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We all love a good South African video – whether it’s one of our unique comedians, a wildlife scene that takes our breath away, or a commercial that’s just so Seff Efriken! So in this section we’ll be choosing some of the best SA videos on YouTube for your easy reference.
Let us know if there’s a video we really should include: submit SA video suggestion.
If you’re missing those vuvuzelas — or all the controversy surrounding them, check out ‘Gandalf Goes to the World Cup — Fellowship of the Vuvuzelas’: …or watch Hitler & the Vuvuzela at the 2010 World Cup:
Check out South Africa’s best music video at the moment — Blaas Jou Vuvuzela (doen dit vir Mandela). It’s a Zombie Boeremusiek production brought to you by Radio Kalahari Orkes vs. Jack Parow.
Watch this video of people from New Jersey to New Zealand kicking the ball around the world. And see which well-known player gets it at the end!
Dave Henson does The Vuvuzela Song to the tune of Rihanna’s Umbrella song. It’s being played on BBC Radio and is funny and smart!
A wonderful rendition of the South African anthem by the spectactors before the kickoff of the Bafana vs Uruguay match (which SA sadly lost):
Vuvu Fever is spreading. Everyone’s uploading a vuvuzela video to YouTube. Here are some of the best (or worst!). And latest news on the Vuvu is that while some international TV stations are scrambling to find a way to mute them, and over 100,000 people have signed up on a Facebook page calling for a [Read More …]
If you missed the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert — or loved it so much you want to watch it again, here are the links to watch each performance (the official videos) on YouTube. Although, first here’s an unofficial video of Shakira and Freshlyground’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa): Alicia Keyes Alicia Keyes [Read More …]
Some of the best bits from the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert on 10 June 2010 in Soweto (BTW Full repeats of the concert are still playing at Vevo.): “Waka Waka” by Shakira and featuring Freshlyground (although it looks like they just filmed this from a TV so the quality is poor):
Shakira talks to and dances with Zulu kids in South Africa. You can also click here to learn more about Shakira’s foundation (which she started at the age of 18 to help thousands of children get an education and nutrition):
Finally — here’s the FAB video for the official World Cup song — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) performed by Shakira and fab SA band Freshlyground. If the video disappears again — try Shakira’s site. Here’s the Waka Waka performed live in Soweto at the FIFA 2010 World Cup Kickoff Concert on 10 June: [Read More …]
Check out Nik Rabinowitz — South Africa’s funniest Jewish Xhosa speaking comedian. (It’s from 2008 — but still funny!)
Not South African – but just too funny to not share with South Africans! Watch about 2 minutes in when Tom Cruise (aka Les Grossman) dances with Jennifer Lopez…
South Africa’s Diski Dance — a jive where football moves are transformed into dance — is becoming as big as the Makarena and moon walk. So clearly — it’s important that you know how to do it for the World Cup! So here are two videos — the first has fab SA scenery and shows [Read More …]
Leon Schuster has a new movie out called “Schuks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to SA” which (as per usual) makes fun of SA’s politicians and taxi drivers…as well as those vuvuzelas. Watch the trailer here: And sing along to the fab Schuks’ Bafana Bafana music video (“Khutala Bo”) here: The film has captured the interest of [Read More …]
Here’s the music and the words… There’s no excuse not to learn it. Even this little kid has it mastered… Baby Singing Nkosi Sikele South Africa’s Anthem — A funny movie is a click away And if you’re still having problems remembering the words — here’s a PDF of a Simple Guide to the Anthem.
Here’s the latest Nando’s Ad. Come on Ladies — go ama-topless. Do it for your country!
Check out Castle Lager’s classic new ad ‘Welcome to our home bru’:
Video report from CNN – World Cup Fever hits South Africa:
Jislaaik! It’s all happening for Die Antwoord, South Africa’s rap-rave band. After rocking the house at Californian music festival Coachella last month, they’ve announced more USA dates in July and — through an interesting tattoo — that their new 23-track album’s dropping soon (see video below). Die Antwoord was the surprise hit at Coachella, a [Read More …]
Katie took to the stage for a surprise performance with Tom at a Hollywood charity gala over on Saturday evening. The 31-year-old actress serenaded her 47-year-old husband with ‘Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets, from 1955 musical Damn Yankees. The couple were guests at A Fine Romance Benefit for The Motion Picture and Television Fund.
