Marie Clare could give Gareth Cliff something to really cry about

Earlier this week, South Africans found out what “shamed” radio personality, Gareth Cliff, earned for being an Idols judge; a whopping R35 000 per session. Damn. No wonder he’s suing them, we wouldn’t want to lose out on that either.

Then, Twitter found out what an intern at Marie Clare earns a day, and suddenly we had forgotten about Cliff’s salary. R30 a day for the intern? Cliff literally earns more than a thousand times that an episode, and he’s complaining?

Sure puts things into perspective. 

Twitter, we “technically” have a problem

“Something is technically wrong. Thanks for noticing” said Twitter. Um, it’s a pleasure? When Twitter went down on Tuesday, there were the usual jokes about people realising that they have jobs, spouses and families, or facing the dreaded reality of actually speaking to a colleague.

Then others pointed out something we may not have thought of; how is #Twitterdown trending, if Twitter is indeed down? 

Is it a conspiracy? Who could be behind it? We don’t know about you, we can just picture an embarrassed intern tripping over a cable while carrying a cup of coffee to their boss. 

Hopefully they get more money than those at Marie Claire.

#NoMorePartiesinLA, #nomorepartiesinSA, so where’s the party at?

On Monday, self-proclaimed “biggest rock star on the planet”, Kanye West, released his first single for 2016, #NoMorePartiesinLA, causing the usual Twitter storm that West loves to create.

The hashtag then inspired, #nomorepartiesinsa, after US rapper, Mos Def, who is being detained in South Africa for violating travelling laws, released a pre-recorded message on West’s website saying: “Please tell them no more parties in SA/Hey Home Affairs I don’t need to stay/Why don’t I feel safe/This isn’t an expression of fear.” 

While celebrities often believe they are above the law, this is on a whole new level. The rapper apparently holds a “world passport” from the “World Government of World Citizens”… 

Then, of course, it could be is passport for Earth. After all, Mos Def was in A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy …

Hug the penguins, or something

In case you didn’t know that penguins existed, they do. And Wednesday, 20 January, was officially Penguin Awareness Day, for all those people who don’t know about the little birds in suits.  

And in case Wednesday wasn’t awareness enough, you can look forward to the second Awareness Day, which takes place on the 25th of April. On a more serious note, however, Awareness days do serve a purpose; they aim to inform people, not of somethings existence, but of their importance. 

And penguins are pretty important (that’s why they wear suits).   

Well, that’s all for this week. See you guys next Friday.