Wednesday Morning Spice

Major upgrades for South Africa’s main airports, Hostage situation at McDonald’s in Durban, 1.3 tons of cocaine found hidden in frozen fish, Mantashe crowns himself most productive energy minister, and The Annual Walk-a-Thon for Capetonian doggies is back.

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Hostage Situation At McDonald’s In Durban Turns Out To Be Nothingburger – Police defuse standoff that lasted hours on Tuesday after employee takes matters — and a knife — into her own hands. [timeslive]

Biggest Solar Farm In South Africa vs The World – South Africa’s largest solar farm by capacity has only about 6.4% of the maximum potential output of the world’s biggest solar plant. [mybroadband]

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Outages Reported As Facebook, Instagram Crash – Over 300 000 Facebook outages and nearly 50 000 Instagram outages were reported on Downdetector by Tuesday afternoon, Reuters reported. [news24]

Jeff Bezos Dethrones Elon Musk To Become The Richest Person On Earth Again – Jeff Bezos has reclaimed the title of the richest person on Earth, surpassing Elon Musk, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday. [cnn]

Three People Arrested Over Disappearance Of Joshlin Smith – Three people have been taken into police custody in connection with Joshlin Smith’s disappearance. Two of the three confessed to police while the third one is not cooperating. [enca]

Russia Considering Putting Nuclear Power Plant On The Moon With China – The head of Russia’s space agency has said Moscow and Beijing are “seriously considering” putting a nuclear power plant on the moon. [sky]

Man Charged With Smuggling Greenhouse Gases From Mexico Into US In First-Of-A-Kind prosecution – A California man was arrested and charged Monday with allegedly smuggling potent, planet-heating greenhouse gases from Mexico, marking the first such prosecution in the US, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. [cnn]

Travel Influencer Gang Raped In India – Four arrests have been made after a Spanish travel influencer was attacked in India and gang raped by 7 men. Her husband was beaten and robbed. [aljazeera]

The Annual Walk-a-Thon For Capetonian Doggies Is Back – The Mdzananda Animal Clinic’s annual charity dog walk is finally back after a three-year break; it’s time to dress up with your pooches and have a fun day out! [goodthingsguy]

1.3 Tons Of Cocaine Found Hidden In Frozen Fish In Portugal: “Operation Squid” – Authorities in Portugal found and seized more than 1.3 tons of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of frozen fish that was transported from Ecuador and set for distribution across Europe, the national police force announced on Monday. [cbs]

Mantashe Crowns Himself Most Productive Energy Minister, Hints At Post-Poll Return – Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe has made no bones about naming himself the most productive energy minister in recent years, saying under his leadership the department brought on the highest volume of renewable energy projects on record. [timeslive]

Major Upgrades For South Africa’s Main Airports – Biggest Since The 2010 FIFA World Cup – The Airports Company of South Africa Limited (ACSA) has earmarked R21.7 billion to develop airport infrastructure in the country. [businesstech]

Ransom Demand Made For Businessman Neal Ah-Tow’s Release – It was a night of high drama as the Hawks negotiated for the release of a kidnapped Sidwell fish and chips shop owner, with the abductors demanding a whopping $1.4m (R26.7m) for his safe return. [herald]

Director Roman Polanski Goes On Trial In Paris On Defamation Charges – The controversial filmmaker goes on trial in Paris for defamation after describing British actress Charlotte Lewis’s accusations of sexual assault against him as an “odious lie”. [euronews]

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