Cape Town’s Plans For What Happens After Day Zero Just Won’t Work – The world is watching Cape Town, counting down to Day Zero. The city has broadcast a disaster management strategy. But is this strategy robust or even feasible? [conversation]
Enterprise Shuts Two Factories, Says No Link Showing Its Products Caused Deaths – Lawrence MacDougall‚ CEO of Tiger Brands‚ said there was no direct correlation between their products and the 180 deaths caused by the listeriosis outbreak. [timeslive]
Kim Jong Un Talks Of Rewriting History After Dinner With South Koreans – It was the first time a South Korean delegation had ever set foot in the main building of Korean Workers’ Party, according to South Korean officials. [cnn]
Zuma To Be Honoured For ‘Selfless Efforts’ In Making SA Better – The National Funeral Practitioners Association of South Africa says Zuma played a major role economically and socially during his time in office. [ewn]
Is he being honoured for burying the economy?
Canada Lent Guptas $41m To Buy A Jet, Now The Luxury Plane Is Missing – If you spot a sleek Bombardier Global 6000 business jet sporting tail number ZS-OAK, Canada would love to hear from you. [iol]
Former Trump Aide Says President ‘May Have Done Something Illegal’ – Sam Nunberg says he would rip up a subpoena in Trump-Russia inquiry, but that Trump may have broken the law during the election. [guardian]
Mystery Substance Leaves Russian Ex-Spy Critically Ill – Authorities said only that a man and a woman were found unconscious Sunday afternoon on a bench in a shopping mall in Salisbury, about 90 miles (145 kilometres) west of London. [time]
Makro / PnP / Checkers / Shoprite / Spar – Who’s The Cheapest? – Looking to make every cent count? Well, when you compare prices across some of South Africa’s biggest supermarkets, one name leads the way. [here]
Capitec Increases App Fees For First Time Since 2014 – Steep increases made elsewhere to change customer behaviour. [moneyweb]
Expropriation: What Does The Constitution Say? – Four requirements, seven principles and four questions to consider. [groundup]
The Biggest Problem With Banting – Once you have set your sights on beginning the banting journey, challenges tend to crop up at the worst of times. Perhaps this will help you out. [here]
A Look At The New R500 Mandela Coin – In what will have been one of his final acts as finance minister, Malusi Gigaba assented to three new special edition coins featuring Nelson Mandela. [bustech]
Wenger ‘Does A Komphela’ With Talk Of Shirts And Trousers – The Arsenal manager has left his fans as confused as the Kaizer Chiefs faithful are most of the time. [citizen]
‘This Is Someone Trying To Smear Me, My Life Is A Living Hell’ – Sir Bradley Wiggins denies ‘malicious’ doping allegations. [telegraph]
“White Gold”: Exporting Fynbos Is Now Proving Very Lucrative – With its silvery white baubles and longer lifespan, there’s a particular species of fynbos that is proving very popular overseas. [here]
Martin Shkreli Has To Give Up His Precious Wu-Tang Album – The pharma bro will have to use the $2 million purchase toward the $7.36 million he owes the government. [vice]
Black Panther Is Box-Office King For Third Straight Weekend – Wakanda’s reign shows no signs of waning. “Black Panther” is king of the box office for the third straight weekend. [time]
‘Fox & Friends’ Really Hated This Year’s Oscars – They truly outdid themselves Monday morning with a series of increasingly outraged segments about the 90th annual Academy Awards. [dbeast]
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Local Booze Delivery App Will Save Your Life This Silly Season – We’ve always wondered when someone was going to nail the booze delivery game. It’s now impossible to leave the house without hitting traffic so this is just in time. [cheers]
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So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, somake sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best. [boekenhout]
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