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Plettenberg Bay Airport Has Been Officially Reopened – With CemAir Flights Restarting Friday – CemAir which has a vested interest in the airport’s reopening reportedly spent R1 million on various upgrades. [businsider]

Illicit Cigarettes A Problem ‘Bigger’ Than SARS – Kieswetter – The track and trace project meant to clamp down on the illicit tobacco trade was stopped by SARS, as it did not address risks across the entire supply chain. [fin24]

Federal Judge Denies Trump’s Attempt To Withhold Records From January 6 Committee – The former Republican President filed his lawsuit last month in DC District Court, claiming executive privilege. [cnn]

SA Records 245 New Covid-19 Cases, 35 Deaths In 24 Hours – There were 245 new infections, of which 85 were in Gauteng. There were three provinces with more than 30 infections — the Western Cape (38), KwaZulu-Natal (37) and the Free State (34). [timeslive]

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai Gets Married In Small Ceremony – At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot during a campaign to increase girls’ schooling in Pakistan. [sky]

Alt Season: Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket – Within the span of two weeks, we’ve seen Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot break their all-time highs and explore previously uncharted price ranges. [here]

An Interview With A Runner Who Got Way Too High At The New York City Marathon – Though he still finished in the more than respectable time of three hours and 27 minutes, he says the experience was silly rather than serene. [vice]

NASA Delays Ambitious Human Lunar Landing To 2025 – NASA blames the delay on recent lawsuits over contracts for the agency’s lunar lander, as well as changes to the scope of some of NASA’s programs and the COVID-19 pandemic. [verge]

Anti-Vax Doctors Could Lose Their Licences, Says Regulator – Following complaints from the public, HPCSA launches probe into healthcare professionals who are against Covid jabs. [timeslive]

It Would Take One Min For Eskom’s System To Collapse, Resulting In Total Blackout – Professor Thinus Booysen has explained in much detail how the grid operates, and why a collapse could plunge the entire country into darkness for weeks. [ewn]

Consider Your Black Friday Rug Shopping Sorted – South African Black Friday discounts often pale in comparison to those on offer in the US. Looks like we’ve found a winner now, though. [here]

The Man Who Has Lived As A Hermit For 40 Years – For almost 40 years Ken Smith has shunned conventional life and lived without electricity or running water in a hand-made log cabin on the banks of a remote loch in the Scottish Highlands. [bbc]

Why Midlife Women Are Embracing The Nudity Trend – From naked gym sessions to quizzes baring all, nude music nights, gardening in the buff and naked tea parties, Zoom became a hub of apparel-free activity over the past 20 months. [tele]

Despite COP26 Pledges, World Still On Track For Dire Warming – Earth is on track to warm about 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit), eclipsing the world’s shared climate goal by a full degree. [washpost]

Cape Town Gets Ready For The Ultimate VR Gaming Destination – The HyperMAX VR Arcade boasts state of the art, top-tier Virtual Reality hardware, including the latest Oculus Quest 2 headsets shipped directly from the United States. [hypermax]

Squid Game To Return For Season Two, Creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk Says – Writer and director of Netflix sensation says he’s in ‘planning process’ for storyline of next instalment of bloody South Korean TV show. [guardian]

‘Strong’ Text From Prince Harry Upset Meghan’s Ailing Dad – Lawyers say Meghan Markle’s claims her dad ignored her in the fraught days before her wedding are false, as they seek to overturn a summary judgment issued this year. [dbeast]

Bella Hadid Posts Series Of Crying Photos, Details Mental Health Battle – Hadid has previously spoken about her struggles in the modelling industry, after having walked in the now-defunct Victoria’s Secret Runway Show for three years. [newsau]

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