Airplane Missing Over Drakensberg: Nelson Mandela’s Medical Team On Board – A South African Air Force aircraft, reportedly with former president Nelson Mandela’s medical team on board, has gone missing over the Drakensberg Mountain in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. [news24]

Syria Loads Chemical Weapons Into Bombs; Military Awaits Assad’s Order – The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday. [nbcnews]

Rupert Murdoch’s Mother Dies – Aged 103 – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, the celebrated philanthropist and media matriarch, has died in her Melbourne home, surrounded by her family. She was 103. [smh]

Microsoft Opens Own Social Network, Socl – Does the world really need another social network? Microsoft thinks so. The company on Wednesday opened up registration for its new project, the aptly named Socl, to users with Microsoft and Facebook accounts. [pcworld]

Microsoft’s #DroidRage Anti-Android Twitter Campaign Backfires – A Twitter campaign organized by Microsoft to get Android users to share their malware “horror story” in exchange for a chance to win a new Windows Phone handset has backfired. [forbes]

Life Sentence Handed Down For Dewani Killer – The Western Cape High Court has sentenced Xolile Mngeni to life for killing tourist Anni Dewani, who was on her honeymoon in South Africa. [mail&guardian]

Take Five composer Dave Brubeck Dies – Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose caught listeners’ ears with exotic rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died on Wednesday morning of heart failure after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment. [hersun]

John McAfee Arrested In Guatemala – John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally. [bbc]

No Mercy For Jub Jub – The promise of a trust fund for his victims failed to earn hip-hop artist Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye any leniency – he will spend 25 years behind bars. [timeslive]

Indian Village Bans Women From Using Cellphones – In an attempt to save the institution of marriage, a village in eastern India has banned women from using cell phones, believing that that will reduce the number of extra-marital affairs in the community. [digitrends]

Millennials (The Sellout Generation) Love Advertising – The up-and-coming young “Millennial” generation, comprised of a bunch of soup-slurping microbloggers who mistakenly believe that they are creating rather than following trends, is ready to accept it distinction as the biggest bunch of sellouts that history has yet produced. [gawker]

Lower Rent + Less Frills: Woodstock Homeware Outlet Undercuts Big Names – Local homeware retailer, Whitehouse, which supplies over 2,500 guest houses in South Africa is now selling direct to the public in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Same products as Woolies and co. Just 20% cheaper. More here.. [tip213]

Hoax Call Fools Duchess Of Cambridge Hospital – The hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge says it “deeply regrets” giving information about her to hoax callers from a radio station. [bbc]

Those New Boeing Dreamliners Are Leaking Fuel – Boeing Co. (BA)’s new 787 Dreamliners must be inspected after fuel leaks on two planes were traced to manufacturing errors, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said. [businessweek]

Climate Change Turns Lobsters Into Cannibals – Researchers studying Maine’s lobster population, booming in recent years amid warming waters and disappearing predators, have detected something never before seen in the wild: lobster cannibalism. [dailychilli]

1,000 People Keen To Take One-Way Trip To Mars – The Mars One organisation has revealed details of its plans to land four astronauts on the Red Planet in 2023, with four additional ‘crew’ arriving every two years. The organisation said that it had had more than 1,000 volunteers for the mission, who emailed in via the foundation’s website. [yahoo]

18th-Century French Chateau Razed ‘By Mistake’ – Residents of a sleepy French village in Bordeaux have been left dumbfounded after discovering their local 18th-century chateau was completely bulldozed “by mistake.” [yahoo]

The 10 Cities That Offer The Best Quality Of Life – If you want to have a great quality of life, move to Europe. The continent is home to 15 of the 25 cities with the best quality of life on consulting company Mercer’s annual ranking. Vienna took the top spot, followed by Zurich. Click for the rest. [bizins]

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John Reunite in New Video – It may not be the reunion “Grease” fans have been hoping for, but Danny’s John Travolta and Sandy’s Olivia Newton-John are back together in a new video for their Christmas album. [abcnews]

SA First! Gugulethu Is First Township Tasked With Renaming Its Own Streets – A campaign called Name Your Street has been launched in Gugs and members of the public can submit their names online www.nameyourstreet.co.za or via ballot boxes. Finally, renaming done in a cool and democratic way. [nameyourstreet]

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Gadget Review – Pi the Gadget Guy joins Josie at 13h15 today to review his gadget pick of the week. Up for review today, is the Sony Xperia Go. This smartphone is made to last, with a high level of dust and water resistance. They will also be giving away tickets to watch the James Bond Film, Skyfall. [justjosie]

Youth Based Communication Solutions – To find out more about character based entertainment products, youth orientated content and communications solutions, tune in to our last Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show for 2012, streamed live from 5pm-6pm via 2oceansVibe Radio. The studio guest this Thursday evening, 6 December 2012, will be Richard Morgan-Grenville, CEO of Strika Entertainment. [biztakeouts]

FRESH PODCASTS

Bring Out The Game, Zebra And Giraffe In Studio – They are a SAMA award winning act for their Collected Memories album. They were the openeing act for The Killers, Oasis and Snow Patrol, and they have sold over 25000 physical albums! Zebra & Giraffe are an alternative rock band and the Johannesberg natives were in our Melrose Arch Studio chatting on The Pat & Marco Show. This was not the conventional interview as one would expect, but rather tested the bands movie knowledge and “can you guess that song?”. The band was every part presenting on behalf of Pat and Marco. Listen in for their up coming event this weekend! It’s going to be bliss. [podcast]

The Rolling Stone Chart On The Just Josie Show – The Rolling Stone crew was back in studio today on the Just Josie Show, making every visit super interesting and special. This week the lads were in character and chatting music news, what’s hot and happening in the Rolling Stone office this week. Find out whats happening in the December issue of the Rolling Stone Magazine and the recollection of Synergy Live, the past weekend, and of course, this week’s chart! [podcast]