A 50-year-old South African man was rather taken aback when he woke up inside a mortuary at the weekend and screamed to be let out, an action which only scared away attendants who thought he was a ghost.
Back to the carrier pigeon?
The idea started when a worker at Unlimited IT in Durban, South Africa, complained about the speed of data transmission on ADSL broadband, commenting that it would be faster by carrier pigeon. Enter Winston, an eleven month old pigeon. Armed with a 4 gigabyte memory stick, Winston took on South Africa’s biggest web firm, Telkom. The race had strict rules, …
A special 19th hole
For all the golfers, here’s a hole to put on your list of ‘must do’s’. It’s in South Africa at the Legends Golf & Safari Resort and here’s a video of Padraig Harrington giving it a go. What makes it so unique? Well, the green is 1,410 feet below the tee and you actually need a helicopter to get to …