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Monaco’s Princess Charlene To Avoid Public Duties, As Palace Cites Ill Health – The palace said Charlene, a former Olympian, would convalesce in a secret location and that she would only resume her public duties once her health allowed it. [cnn]
Load Shedding: South Africa Teeters On The Brink As Five Generating Units Collapse – Eskom has warned that there is a risk the country could experience another bout of load-shedding after the failure of five generating units. [mg]
Dad ‘Saved Daughter’s Life’ By Hugging Her During Plane Crash – And She Was The Only Survivor – Mike Perdue’s wife and family friend say he died saving his daughter’s life in a light-commuter plane crash near Beaver Island on Saturday. [sky]
Meta Goes Into Lockdown – After a flood of leaks, the company formerly known as Facebook is getting more secretive. [verge]
Convicted Child Rapist Re-Elected Kannaland’s Mayor, With Convicted Fraudster As His Deputy – The Kannaland municipal council on Tuesday re-elected a convicted rapist as its mayor, and a convicted fraudster as his deputy, with the support of the ANC. [news24]
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Inside Austria’s ‘Apartheid Lockdown’: Huge Queues To Get Jabbed, While The Unvaccinated Sneak Around – Locals have characterised the harsh new restrictions as ‘stupid’, while police have struggled to enforce the measures. [tele]
Ex-White House Staffer Infuriates Trump With Claim That He Admitted Election Loss – Former communications director Alyssa Farah detailed how the former president began to embrace the big lie. [huffpost]
‘Where’s The Scam?’ – Inside The Viral ‘Plant A Tree’ Instagram Trend – Plant A Tree Co is what happens when Gen Z hustle culture collides with vapid social media activism. [vice]
Court Grants Media Houses Access To Jacob Zuma’s Tax Records – The high court ruled that Sars must supply the Financial Mail and amaBhungane with Zuma’s tax records for the years between 2010 and 2018 within 10 days. [timeslive]
Rare Case Of Woman’s Body Ridding Itself Of HIV – Doctors believe the patient’s immune system cleared the virus on its own. Tests on more than a billion of her cells found no viable trace of the infection. [bbc]
Elon Musk Sells Another $930 Million In Tesla Shares As He Continues His Sale Streak – Musk still has millions of stocks options he needs to exercise before their expiry next August. [businsider]
While Inflation Eats Your Wealth, Can Cryptocurrencies Save The Day? – People don’t realise the far-reaching effects inflation can have on your financial situation and how hard it can make it for you to grow your wealth. [here]
England Scrum Coach Backs ‘Fight Club’ To Tackle South Africa’s ‘Bomb Squad’ – Matt Proudfoot worked under Rassie Erasmus at 2019 World Cup. [guardian]
FIFA Agree To Look Into Penalty Incident That Ended Bafana’s World Cup Hopes – Report – Ghana won the game thanks to a dubious penalty, which resulted in the South African Football Association requesting FIFA look into the matter. [iol]
Will The Queen Ever Live At Buckingham Palace Again? – Winston Churchill forced her to move into Buckingham Palace in 1953. COVID gave her cover to move to Windsor. Few expect the queen to spend a night at her iconic London home again. [dbeast]
Shia LaBeouf Steps Out Dressed As Monk In Bizarre New Photos – The actor has stayed out of the limelight following shocking abuse claims by his now ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs. [newsau]
‘We Know This Girl Gets F****d’ – Emily Ratajkowski reveals vile comment made by male casting agent about her when she was a teen and claims she was branded ‘too sexy’ aged 13. [dmail]
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