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SA Business And Eskom On Track To End Load Shedding Permanently – ‘We’ve got to keep this momentum going because we have to unlock business confidence to reinvigorate business investment, international pipeline investment and then job creation,’ says James Mackay, CEO of the Energy Council of South Africa. [moneyweb]
Time Is Running Out For One Of England’s Oldest And Most Exclusive Rivalries – Never is that collision between the old and new more evident than when Lord’s, the self-styled “home” of cricket and one of its most prestigious grounds, hosts the annual schoolboys fixture Eton vs. Harrow. [cnn]
There’s A New Royal GF On The Scene And She’s A Nurse – Peter Phillips has a new girlfriend and nurse Harriet Sperling has not only met Queen Camilla—she has met his kids too. [dailybeast]
Five Saffas To Tee It Up At PGA Championship Alongside Tiger Woods – Five South Africans will tee it up in this week’s PGA Championship starting at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky, USA, on Thursday. [iol]
SA Needs Around 100 000 Affordable Homes A Year To Keep Up With Population Growth – A widening housing backlog, against a backdrop of a need for 100 000 new affordable units a year, means there’s no danger of the market becoming saturated, says Calgro M3. [news24]
‘I’ve Always Wanted One Of These’: Timothy Spall Picks Up Best Actor, As Full List Of Bafta Winners Revealed – ‘Succession’ took home just one award for its final season, while the total absence of ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ was addressed on stage. [independent]
British Man Arrested For Fake One-Star Restaurant Reviews In Thailand – The 21-year-old allegedly sought revenge after being banned from taking a short-cut through the eaterie on the island of Phuket. [telegraph]
Cubic Millimetre Of Brain Mapped In Spectacular Detail – Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features. [nature]
‘I Love Joshlin,’ Mom In The Dock Says – The mother of a missing Saldanha Bay child says she had a “nice” Mother’s Day on Sunday despite being in custody, and she “loves Joshlin”. [timeslive]
What Parents Of Tweens And Teens Need To Know About BookTok – BookTok can be great for young readers, but some of the recommended content can be explicit and violent. [mashable]
Universal Basic Income Grant: What Should A Payment System Look Like? – South Africa can learn from Brazil. [groundup]
Texas Man Reclaims World’s Oldest Skydiver Record At 106 Years Old – Alfred ‘Al’ Blaschke, who first broke the Guinness World Record for at 103 in 2020, reached an altitude of 9,000ft in November. [guardian]
Oprah Winfrey Says Participating In ‘Diet Culture’ Is ‘One of My Biggest Regrets’ – She cited her 1988 on-air “wagon of fat” demonstration as a mistake, adding that she now wants to ”do better”. [people]
Jerry Seinfeld Duke University Walkout Video Goes Viral – Students began to leave their seats as the comedian was introduced by the university president, Vincent Price, on Sunday. [newsweek]
