Thursday, January 9, 2025

Tuesday Morning Spice

The man who paints trees to combat bark stripping, Hundreds of Venus flytraps stolen from conservation land, Kimberley has lost it’s sparkle, and Cape Town projects still halted as mafias intimidate contractors.

Wednesday Morning Spice

Travel agent’s R460 000 ticket ‘bungle’ leaves SA U20 ice hockey team scrambling, Vatican sentences priest and ex-altar server In first-of-its-kind case, ‘Oppenheimer’ leads Oscar contenders with 13 nominations, Bad news for DStv, and ‘Betterment burnout’ is making us miserable.

Thursday Morning Spice

Apple overtakes Samsung, Emma Stone defends ‘honest’ sex scenes, Firewall change takes down SAPS network, Rand hits over R19 to the dollar, and LIFT named ‘best new airline brand’ by Global Brands Magazine.

The Oscars Winners List Just Makes Sense

The film full of google eyes, bagel black holes, butt plugs, and sausage fingers landed seven Oscars awards, including best picture, beating all the other nominees by a good stretch.

Wednesday Morning Spice

Ramaphosa still dithering while Rome burns, Unemployment rate eases a fraction, Oscars ‘Slap Crises Team’ is a joke, Ghislaine Maxwell appeals conviction, Choccies for breakfast, Ukraine gets a Banksy stamp to annoy Putin, Missing Brazilian’s remains found in shark, and a deadly train derailment in Greece.

Thursday Morning Spice

De Ruyter jumps Eskom ship amidst political meddling, International hockey coming to Cape Town, SAA gets another R1bn, Clinton Aide with Epstein ties found dead, Wild species saved from ‘food list’, Liam Neeson and the uncomfortable interview, and the Oscars absurd plan to avoid another onstage slap.

Apple Has A $120m Will Smith Headache

Apple envisioned that ‘Emancipation’, a film featuring Will Smith as an escaped slave during the Civil War era, would be an Oscar contender. Then came that slap.

Full List Of 2022 Oscar Nominations

Netflix’s ‘Power Of The Dog’ landed a very solid 12 nominations, while there were surprise snubs for Lady Gaga and ‘House of Gucci’.