South African actress Charlize Theron (34) and Hawaiian-born actor Keanu Reeves (45) were caught allegedly ‘canoodling’ outsize a Hollywood restaurant where they’d just dined. The paparazzi went crazy photographing and videoing the couple as they left the Beverly Hills restaurant on Monday night, and appeared to kiss and cuddle. Headlines are being splashed around the [Read More …]
Check out the latest Nando ads, featuring Bra Chris and playing on the perceptions foreigners coming to the 2010 World Cup have about South Africa: All South Africans carrying baggage on their heads. (C’mon guys — do it for your country!): All South African men have many wives. (And again…c’mon guys — do it for [Read More …]
Julius Malema had another tantrum last week in Limpopo at a youth league conference, hot on the heels of his recent outburst against BBC reporter Jonah Fisher. And the AWB guys haven’t been behaving themselves that well either. So some guys in South Africa have put together a video to show South Africans can and [Read More …]
South Africa it’s Possible — A Thousand Memories Richer: a video showcasing SA and its people from SA Tourism. Visit: www.SouthAfrica.net
ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema ‘asks’ a BBC journalist to leave his press conference: Below: an interview with Max du Preez about Malema. The book The World according to Julius Malema was written and compiled by Du Preez and Mandy Rossouw from the Mail & Guardian Below: Debora Patta vs Julius Malema — an interview [Read More …]
OK. It’s not South African at all — but most of us have been here…
Report on Taxi Drivers striking because of police ‘discrimination’ and ‘harrassment’!
Here’s a South African YouTube video that’s being sent around via email at the moment. Does anyone know who he is, or if he actually is a politician? UPDATE: Thanks to Aidon for recognising he’s the ACTOR from the new Parmalat Milk ad (with its theme “good as ever, whenever”). The video on YouTube that’s [Read More …]
Check out the trailer for South African movie ‘I Now Pronounce You Black and White’, due for release in May 2010. More info about I Now Pronounce You Black and White. Visit the official movie website.
Check out South African supermodel — and one of the Angels from Victoria’s Secret — Candice Swanepoel sizzling in this short video below for the April issue of Esquire magazine. The promotion, aimed at males (obviously!), is hinged on the question “how do you get a Victoria’s Secret Angel to dance for you?”. The answer, [Read More …]
Watch live streaming video from theoscars at livestream.com Read more about the South African nominations for tonight’s Academy Awards.
Check out these South African ads: Cremora (It’s Not Inside — It’s Onnnnn Top!) — South African version: Cremora (It’s Not Inside — It’s Onnnnn Top!) — original version: Castrol Oil Ad Mrs Balls Ad (for all those South African expats who miss Mrs Balls!) I Wanna Be a Simba Chippie For a trip down [Read More …]
Die Antwoord are taking the internet by storm. If you haven’t heard of this South African rap-rave band yet, you can do a quick catch-up here and tap into your inner ‘zef’. PLS BE WARNED: Some of their lyrics and language are slighly offensive BUT yislaaik their music’s catchy, their message is kind of inspirational [Read More …]
Two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir were invited to feature in the amazing ‘Oh Africa’ track from Grammy nominees Akon and Keri Hilson. The African-inspired song is the Pepsi Football Anthem and will benefit underprivileged African youth. The song is being released as a digital download tonight on Grammy Night, along with the video for [Read More …]
This video shows the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, [Read More …]
INTERVIEWS Matt Damon on CBS Morgan Freeman on Backstage Clint Eastwood on Ellen (Invictus discussion begins at approx. 7’45″) Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman on BlackTree TV South African rugby player Francois Pienaar’s reflection on Nelson Mandela Matt Damon & Francois Pienaar cycling in the Cape Argus event TRAILERS This Is Our Destiny View the [Read More …]
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Ted Botha South African author Ted Botha is interviewed at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia, about his book The Girl with the Crooked Nose. Botha, who is based in New York, is interviewed alongside the subject of his book — forensic artist Frank Bender. Bryce Courtenay Penguin TV takes us into the life and [Read More …]
Say goodbye to Citi Golf. There are 4 videos here — some nostalgic, some brilliantly funny!
Check out Charlize Theron kissing a girl (who paid $140,000 to charity for the honour!):
SA National Anthem Debacle Ras Dumisani sings what he believes to be his “beautiful version” of the South African National Anthem, at Toulouse in France. The Springboks subsequently lost 20-13 in the Test match against the French. Earthwave 2009: World record attempt at Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, on the 4th of October to have the [Read More …]
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