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The author reflects on what 27 April 1994 means to him (iStock) Brent Lindeque, better known as the Good Things Guy, reflects on why Freedom Day is so important to him as a gay man. On Monday morning, we were chatting about Freedom Day on our show (on Clubhouse) with a light-hearted conversation around "public holiday day-drinking vibes", when Nick - a co-host - asked me what does Freedom Day mean to me? Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated every year on 27 April. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that d...

While the South African documentary, My Octopus Teacher, just won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, South Africans are reminded of the hilarious Fourways sinkhole and My Kreepy Teacher advertisement inspired by the award-winning doccie. My Sinkhole Teacher Yes, a Fourways resident went viral earlier this year after taking a swim in a sinkhole/pothole outside of his house. Called the ‘Sinhole Teacher’, the hilarious video that was shared on Twitter was ultimately inspired by the Netflix original documentary which chronicles the year-long relationship between a man and an octopus. ...

[WATCH] Incredible feat as Staffie saves her little brother from swimming pool 22 April 2021 11:11 AM Share This: The canine rescue went viral, and now the brave pooch has received an award from the Boksburg SPCA. A week ago a video of a staffie rescuing a little dog who had fallen into the family swimming pool began to go viral. It turns out this happened in our very own Boksburg. The family returned home to find their little pooch soaking wet, watched their security camera footage, and discovered one of their dogs had rescued another. The Good Things Guy reports that the couple had adopted...

LISTEN | The South African app that pays you to recycle Updated JacPod Share this: Imagined Earth is a revolutionary company which has introduced reverse vending machines into South Africa which effectively pay you to recycle! Join Good Things Guy Brent Lindeque as he finds out more in his latest podcast on JacPod. Imagined Earth The world generates at least 3.5 million tons of plastic and other solid waste a day, ten times the amount it did a century ago. Fortunately, there's a growing number of people and businesses who're starting to support the zero-waste movement, and this App is not...

South African sets new women’s deep cave diving record A challenging dive at Bushmansgat Cave: South Africa's Karen van den Oever recently broke the women’s deep cave diving record. This hole is believed to be the third-deepest submerged freshwater cave (or sinkhole) in the world. New women’s deep cave diving record set in SA The impressive feat follows in the footsteps of the previous women’s deep cave diving record of 221 metres (721 feet) set by Verna van Schaik in 2004. Van Schaik’s dive lasted more than five hours, of which only 12 minutes were spent descending. According...