with that Coke bru.
South Africa’s, Laborie Alambic Brandy was voted as the Best Brandy in the World over the weekend at the 2010 International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC).
“Shocked, but absolutely delighted,” is how KWV brandy master distiller [...]
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Tags: alcohol, best brandy in the world 2010, International Wine & Spirits Competition, IWSC, Laborie Alambic Brandy, SA brandy voted best in world, south africa, South African brandy voted best in world | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 27, 2010
Africa’s premier advertising event, The Loerie Awards, has announced the finalists for 2010 and let me tell you..there are some gems this year.
There are way too many so i’m gonna be totally unbiased and feature only those who cracked a nod on Life is Savage.
First up we have the OUTDOOR ADVERTISING section, where Hyundai is up [...]
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Tags: 2010 loerie awards finalist list, ad campaigns, advertising, advertising awards, best ad, best ads south africa, best south african advertising, finalists, loerie awards, loerie awards 2010 finalists, nominees, south africa, who's your favourite, winner best commercial | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 25, 2010
The Gauteng Gambling Board banned online gambling in South Africa yesterday and anyone found guilty of doing so faces a R10 million fine or 10 years in jail …or both.
It’s now illegal to take part in any form of online gambling…poker included. It will also be illegal to operate an online gambling site.
Ok, so what does this [...]
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Tags: 3 Piggs Poker, gambling south africa, online gambling banned South Africa, online lotto ban, online poker banned, Piggs Peak, play uk lotto, Silver Sands, south africa, what about my money, what should you do | 8 Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 23, 2010
The new City Lodge commercial for South Africa was recently released and the sound of the Hadeda was like an angel calling me back to Cape Town.
I’m still in Montreal till the end of the month, but damn i even miss being woken up by the sound of that annoying ass bird at 5am.
Good stuff [...]
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Tags: advert, advertising, city lodge hadeda commercial, city lodge south africa ad, funny video, new city lodge commercial, south africa | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 23, 2010
Remember a couple of months ago we told you about winning an iPad if you could guess correctly what Smokoo.co.za was HERE?
Well Martie Jacobsz-Faber guessed correctly and now owns an R10 000 iPad, but more on that further down where i bitch a little.
Smokoo is an auction site apparently….with a slight difference, you purchase bids and [...]
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Tags: smokoo, smokoo auction, smokoo auction launched, smokoo ipad winner, smokoo launches, south africa, website, what is smokoo | No Comments »
Posted by Savage on August 18, 2010
I just read that the city of Cape Town wants everyone to not eat meat..at least once a week
….what in the burger delicious hell is this all about?!
Life is Savage is all for anything that involves Cape Town, but come now..this is very unmanly people.
We support any attempt to increase the awareness of cruelty towards [...]
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Tags: cape town, controversy, debate, don't eat meat, eat less meat, meat, meat free day, meat free day once a week, meat free initiative, south africa | 1 Comment »
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