Zimbabwe Is First African Country To Approve Injectable HIV Prevention Drug – Zimbabwe has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, the first for Africa. [afrinews]
Markus Jooste’s Mysterious R75 Million Hermanus Bond Whammy – The company that owns the seaside mansion in Hermanus where former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has been living, unexpectedly secured a R75-million bond with a trust in the name of Tekkie Town founder Braam van Huyssteen in December 2021, documents show. [n24]
Eskom Announces Stage 3 Load Shedding Until Further Notice – South Africans are once again plunged into darkness as power utility Eskom announced on Thursday morning it would be implementing Stage 3 load shedding until further notice. [iol]
Liam Gallagher Claims ‘Angry Squirt’ Noel ‘Blocked’ Use Of Oasis Songs In Forthcoming Documentary – Singer tweets that brother is ‘a horrible little man’ for preventing the band’s music from appearing in Knebworth 22. [guardian]
Chinese Capital Steps Up COVID Measures As Cases Quadruple – China’s capital, Beijing, has dialled up measures to stop COVID, strengthening public checks and locking down some residential compounds after a quadrupling of its case load in recent weeks, just as a key Communist Party congress entered full swing. [reuters]
Soon You’ll Be Able To Schedule Posts On Instagram – Instagram is testing a new feature again. But this one actually seems pretty nice. [mash]
Powerful American Military Equipment Caught En Route To Russia – A high-precision grinding machine system manufactured in Connecticut that is banned from being exported to Russia due to its potential application in nuclear proliferation and defense programs has been intercepted in Latvia before it was to be shipped to Russia. [dbeast]
South African Purchases Historic New York Apartment For Around R1 Billion After Viewing Property Over FaceTime – A South African buyer recently purchased a historic property in the upper east side of Manhattan, New York, for a staggering $57 million (about R1 billion). [iol]
New Footage Shows Gabby Petito Shopping With Brian Laundrie Hours Before Murder – In newly unearthed footage shared by Fox News Digital, Gabby Petito, whose story gripped the world, is seen pulling up to a Whole Foods with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, just hours before her death. [n24]
Dame Judi Dench Makes Royal Fuss Over ‘The Crown’, Calling Netflix Hit “Crude Sensationalism” – Judi Dench might be a Dame, and she’s portrayed real-life queens of England in several films, but she apparently isn’t a big fan of The Crown. [dline]
Anna Faris Accuses Ghostbusters Director Ivan Reitman Of Abusive Behaviour On Film Set – In a podcast, Faris said Reitman’s ‘reign of terror’ on the set of My Super Ex-Girlfriend, which included yelling at her and slapping her, left her angry and humiliated. [guardian]
Genetic Insights Into The Social Organization Of Neanderthals – Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population history and relationship to modern humans, but the social organization of Neanderthal communities remains poorly understood. [nature] Some light reading..
Meta Has Developed An AI Translator For A Primarily-Spoken Language – It only translates between Hokkien and English for now, but offers potential for thousands of languages without official written systems. [mash]
Emily Ratajkowski Puts On A Cheeky Display – In her new Inamorata swimwear [dm]
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