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SPOTTED In Cape Town: 3.57kg Tubs Of Hellmann’s Mayonnaise – Massive 3.57kg tubs of Hellmann’s mayonnaise have been SPOTTED at a popular deli in Green Point, Cape Town. What you gonna do about it? [southafrican]

Mr. President, Drop The Empty Promises And Get Real, Yearns South Africa Ahead Of SONA – President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his seventh State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening amid grim concerns about the country’s future. [news24]

Sona 2023: Road Closures To Take Note Of – For motorists, residents and pedestrians affected by the event, here are the road closures they can expect. [capetalk]

Dutch Probe Implicates Putin In 2014 Downing Of Malaysian Passenger Jet – Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday that it was likely that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a decision to supply long-range antiaircraft missiles systems to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. [washingtonpost]

Open Letter To Ramaphosa, COCT Seeks To Control Energy, Policing, Rail Services – Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says President Cyril Ramaphosa must use his State of the National Address to effect change. [ewn]

$120bn Wiped Off Google After Bard AI Chatbot Gives Wrong Answer – Company’s answer to Microsoft’s ChatGPT AI falls at the first hurdle. [telegraph]

Major Government Website Outage — Home Affairs, Police, And National Treasury Sites Offline – Several of South Africa’s government websites with the gov.za domain are down and return DNS address and timeout errors when trying to access them. [mybroadband]

Harry And Meghan’s Big TV Plans Show Embarrassing U-Turn – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made a drastic departure from what they promised and it shows an embarrassing U-turn. [news.au]

Comic Con Comes To Cape Town In April 2023 – Cape Town will host the first-ever 4-day festival featuring the best in gaming, esports, cosplay, international celebs, and more. [capetalk]

Joburg Metal Thieves Now Targetting The City’s Traffic Lights – The Johannesburg Roads Agency says copper thieves are now targeting traffic lights. [news24]

Twitter Outage Sees Users Told They Are Over Daily Tweet Limit – Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday after the website experienced technical problems. [bbc]

Zoom Is Laying Off 1,300 Employees, CEO Taking 98 Percent Pay Cut – The company is reducing its workforce by approximately 15 percent. [mashable]

Teen Tourist Could Face Execution By Firing Squad In Bali For Alleged Drug Smuggling – Brazilian Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias, 19, was found with 3kg of cocaine in her luggage after landing in Bali on January 27 but claims she was tricked into importing the drug haul by a gang. [nypost]