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Musk: $25,000 Tesla Ready ‘In About Three Years’ – “This has always been our dream to make an affordable electric car,” he said.
But the news didn’t excite investors and $50bn was wiped off its stock market value. [bbc]
Camps Bay Airbnb Taken Over By Cape Town Group Seeking Safe Space – Xena Scullard, one of the occupants, told News24 they entered the property by pooling resources from friends, family and supporters and booked a two-night stay through Airbnb. [news24]
SA Passes 16 000 Covid-19 Deaths – SA passed the 15,000-death mark on September 7, meaning that it took 15 days for the most recent 1,000 fatalities. It took eight days between the 14,000th death (recorded on August 30) and the 15,000th. [timeslive]
Cops Accused In Nathaniel Julies Murder Turn On Each Other – The State claimed that there was collusion among all three officers accused of Julies’ killing, and that this was premeditated murder. [dailymav]
Cult Leader Who Claims To Be Reincarnation Of Jesus Arrested In Russia – Former traffic officer Sergei Torop, AKA Vissarion, arrested in special operation in Siberia. [guardian]
This SA ‘Online Shopping Mall’ Is A Great Idea – If you want the feel of browsing at the mall, without actually having to put on ‘outside’ clothes, here’s a good place to start. [here]
Trump Is Still Downplaying COVID: ‘It Affects Virtually Nobody’ – Six months and 200,000 American deaths later, the president is telling his supporters that coronavirus is no big deal. [vice]
aQuellé Pulled From Shelves At Makro, Game – As Food Lover’s Also Cuts Ties – The mission is at the centre of a storm of allegations, published on News24, that some church members suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse. [businsider]
Kobe Bryant’s Widow Sues LA County Sheriff And Department For Crash Photo Leak – Eight deputies “pulled out their personal cell phones and snapped photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches”, the lawsuit states. [cnn]
You Should Be More Scared Of Facebook Than The COVID-19 Alert SA App – This application is designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by notifying you if you have come into contact with somebody that has tested positive for COVID-19. [mybb]
NASA Plans To Send First Woman To The Moon In 2024 – The space agency unveiled its Artemis Plan to reestablish a presence on the moon “in preparation for human exploration of Mars.” [huffpost]
Zondo Hears Of Zwane’s ‘Favoured’ Contractors And Ace’s Promises Of ‘Honey And Milk’ – He also heard testimony of former premier Ace Magashule’s going around the province promising “honey and milk” while the department’s budget suffered. [citizen]
Why We Get Wrinkles Around The Eyes And How To Fight Back – For those who have noticed an onset of wrinkles or a loss of skin definition, there’s a good chance that it’s situated around your eyes. [here]
Welcome To Woodstock 2020: Peace, Love . . . And Urban Exiles Fighting Over Real Estate – When the coronavirus walloped New York City, some urban residents, cooped up together, sought space, fresh air, and fewer people and covid-19 cases. [washpost]
German Prosecutors ‘Have Material Evidence That Madeleine McCann Is Dead’ – Public prosecutor’s admission follows searches in connection with key suspect in both Germany and Portugal this summer. [telegraph]
Luis Suarez Faces Investigation After ‘Cheating’ On Italian Citizenship Test – The Uruguayan international knew what was going to be in the paper and his mark had already been decided, prosecutors say. [sky]
‘I Look Back On It Now Like A Fan’ – Sir Paul McCartney speaks about the first time he met John Lennon and tells of how they ‘complemented each other’. [dmail]
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