Everybody can think of certain rare occasions when they were at the right place at the right time. That certainly applies to a group of tourists, their boat skipper and their tour operator. All of them managed to film some killer whales holding a dolphin hunt in Algoa Bay, off the coast of South Africa recently. More on this serendipitous find after the jump.

It's common knowledge that the human race is made up of one species. Scientists have said, however, that our line was nearly split in two at some point in our history. The cause may have had something to do with living conditions in Africa. More splits occur in the full article after the jump.

Stars and clouds of gas often form breathtaking patterns in space. Scientists at NASA have grown fond over the years of giving creative names to these celestial bodies. In a new photo that the agency is showing off, the Running Chicken Nebula is displayed in crimson glory. You can check it out by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Remember that first cell phone you've ever bought? Sleek, shiny, and new? Remember the time when you finally decided to ditch it for something newer, but you didn't have enough cash? That's the thinking behind Nokia's new line of cell phones, which are aimed for people who want to buy a new, better phone to replace their old one, but are keeping a tight grip on their wallets. Check out four new Nokia phone models in the full article.

No one likes to be overcharged. Unfortunately, that's what one customer of Sony's PlayStation Store has reported regarding the service. According to a certain Davin Warner, the difference in prices between the South African branch and the US branch just doesn't cut it. More overpricing woes follow after the jump.

It should be remembered that South Africa and its neighbors placed a ban on killing elephants back in 1995. This decision has allowed the pachyderms to repopulate the vast plains of the continent.

However, the country has now decided to lift the ban in order to maintain a balanced ecosystem. More on this after the jump!

A good ten months after Nintendo's little white bundle of magic, Wii, debuted in Japan, North America, Europe, and Australia, it is finally making its way to South Africa. Local distributer Core Group will be the new Santa that brings the Nintendo goodies after former distributor Futronics ended its dealership rights early this year. Futronics ending its stint was the primary reason why it took this long for the Wii to set sail for South Africa.

For now, details are yet to be confirmed but a spokesperson from Core Group stated that they are hoping for an October release. Pricing has also yet to be confirmed, but it appears like it will be tagged at R2,700 (around US$ 371) to R2,800 (around US$ 385).

The diamond enthusiast community was rocked by the discovery of the world's biggest diamond in the northwest province of South Africa.  Prior to this, the title of being the world's largest diamond is being held by the Cullinan Diamond found by Frederick Wells back in 1905.

The mining company that found the said diamond wasn't named, but one of its representatives, Brett Joli, provided some insight as to what will happen to the prize find. According to the spokesperson, the diamond, which is twice the size of the Cullinan, is being kept in a a bank vault in Johannesburg while a security company was hired to guard it.

According to well-known diamond connoisseur Fred Cuellar, this really is a great discovery but there are still a lot of factors that have to be considered. He explained:

There are all these other factors we still don't know and what matters now is how wide, how clear, and how well cut it will be. Will this diamond rank above the best quality diamonds in the world? I can tell you right now, no. But in as far as the list of the largest diamonds ever found in the world goes, would it make that list? Yes it would.

Reports added that once everything has settled, "a lot of mad bidding" will ensue, with the newly-found diamond's estimated starting value of 15 million GBP or roughly around US$ 30 million.

A small group of journalists was invited to an exclusive preview of Halo 3 in Seattle. There they were given control of the human forces to what may be mankind's final battle as they face off with the Covenant. But they did so only for two missions.

The group previewed the third and fourth missions of Halo 3, both set in South Africa. The third mission, named Tsavo Highway, is the first vehicle mission of the game. The mission starts with you riding a Warthog through a mountain path as you fight your way through enemy forces.

You are eventually forced to leave your vehicle and move forward on foot, through a destroyed highway and over a bridge. Suddenly, you are ambushed by Covenant Brutes backed by a Covenant Wraith tank.

The fourth mission, called The Storm, takes you through a factory complex where you will face off with hostile forces until you come face to face with the Scarab. The battle, as one of the group testifies, "has more enemies and allies than the entire first mission of Halo 1."

The Scarab will have have improved AI in this game. Jamie Griesemer, the design lead, describes it:

In Halo 2, he was a big piece of moving geometry. He wasn't really real. He was hand-animated and didn't really react to what you were doing. He had a scripted path that he went on. But in Halo 3, he's an AI (artificial intelligence). He'll chase you around, he'll acquire targets. If he can't find you, he'll search for you. He's the biggest character we've every done, essentially. And there are dozens of ways to kill him.

Developers promise that this game will provide all the answers to the huge questions by the end of the game. Halo 3 will be released this September 25 on the Xbox 360. It's time to finish the fight.

South African authorities have recently barred Sony PlayStation 3 advertisers from exhibiting an ad that has a couple of PS3 units tagged with a line that reads "Stocks are limited. Things could get ugly."

The authorities reasoned that the ad is a reference to past violent incidents related to gaming console launches in the US and Europe where muggings have led to injuries and fatalities.

Fans of the console and some blogs, however, argued that such incidents aren't likely to happen because of the slow sales and relatively low demand of the product in the region.

This ban follows a long list of other game related bans, such as that of the public transportation ban on advertisements for the game Grand Theft Auto IV.