SA Reserve Bank Attaches Markus Jooste’s Hermanus House, Lanzerac – The SA Reserve Bank on Tuesday afternoon attached Markus Jooste’s mansion in Hermanus and the historic Lanzerac wine estate outside Stellenbosch. [n24]

Facebook Parent Meta Admits Defeat After $400 Million Giphy Deal Is Blocked By UK Regulators – Meta, the owner of Facebook, admitted defeat Tuesday after U.K. competition regulators issued a final verdict ordering the company to sell its animated image making unit Giphy. [cnbc]

SA’s Only Driver’s Licence Card Printing Machine Has Been Broken For Two Weeks – South Africa’s last functioning printing machine for driver’s licences has reportedly broken down again. [iol]

Nord Stream 1: First Underwater Images Reveal Devastating Damage – Underwater drone reveals long tears in seabed and 50 metres of pipeline missing with Danish police blaming ‘powerful explosions’. [guardian]

Tech Giant Tencent Was China’s Most Valuable Company. It Finally Lost The Title – To A Liquor Company – Once worth nearly $1 trillion, the gaming and internet giant’s worth now hovers at less than half of its peak market value. [busins]

Kevin Spacey Sobs On The Witness Stand – Denies Anthony Rapp’s claim and recalls ‘terrifying’ upbringing as son of a ‘neo-Nazi’ [nbc]

Who Could Replace Liz Truss As Prime Minister If She Is Ousted As Tory Leader? – Sky News looks at the runners and riders – and who is favourite for the job – after former chancellor George Osborne predicted Liz Truss will most likely be gone “before Christmas”. [sky]

Two Women Who Said “That ’70s Show” Actor Danny Masterson Raped Them Were Pressured By Scientology To Stay Quiet, Prosecutors Said – Masterson, a prominent Scientologist, is accused of violently raping three women who also belonged to the church. [bfn]

Court Hears Grim Details In Case Of Couple Accused Of Raping, Sexually Assaulting Their Children – A Gauteng couple is accused of allegedly raping and sexually assaulting their three children over three years. [n24]

No Place For Elton Jantjies In Boks Training Camp – Coach Jacques Nienaber names 26 players who will start preparing in Stellenbosch for the northern hemisphere tour. [buslive]

‘I Can No Longer Keep Quiet’: Top Economist Raises Alarm Bells Over Durban CBD Decay – One of South Africa’s foremost economists and jurists, Professor Bonke Dumisa, has raised alarm bells over the decay of the Durban inner city, saying he could no longer keep quiet. [iol]

Half Price Oysters In Cape Town – The sun is shining and the deck is pumping! Get down to Cafe du Cap in Newlands for fresh Knysna oysters! Half price Monday to Friday from 2pm to 6pm! [cafeducap]

We Will See The Return Of Capital Investment On A Massive Scale – Market strategist and historian Russell Napier warns of a 15- to 20-year phase of structurally elevated inflation and financial repression. He shares his views on how investors should prepare for this new world. [market]

Olivia Wilde And Jason Sudeikis Respond To ‘False’ Accusations From Former Nanny In Joint Statement – The former couple, who were together from 2011 until 2020 and share two children, spoke out on Monday in response to a story published by The Daily Mail. [cnn]

The Princess And The Shaman: The Romance Norway Doesn’t Love – Martha Louise, the divorced 51-year-old daughter of Norway’s king and queen, has rebuilt her life with Durek Verrett, a popular Hollywood spiritual guru. [enca]

Think You’re Browsing Privately Using Incognito? Google employees are laughing at you. [tech]

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