Interest rates and inflation the stars of 2012
It has certainly been an eventful year for business globally and the bad outweighed the good as growth slowed and problems in the eurozone persisted.
Googling it: SA's trending Google searches for 2012
Riaan Cruywagen, Hurricane Sandy and the iPad 3. We list the trending topics of this year's South African Google searches.
Almost dead in Movember
When armed robbers came calling, all Billy Rivers could think of was his stupid 'Movember' moustache.
OMG!!! *sobs* Your furry is giving me feels
Welcome to the world of furry: a bizarre, sometimes pornographic, rambunctious new form of participatory pop culture.
Nine sexist statements that rocked 2012
Important people make idiotic remarks all the time, but these are now so much easier to appreciate thanks to the viral power of social media.
Online censorship in 2012
The number of countries filtering online content has increased. Pornography and security are reasons given to block politically sensitive information.
Sacked in 2012
The past year has seen the axe fall on a number of controversial characters. The Mail & Guardian looks at 2012's high-profile job losses.
Seven news events that made us smile in 2012
The news is filled with terrible things but now and then we get the opportunity to smile. Here are seven things that gave us sunshine in 2012.
