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Germany
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Thursday Morning Spice
15 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Major load shedding shift for South Africa, Cape Town enters its annual ‘no mow’ period, Trump suggests he’ll flee to Venezuela if Harris wins, Why Switzerland is home to the world’s most livable cities, and How to wean your toddler off a tablet.
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Thursday Morning Spice
04 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Gauteng announces minority govt after DA pulls out, Downpours damage Cape Town structures, Gayton McKenzie pledges his annual salary to Joshlin Smith Foundation, ‘Intergalactic Space Warrior’ challenging U.K.’s Rishi Sunak, and These taxpayers do not have to file a return in 2024.
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‘Extraordinary’ Newly-Deciphered Manuscript Details Story From Jesus’ Childhood
12 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The papyrus manuscript, which dates to the fourth or fifth century, was thought to be an insignificant piece of writing.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
21 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
A German coup plot, Seismic storm hits Italy’s Campi Flegrei super volcano, Ben Affleck has ‘come to his senses’, War crimes warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders, and Business reacts to Zuma’s ConCourt ruling.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
28 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton and George Harrison ‘love triangle’ letters up for auction, The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants, Six people arrested in connection with AKA murder, World’s first transparent laptop, Gauteng public hospitals phones cut off for unpaid bills, and Births in Japan hit record low.
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Germany Is Desperately Courting Skilled South Africans To Fill These High-Paying Jobs
05 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
These positions make a crash course in Deutsch well worth it.
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Meghan Markle’s Many 2023 Invictus Games Outfits, Adding Up To Almost R7 Million [Images]
20 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
While Meghan may be a divisive public figure, she clearly learned a thing or two about fashion in Hollywood.
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Evidence Found Of German Mass Execution By French Resistance After D-Day
18 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Archaeologists have found evidence of a mass execution of German prisoners who were forced to dig their own graves and then shot by the French Resistance a few days after D-Day, during World War Two.
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Holograms Replace Live Animals In This German Circus [Video]
13 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The circus stopped using lions and elephants in its shows in 1991, but it went further in 2018 and completely removed live animals from its programme.
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Germans Issue Arrest Warrant For Markus Jooste
21 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Both Europe and South Africa have unleashed criminal investigations into his shenanigans at Steinhoff, which resulted in a share-price collapse.
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The Phantom Of Heilbron – A Serial Killer Who Never Existed Was Hunted For Sixteen Years
02 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A woman’s DNA showed up at 40 different crime scenes in Germany, France, and Austria, prompting the police to admit the possibility of a female serial killer on the loose.
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Garden Gnomes Have A Surprisingly Dark History
13 Feb 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It would be considered animal cruelty by today’s standards, but back in jolly old-time England, the ‘garden hermits’ were often a strange mix of pet, confidant and servant to wealthy landowners.
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Woman Searches Instragram To Find And Kill Lookalike So She Can Fake Her Own Death
07 Feb 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The entire bloody affair sounds like the script for yet another Netflix series.
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German Reporter’s Muddy Lie Backfires Badly [Video]
27 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A German television presenter really dragged her name through the mud on Monday, when she was seen dirtying her clothes shortly before reporting on a deadly flood.
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The Hoff’s Daughter Is In The Latest Playboy
16 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
There’s a new curve model on the cover of Playboy, and it’s David Hasselhoff’s gorgeous daughter, Hayley.
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Four-Day Workweek Movement Is Really Gaining Traction
31 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
When it comes to how business hours are structured, times are changing, as companies all over the world take on the four-day workweek.
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Biggest Cocaine Bust In European History – Worth More Than $4 Billion
25 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Drug smugglers are a creative lot when it comes to hiding their product, but in this case, customs authorities in Germany and Belgium weren’t fooled.
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Screw The Mysterious Monolith, A 200kg Wooden Penis ‘Landmark’ Has Gone Missing From A German Mountaintop
02 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Yet another monument with mysterious origins has gone missing, only this time it was shaped like a penis.
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These German Couch Potato Ads Are Top Notch [Video]
17 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2020, being a hero means something very different to what it meant back in the day.
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Enjoy Berlin’s COVID-19 Ad Featuring A Senior Citizen Flipping The Bird
15 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Germany might not be too fond of the advert, but I reckon the elderly lady flipping anti-maskers the bird might put a smile on your face.
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Beer, A Set Of Teeth, And A Pram – Oktoberfest Sounds Like A Good Time
17 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Oktoberfest may have been cancelled this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce about some oddities from years gone by.
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Another Twist In The Naked Wild Boar Robbery Story
18 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Earlier this month, a German nudist got a little too close to nature for comfort, when a wild boar snatched his laptop bag and bolted.
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Autodiscos Are The New Way To Party During A Pandemic [Videos]
06 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Germans have found a way to maintain physical distancing while still partying hard during the cornavirus pandemic.
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Not Ideal: German Restaurant Mixes Up Dagga Cake With Funeral Cake
31 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A funeral in Germany ended on a high note when mourners were accidentally served hash cake after the service.
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Why Has Nobody Ever Told Us About German Finger Wrestling? [Video]
16 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
In Bavaria, men dressed in traditional garb square off against one another in one of the world’s strangest sporting events, ‘Fingerhakeln’.
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Speculation Over Cause Of Angela Merkel’s Body Shaking Footage [Video]
20 Jun 2019 by Carrie / 1 Comment
People have a lot of theories to account for why Chancellor Merkel was visibly shaking during a military ceremony.
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German Police Stumped By Crossbow Murder Case
14 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Three people were found dead, impaled by a crossbow, before two more bodies were found in a flat more than 650 kilometres away.
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No Great Surprises In The Latest ‘Motorcycle Of The Year’ Competition
07 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The results are in for ‘Motorcycle of the Year 2019‘, with the ‘scooter’ category dominated by a familiar favourite.
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These Are The Most Powerful Passports In The World
07 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Singapore used to hold the top spot for the nation with the most powerful passport in the world. They’ve now been knocked into second place.
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Video Inside The Faber-Castell Pencil Factory Is Strangely Satisfying
02 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Faber-Castell produces close to two billion pencils, across 120 different colours, every year. The process involved is rather satisfying to watch.
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