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[16 Jul 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Erykah Badu charged over nude music shoot

Erykah Badu has been charged over a music video shoot which saw her strip naked in public and pretend to be shot near the site of President John F Kennedy’s assassination. The singer was charged with a R5000 fine for disorderly conduct for taking her clothes off on a street full of pedestrians during the filming of her single ‘Window Seat’ in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on March 13.
In the video, which you can watch below, she also receives a fatal gunshot to the head at the scene where President John …

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[13 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
Crimes of Fashion!

While most people would choose a demure pants or suit to court, It seems Hollywood stars don’t seem to understand that logic. Lindsay Lohan sneaked a not-so-secret “f**k u” to the judge who sentenced her to jail for 90 days this week.
The Mean Girls actress will spend three months behind bars for breaking the terms of her probation in a 2007 drugs case. But the judge would have probably added a few more months to that sentence if she had spotted the “f**k u” written on top of the nail …

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[22 Jun 2010 | One Comment | ]
28 convicted in World Cup courts

28 accused have been convicted in Mzansi’s World Cup Courts since they opened on the 28th of May.
One of the latest convictions was a 26 year old man who was sentenced to 20 months behind bars – after he tried to steal a duvet cover from a tourist bus. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga reportedly told the South African Press Agency that 76 cases have been filed in the courts so far – of which 30 cases were finalised.
Mhaga added that a number of cases have been withdrawn due …

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[18 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Students up in arms over crime

Students are thinking of bringing firearms to campus for protection after students were robbed at gunpoint at the University of Johannesburg’s Bunting campus.
This week, two female students were robbed of their handbags on campus, and the incident has sparked outrage over the lack of security.  Although security has been beefed-up for the upcoming World Cup, students feel they are still being targeted as victims of crime.
The students were walking to an ATM when two men pointed guns at them and grabbed their handbags. The immediately men sped off. The dazed …

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[13 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Be safe when you’re out and about!

The next time you find yourself zig-zagging down the street, wearing your invisible “beer jacket” and mumbling to your buddy on your cellphone, consider this: You’ve got “Mugging/Attack Victim” written all over you.

Yes, even you, Mr. Superman!
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Investigate what security options are available on your campus. Figure out where you need to be and get there—fast. Leave your MP3 and phone in your bag and trust your instincts while you walk to and from home. And if something or someone looks or feels …

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[25 Aug 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Don’t get scammed!

Times are tough and scammers are working over-time! In an attempt to make a quick rand, criminals have resorted to the fastest way of transferring information (and your money) – technology! According to Wikipedia; “Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast mediums, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately.”
Scams are common on social networking sites, because they work on a system of bulk e-mailing. There’s power in numbers, and if they hit a group of a thousand…the odds are that SOMEONE will fall for …

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[27 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Crime (it’s a way of life)

By Nathan Zeno
Shot for a modest budget outside of workshops and funding parameters Crime (It’s A Way Of Life) tackles the feelings of powerlessness that haunt crime victims. Crime has the few technical flaws that are expected in any independent low-ish budget film, but it is not these technical issues that get in the way of what could have been a stop you in your tracks film. So riled up (rightly so) about the tide of crime and the lack of police response and so enamored of their message the …