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Apple Overtakes Samsung As World’s Top Smartphone Seller – iPhone maker ends South Korean rival’s 12-year lead, as Xiaomi, Honor and Google divide Android market. [guardian]
LIFT Named ‘Best New Airline Brand’ By Global Brands Magazine – Local airline LIFT was recently honoured with the title of ‘Best New Airline Brand’ in South Africa by Global Brands Magazine. [sapeople]
Rand Hits Over R19 To The Dollar As SARB Governor Rules Out Rate Cut – The rand has hit new lows for the 2024 year as it was trading at R19.11 to the dollar on Wednesday at 11:15pm. [iol]
Almost 99% Of Private School Pupils Passed The 2023 Matric Exams – Matrics who wrote the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams through the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) achieved an overall pass rate of 98.46%, which was slightly higher than the 98.42% in 2022. [news24]
Camps Bay Beach’s Blue Flag Temporarily Lowered After A Sewage Spill – Camps Bay Beach’s Blue Flag, a stamp of environmental quality and safety, was temporarily lowered due to sewage contamination from a nearby toilet block. [capetownetc]
Local Female Filmmaker Coins A Festival First For South Africa – Debut filmmaker Caroline Brouckaert and her film have earned a first for South Africa and will represent our country at a big festival in the creative industry! [goodthingsguy]
Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained At Munich Airport Over Imported Watch – ‘Terminator’ star failed to declare a luxury watch in his possession. [independent]
Emma Stone Defends ‘Honest’ Sex Scenes In ‘Poor Things’ – Hollywood star Emma Stone has responded to criticism of the graphic sex scenes in her latest film, “Poor Things,” telling the BBC that sex is a crucial part of her character’s storyline. [cnn]
Airport Employee Leaps Over Counter, Swings Chair And Fights Managers After Being Fired: “Give Me My Stuff!” – A fired Atlanta Airport coffee shop employee was caught on video attacking two of her former managers, picking up a chair and screaming at them as she stormed off before police showed up during a viral moment over the weekend. [nypost]
A New Kind Of Climate Denial Has Taken Over On YouTube – Google’s policies against disinformation haven’t caught up to the latest brand of climate denial on YouTube, a new report says. [verge]
What Will Be Nominated For Oscars Next Week, And What Won’t? – While “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” are likely to do well, the directors race is hardly set and other categories are open, too. [timeslive]
What Is Behind The TikTok Thirst For Stanley Water Cups? – Would you camp outside a supermarket for a water tumbler that has gone viral on TikTok? [bbc]
King Charles Reveals Treatment For Enlarged Prostate After Kate Middleton’s Hospitalization News – The King will undergo a “corrective procedure” for the “benign” condition, the palace announced. [people]
Firewall Change Takes Down SAPS Network – The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has confirmed an outage that took down internal and public-facing online services of the South African Police Service (Saps) on Tuesday and Wednesday. [mybroadband]
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