Outrage And Hope As ICC Issues Warrants For Netanyahu, Gallant And Deif – The International Criminal Court said it had sufficient reason to seek the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Deif on war crimes and crimes against humanity. [news24]
‘Obscene’: Anger After Cost Of King Charles’s Coronation Revealed – The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. [guardian]
Vaal Dam Boats Stuck In Mud As Water Level Drops To A Fraction Over 30% Full – Has somebody pulled the plug on the Vaal Dam? No, but it does need some serious topping up. [timeslive]
The Rise And Fall Of Matt Gaetz In Eight Wild Days – Eight tumultuous days after US President-elect Donald Trump picked Matt Gaetz to be attorney general, the firebrand congressman has withdrawn from consideration for the post. [bbc]
Private Equity Company Buys Three South African Fibre Networks – The Competition Commission has approved the deal for Infinite Partners’ Core Equity Fund and Co-Investment firms to acquire Evotel, Link Layer, Magnolia Tree, and Net99, without conditions. [mybroadband]
Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Publicly Sparring Over Trump – What could be behind Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ public back-and-forth on X over President-elect Donald Trump. [cnn]
Extortionist Demands 30% Cut From Rescuers At Stilfontein Mine – North West police are investigating allegations of extortion after one person attempted to elicit a 30% cut from a team of rescuers deployed by Police Minster Senzo Mchunu at the Stilfontein gold mine. [news24]
Jeep Prices Have Gone Through The Roof. Buyers Are Bailing And Dealers Are Furious – sales have fallen steadily from the 2020 peak as a result and are down another 21% so far this year. [cnn]
Capetonians Can Breathe Easy, City Of Cape Town Electricity Meters Not Impacted By November Deadline – The City of Cape Town has announced its prepaid electricity meter updates are done and its customers will not be impacted by the looming end of November deadline. [iol]
Three Mystery Whales Have Each Spent $10 Billion-Plus On Nvidia’s AI Chips So Far This Year – Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang doesn’t have any real competition in the market for AI training chips. [fortune]
Hapless Wales In Springbok Crosshairs, Facing Winless Year – Rarely can two national coaches head into a Test match on the back of such varying form as Wales’ under-fire Warren Gatland and South Africa’s Rassie Erasmus. [jacarandafm]
Kloof Road Repairs Scheduled For 2025 Amid Environmental Processes – The City of Cape Town has confirmed plans to begin repair work on a critical section of Kloof Road in late 2025, following extensive environmental and geotechnical assessments. [capetownetc]
Local Leaders Oppose The Registration Of Foreign-Owned Spaza Shops – Food poisoning deaths spark tensions as officials defy Ramaphosa’s order to register foreign-owned spaza shops nationwide. [citizen]
Why Almost Sleeping At The Gym Can Make You Happier – Virgin Active South Africa is flipping the script on what it means to be ‘fit’ by rebranding from a conventional gym to a Social Wellness Club – because who said wellness had to be boring? [2ov]
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