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Veteran South African Maths And Science Teacher William Smith Dies At 85 – He has been lauded throughout his career as an exemplary figure in the education sector who broke boundaries, particularly during the apartheid era to extend his teaching across racial lines. [ewn]
Video Sextortion Guides And Manuals Found On TikTok And YouTube – Instructions show how to trick teenagers into sending intimate photos to blackmail them financially. [guardian]
Best Way To Avoid Paying Full Price For Netflix And Showmax In South Africa – South Africans can use rewards programmes and promotions from their bank to save up to 50% on streaming platforms like Showmax and Netflix. [mybroadband]
Canadian Freight Railroads Shut Down, Dealing A Potential Blow To North America’s economy – Canada’s two major freight railroads have shut their operations, according to management of the two companies, locking out 9,000 members of the Teamsters union who operate the trains and dealing a potential blow to both the Canadian and US economies. [cnn]
Divers Find Five Bodies In Wreck Of Sicily Yacht – Divers searching the wreckage of a superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers, and recovered four of them to shore. [bbc]
Andrew Tate’s Home Raided Amid New Claims Of Trafficking Minors – The new allegations come as the brothers await confirmation of when their Romanian trial will begin and as UK police also pursue a case against them. [sky]
South African Brands Leave People In Stitches With Social Media Banter – These page admins surprised everyone with this hilarious interaction. [jacarandafm]
Boko Haram Extortion Gang Is Fleecing Us And We Have The Receipts, Say Mamelodi Residents – The Boko Haram extortion syndicate operating in Mamelodi, Pretoria, has become so blatant it issues receipts to victims for “services” rendered. [news24]
South Africa’s Millionaire Private Education Bosses – Earning R61,000 A Day – Private school education is booming in South Africa, and the CEOs of South Africa’s biggest listed education groups are paid as much as R22.36 million, or R61,000 a day. [businesstech]
Starbucks New Boss Under Fire For 1,000-Mile Commute – The newly-announced boss of Starbucks, Brian Niccol, has come under fire after it was revealed that he will commute the almost 1,000 miles (1,600km) from his family home in Newport Beach, California to the firm’s headquarters in Seattle on a corporate jet. [bbc]
The Island That Is SA’s New Retirement Destination – Besides being a popular vacation spot for South Africans, Mauritius is also gaining popularity as a retirement choice. [thesouthafrican]
The 10 Most Expensive Cars Sold During Monterey Car Week, From A 1938 Alfa Romeo To A 1995 Ferrari – These leading lots helped push total sales to $371 million. [robbreport]
Salem’s Lot Lives! Inside The Retro Retelling Of Stephen King’s Vampire Story – Director Gary Dauberman, writer of It, explains how he made a ’70s-infused midnight movie out of the small-town saga. [vanityfair]
World’s ‘Largest Solar Precinct’ Approved By Australian Government – An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the 30 billion Australian dollar ($19 billion) project Wednesday. [ap]
Mogoeng Mogoeng Honours Raymond Zondo As He Retires From The Constitutional Court – In a moving tribute, former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Tuesday, August 19 honoured outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who has retired after a distinguished 12-year tenure at the Constitutional Court. [iol]
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