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SA Roads Are Vanishing As Trucks Run Riot – In just a few short months, the R33 between Piet Retief and Vryheid has been chewed up and spat out. As they navigate the road marked by grave-sized potholes, motorists would be forgiven for thinking they had crossed over into a war-torn territory. [news24]
Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Takes Firm Stance On Lewis Hamilton’s F1 Future Amid Latest Ferrari Rumours – Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has downplayed rumours linking Lewis Hamilton with a sensational switch to Ferrari, declaring “none of this is true”. [crash.net]
Attack On Russian Soil Sparks Anger, Confusion In Moscow – The images are arresting: Russian fighters aligned with Ukraine crossing the border into Russia’s Belgorod region, seizing a checkpoint and sowing confusion and anger in Moscow. [cnn]
South African Crowned Best Coach In URC – The Glasgow Warrior’s South African boss Franco Smith has been named the Vodacom URC Coach of the Season for 2022/23. [sapeople]
China’s Tesla Is Launching In South Africa With An Electric Car That Offers Load-Shedding Backup – Chinese automotive giant Build Your Dreams (BYD) is launching its compact electric crossover — the BYD Atto 3 — in South Africa. [mashable]
School Dormitory Fire Deliberately Set By Student Upset Her Phone Was Confiscated, Says Official – The victims were all girls aged 12 to 18 from remote villages, except for a five-year-old son of the school’s house mother. They became trapped as the building burned. [sky]
Great-Grandmother Who Was Hit By Duchess Of Edinburgh’s Royal Escort Dies – A beloved great-grandmother from England who was hospitalized after she was hit by a police motorcycle escorting Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh earlier this month has died from her injuries, according to family members. [nypost]
Inside The World Of Dark Romance, Where Serial Killer Is The New Sexy – Even though we’re in the post-#MeToo era, the women who read dark romance—because its readers are largely women—adore it. [vice]
Driver Who Crashed Near White House Told Officials He Was Prepared To Kill Biden And ‘Seize Power’ – Sai Varshith Kandula, of suburban St. Louis, allegedly told authorities he admires Nazis and had planned the attack for six months. [nbc]
Cholera In South Africa: A Symptom Of Two Decades Of Sewage Pollution And Neglect – Country cannot afford continued dysfunction of municipalities and wastewater treatment works. [timeslive]
Madeleine McCann Cops Found Photos In Suspect’s Home Leading To New Reservoir Search – Christian Brueckner, who was identified as the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, is currently in a German jail for a rape he committed in Portugal in 2005. [mirror]
Paul Simon Says Hearing Loss May Stop Him From Touring Ever Again – Simon revealed in a British interview that he suddenly lost hearing in his left ear. [huffpost]
Bo-Kaap Civic Excited By Possible Development Of Strand Street Quarry – Key stakeholders have already held meetings about the intention to develop the site into a sports complex with tourism activities. [capetalk]
New York’s Skyscrapers Are Causing It To Sink – The ground under New York City is sinking partly due to the sheer mass of all its buildings – and it isn’t the only coastal city to be suffering this fate. As sea levels also rise to meet these concrete jungles, can they be saved? [bbc]
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