King Charles Offers Unsettling Health Update Amid Cancer Treatment – The 75-year-old monarch only recently returned to his royal duties after announcing he was diagnosed with cancer. [parade]
DA Says It Is Ready To Fight NHI All The Way To ConCourt – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intention to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law on Wednesday is a destructive move before the elections born out of fear about how the ANC will fare at the polls, says DA leader John Steenhuisen. [timeslive]
Patient Who Underwent Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant Dies Weeks After Groundbreaking Procedure – A 62-year-old man who underwent the world’s first pig-to-human kidney transplant has died. [iol]
Johannesburg Businessman Ordered To Pay R500,000 For ‘Unrepentant’ Use Of K-Word Slurs – Johannesburg businessman Willem Ackerman has been ordered to pay R500 000 for using the K-word several times. [news24]
Melinda French Gates Resigns From The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – She is stepping down on June 7 with a $12.5 billion agreement that she will use for future projects independent of the charity. [semafor]
Scientists Say They’ve Discovered A ‘Phonetic Alphabet’ In Whale Calls – They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale communication by analyzing thousands of recorded sequences of sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence. [cnn]
Rap Royalty Skepta Announces First Full Collection With PUMA, Inspired By Naughties Nostalgia [Images] – This collab is a match made in heaven, and we know we’re not alone when we say we could listen to Skepta talk about shoes all day in that lilting accent. [20v]
SA Cinema House Uses Clothing, Grocery Discounts In Bid To Lure Moviegoers – Discount rewards for a wide range of daily essentials and luxuries including leisure and travel used to entice moviegoers. [sundaytimes]
NJ Mom Stabbed By Crazed Teen On Magic Mushrooms Reveals His Chilling Final Words – A New Jersey mom stabbed by a random teen who was high on magic mushrooms has revealed the terrifying last words he said to her before he plunged a huge knife into her chest. [nypost]
A Halle Berry Butt Pic Was Posted By Her Partner For Mother’s Day, And The Comments Section Is Wild – People celebrate Mother’s Day in a myriad of ways. [cinemablend]
Coastal Communities On The Frontline Of The Climate Crisis – This series of photo essays explores the relationships between the people living in various coastal communities and the ocean, in each of South Africa’s coastal provinces. [dailymaverick]
On Instagram, A Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations For Sex With A 5-Year-Old – Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted sex offenders inquired about a child model. [newyorktimes]
Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd: ‘If I Wanted The Real People To Be Found, I Would’ve Made A Documentary’ – Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, the comedian says he’ll stop pleading with internet sleuths trying to find the real people who inspired the show as ‘I’m almost adding to it’. [guardian]
An Astronomer Says He Knows Why Aliens Haven’t Contacted Us Yet – It’s “sort of morbid,” he says. [popularmechanics]
