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Nigeria Overtakes South Africa To Become Africa’s Largest Economy – After months of delays and mounting anticipation, Nigeria’s economy has been officially “rebased”. It is now worth $510bn (2013 figures) – an 89% rise, far in excess of analysts’ predictions. Nigeria is now Africa’s largest economy, pushing South Africa to a distant second place. [guardian]

MH370: “Miracles Do Happen”– Malaysia’s transport minister has said, after underwater sounds detected by a ship are found to be consistent with an aircraft’s black box, said he was unable to rule out that some of its passengers remained alive. [newsau]

Peaches Geldof Dead At 25 – ‘No drugs and no suicide note’: Police say death of Peaches Geldof at 25 is not suspicious as father Bob pays heart-breaking tribute to ‘the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of us all’ [dm]

Dewani Handed Over To SA Officials, Heading To Cape Town – Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani left the United Kingdom on Monday night for South Africa, where he is expected to appear in court on Tuesday, the British Press Association reported. [n24]

India Election: Largest Vote Ever With Some 814 Million People Eligible – Indians are set to vote in the world’s biggest general election, with the ruling Congress party pitted against the Hindu nationalist BJP opposition. [bbc]

Uber To Test Courier Service In New York City – Uber isn’t just for rides anymore — at least if you live in New York. The ride-sharing startup plans to begin testing an on-demand delivery service in New York City on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. The new service will be called UberRUSH, according to CNBC, and charges between $15 and $30 for couriers to deliver objects for users by foot or bicycle. [mash]

Oscar Wakes Up Smelling Blood – “You are the first people I think of when I wake up and the first people I pray for. “Mr and Mrs Steenkamp, I want to take this opportunity to say that I am sorry. There is not a moment since this tragedy that I have not thought of you. I can’t imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that I have caused you and your family.” [timeslive]

Naspers Shares Drop 5.8% – Naspers’ shares shed 5.8% to R1 041.30, making it the biggest decliner on the Top-40 index. Tencent shares lost 4.5% after a recent sell-off in Internet-related stocks on Wall Street. [f24]

Kim Dotcom Faces Massive Lawsuit By Big-Name Hollywood Studios – Six major Hollywood film studios have filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against Kim Dotcom and his now defunct file-sharing website, Megaupload. [guardian]

UCT Win Epic Varsity Cup Final – UCT have scored three tries in the last five minutes to beat NWU-Pukke 39-33 in Potchefstroom and claim their second Varsity Cup title. [s24]

Adobe Brings Lightroom Photo Editing And Sync To The iPad – Adobe is today introducing Lightroom mobile, an iPad version of its powerful desktop photo editing and organizing app. Lightroom mobile can be used on its own, but it’s really built to be a portable extension of Lightroom 5. [verge]

Kim Kardashian Posts Google Images Of Thailand – Kim Kardashian has done it again; deceived her fans into believing she was at a picturesque beach in Thailand, when in fact she wasn’t at all. [radar]

HBO’s Game of Thrones Gets Record Viewership – About 6.6 million people tuned in last night to watch the Season 4 premiere, making it HBO’s largest audience since the screen fell dark on Tony Soprano over the dulcet tones of “Don’t Stop Believin'” back in 2007. No wonder HBO Go crashed. [time]

GIRLS: How To Fix That Broken Powder Compact – You girls ever drop your makeup powder compact and lose it all on the ground? It never goes back nicely does it? This is how you fix it. [youtube]

Slice Of Life – Cape Town (Part 4) – The store manager at Me Me Me on Long Street happended to walk in whilst I was trying on the most divine animal floor-length skirt the other day. [pyc]

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Deals we think you’ll dig.. 

There are a number of ongoing deals setup at our various exclusive partners. We get emailed regularly to remind the readers about these various discounts and specials. They’re all pretty fantastic and worth knowing about – so we thought we would leave them here, out of your way at the bottom of the Morning Spice, should you ever need to find the one you’re looking for 😉

Takealot Have A 30% Discount Promo Code For beats by dre Headphones! All you need to do is find the products (keep reading to do that), and nail the following voucher code when you check out. Click to see. [check it out]

Get R150 Off Your First Uber Ride – If you haven’t tried Uber yet, you’re making a mockery of yourself. Stop riding cheap unreliable taxis with drivers who don’t know if they’re coming or going. Give yourself the private driver treatment with Uber and get R180 off your first ride! Sign up and boom, you’re done! [check it out]

Eat Fresh And Save Time – Every week DailyDish delivers the exact ingredients you need + recipes for four amazing meals. Stop killing yourself shopping for food in the week. Now you can just do the fun part – cooking and eating! [check it out]

R2,999 / Month For A Brand New MINI – The product range at MINI is diverse, to say the least. That’s why we’ve managed to structure a special deal for those of you desperate to join the MINI family, but are struggling to pull it together. [check it out]

Affordable Cane Furniture – If you’re buying cane or wicker furniture anywhere else, you’re wasting a lot of time and money. These guys import direct from Malawi. Hand-Made cane furniture – buy online and have it delivered! [canefurniturecapetown]

50% Off At Grootbos Private Luxury Lodge, Just 2 Hours Out Of Cape Town – Finally the last minute deal returns! If you book at Grootbos within 48 hours of arrival, you get 50% off your booking. That’s a VERY healthy discount – especially for a 5-star luxury surrounded by the splendour of nature. [check it out]

First Month Storage Space Only R1 At Stor-Age – Whether you need a locker for a bicycle or a garage for your house contents, Stor-age has the space you need. And they’re offering a special R1 for the first month deal – no strings attached! You can take you stauff out after one month – no problem! [check it out]

Case Of Pierre Jourdan MCC for Only R600 – For something that usually sells in high-end restaurants for R250+ it’s nice to know you can order Pierre Jourdan Cuvee  Brut for only R100 a bottle. [check it out]

If You’re Paying Full Price For A New Car You’re A Fool – Anyone looking for any model of new car should be aware that 7days makes it their business to squeeze every last possible discount out of car dealers around the country. [check it out]

 

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