Bushiri, Wife Stand To Lose Millions Of Rand, Aircraft, Property – Fugitives Shepherd and Mary Bushiri, who have already lost their combined R400 000 bail money and face the prospects of forfeiting their R5.5 million property at Midstream Estate, may also lose their luxury jet. [iol]

Pfizer And BioNTech Say Final Analysis Shows Coronavirus Vaccine Is 95% Effective With No Safety Concerns – A final analysis of the Phase 3 trial of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine shows it was 95% effective in preventing infections, even in older adults, and caused no serious safety concerns, the company said Wednesday. [cnn]

Naspers Invests R45 Million In Local Online Learning Platform – Listed multimedia group Naspers has invested R45 million into online learning platform, The Student Hub. [btech]

Lord Nelson Statue Removed From Barbados Square – The statue is the latest in a number of monuments around the world to be removed because of links with colonialism. [sky]

CNN’s List Of World’s Most Beautiful Micro-Homes Features Jozi Gem – Tiny living has really taken off over the past few years, as people perfect the art of downscaling with expertly and beautifully designed micro-homes. [here]

Middleman In Taliep Petersen Murder Released On Parole After Serving Minimum Sentence – Abdoer Raasiet Emjedi, one of the people convicted of the murder of theatre legend Taliep Petersen, has been released from prison as he had already served his minimum detention period, the Department of Correctional Services said on Wednesday. [n24]

Boeing 737 Max Is Cleared By F.A.A. To Fly Again – The U.S. agency said changes in software, design and training had made the plane safe to operate after two fatal crashes and 20 months out of service. [nyt]

No Matter What Lawsuits He May File, President Trump Is An Epic Loser – Everyone who knows election law is on the same page at this point — Trump has not only lost the election at the ballot box, but also in the court room [rollsto]

Recusal Judgment Delayed As Jacob Zuma Tables New Details Of ‘Friendship’ With Judge Zondo – ‘In fact, we met even after you were appointed to chair the State Capture Commission.’ [mav]

Spar Profits From Changes To Shopper Behaviour In South Africa – The Spar Group on Wednesday (18 November), reported a 13.5% increase in turnover for the the year ended September 2020, as consumers supported local and convenient retailers amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and resulting lockdown periods in its various markets. [btech]

‘We Feared The Worst In Zimbabwe, But Covid Never Really Arrived – And We’re Not Sure Why’ – Dr Alex Stevenson from Harare struggles to explain why Zimbabwe was spared – and urges Britons to visit when restrictions are lifted. [tele]

Tesla To Join The S&P 500 Index – S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Tesla will join the S&P 500 index, a major boost for CEO Elon Musk and his shareholders. [ceo]

‘Myst’ (Yes, That ‘Myst’) Is Coming Back As An Oculus VR Game In December – If you fell in love with Myst back in 1993 and want to feel like you’re really part of that strange, haunting world, it’s coming to VR very soon. [mash]

Local Suburban Banker Rocks Spotify – The year will be gone before we blink. And yes, we’re all dealing with more than we could imagine. Between COVID-19 and a new US president, let alone the local carnival of local politics, it is hard to escape the chaos. And so we turn to music. [2ov]

The New Apple Mac Reviews Are In – Apple recently unveiled the new generation of Macs in an event titled ‘One More Thing’. It was really three things, because the company unleashed the new MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro, and the Mac mini. [here]

An Unexplained Repeating Radio Signal Is Coming From Inside Our Galaxy, Scientists Discover – It turns out that the first fast radio burst (FRB) ever found in the Milky Way is not a one-off. [vice]

Quentin Tarantino To Write Novelisation Of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Film director signs two-book deal, for novel of his 2019 film and a ‘deep dive’ into 1970s cinema. [guardian]

Bark, The Herald Angels Sing: A ‘First Ever’ Christmas Song For Dogs Has Been Released – Hearing the same holiday music over and over and over again, every year, has, until now, been solely a human struggle. [cnn]

Petra Ecclestone’s Ex-Husband James Stunt, 38, And His New Lover Helena Robinson, 24 – Will face jury trial for possessing cocaine and assault charges. [dm] 

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