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Marianne Faithfull Death: Leading Light Of The Swinging Sixties Dies Aged 78 – The singer and actor made headlines for her romance with Mick Jagger but proved herself as an artist in her own right, as well as a survivor who prevailed over tabloid scrutiny, addiction, an eating disorder and cancer. [independent]
Power To Cost 12.7% More, As Nersa Rejects Eskom’s 36% Request – Complaints by citizens about having to choose between buying food and power due to the high price of electricity is one of the reasons the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) rejected Eskom’s request for a 36% hike. [sowetan]
St Kitts And Nevis Find 13 Decomposing Bodies In Boat Adrift In Caribbean – Discovery by coast guard comes five days after skiff containing five bodies found near Trinidad and Tobago. [guardian]
Chinese Influence Operation Urged Spaniards To ‘Overthrow The Government’, Intelligence Firm Claims – Intelligence firm Graphika said a Beijing-linked campaign known as “Spamouflage” spread disinformation about Spain’s deadly floods last year. [euronews]
‘We Are Earning Peanuts’: SANDF Troops In DRC Say They’re Demoralised By Low Danger Pay – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed in the DRC have complained about the incentives being paid to them by the South African government, arguing that their counterparts in the region received far better incentives when deployed to a foreign country. [iol]
Combative Trump Blames Diversity Policies After Air Tragedy – The US president speculated that lowered standards of hiring for air traffic controllers in the Federal Aviation Administration during the Joe Biden and Barack Obama presidencies may have been a factor in the disaster. [bbc]
Almost 136 000 Babies – Many In SA – May Be Born With HIV By May Due To New Policy – Almost 136 000 babies are expected to be born with HIV in the next three months, mostly in Africa, because of the Trump administration’s “stop work order” on foreign assistance, according to a top research foundation. [news24]
Emilia Pérez Star Karla Sofía Gascón Apologizes After Sparking Outrage For Posts About Islam – A sample translated message posted on Gascón’s personal account (and subsequently deleted): “I’m sorry, is it just my impression or is there more Muslims in Spain? Every time I go to pick up my daughter from school there are more women with their hair covered and their skirts down to their heels. Next year instead of English we’ll have to teach Arabic.” [vanityfair]
Cape Town: Affordable Housing To Be Built In Sea Point – The Western Cape government is to use part of the contested Tafelberg site in Sea Point for affordable housing. [moneyweb]
More Than $200 Million Worth Of Stolen Paintings Secured By French Authorities – A stolen trove of Russian avant-garde masterpieces includes works by Malevich and Kandinsky. [artnet]
Warning Over Medical Aid Tax Credits, Wealth Tax And More In South Africa – The 2025 Budget Speech is fast approaching, and South Africans have only a few days left to make their formal submissions to the National Treasury on what they want to gain from it. [businesstech]
The Case Of The Radical ‘Zizian’ Vegan Trans Cult And The Shooting Death Of Border Patrol Agent – The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country. [nypost]
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