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Friday Morning Spice

'South Africa Is Not Going To Collapse' says cabinet, Michael Schumacher 'not close' to his old self, NASA's 36-page report on UFOs, Princess Diana’s 'Black Sheep' sweater sold for over $1 million, and Rassie is leaving the Springboks.

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SA Imported An Entire Eskom Power Station’s Worth Of Solar Panels – In Just 6 Months – South Africa quadrupled its solar panel imports from China in the first half of 2023 to 3.4GW – which, at peak production, amounts to nearly the generation capacity of Eskom’s Duvha or Matla power stations. [news24]

Denver Homeless Camp Features Pop-Up Bar With Rentable Prostitution Tents – A decked-out, open-air tavern for the homeless that also rents out tents for prostitution has popped up in downtown Denver, according to police. [nypost]

Residents Riled Up As CoCT Removes Illegal Power Connections – On Wednesday, Oasis Farm residents in Philippi tried to stop City of Cape Town (CoCT) officials from removing illegal power connections, resulting in the use of stun grenades to disperse the crowd. [capetownetc]

Princess Diana’s ‘Black Sheep’ Sweater Just Sold For Over $1 Million. Here’s Why It’s So Significant – a month before she donned her iconic bridal gown she donned a red, sheep-print sweater that became an indelible metaphor for her life as a royal. [time]

Total Power Grid Collapse Causes Nationwide Blackouts In Nigeria – While South Africa teeters on possible stage 7 and stage 8 load shedding, Nigeria’s power grid crashed completely on Thursday. [sapeople]

Three Real Madrid Players Arrested For Alleged Sexual Video Involving Minor – Unnamed reserve players held after Canary Islands incident. [guardian]

Victor Matfield Drops Bombshell: Rassie Erasmus Is Leaving The Springboks! – Springbok great Victor Matfield believes Rassie Erasmus will leave quit as SA Rugby Director of Rugby to take up a similar role in Ireland. [thesouthafrican]

‘South Africa Is Not Going To Collapse’ – Cabinet Allays Concerns Over Fiscal Constraints – Cabinet has moved to allay concerns over the country’s fiscal constraints after National Treasury issued a letter to national departments, provinces and public entities proposing radical cost-cutting measures due to a budget shortfall in the collection of revenue. [citypress]

Here Is NASA’s 36-Page Report Investigating UFOs – The space agency revealed the results of its independent investigation into UFOs on Thursday, and pledged to continue studying the phenomenon. [vice]

Man Arrested After Allegedly Touching Spanish Journalist’s Bottom Live On Air – Police in Spain arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault after he appeared to touch a TV journalist on the bottom as she was reporting live from the streets of Madrid. [cnn]

Satellite Images Show Flood Devastation That Killed More Than 11,000 In Libya – Images taken by satellite show the physical devastation from a flood that killed at least 11,300 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna. [ap]

Michael Schumacher ‘Not Close’ To His Old Self As Ex-Team-Mate Provides ‘Sad’ Update – Michael Schumacher’s former team-mate Johnny Herbert has admitted that the thought of the seven-time F1 champion ‘not close’ to his former self makes him ‘very sad’. [dailystar]

Trump Says It’s ‘Very Unlikely’ He’d Pardon Himself If Elected – In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former President Donald Trump said that in his final days in office, he told people, “The last thing I’d ever do is give myself a pardon.” [nbc]

Oppenheimers To Attend Buthelezi’s Funeral, Says His Son At MUT Service – Members of the Oppenheimer family will attend the funeral of IFP founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. [sowetan]

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