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Bernie Ecclestone Sells His $646 Million F1 Car Collection To Red Bull Heir – Former Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has sold his entire collection of historic racing cars to Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz. [forbes]
Medical Aid Tax Credits, Fuel Levies And VAT – What To Expect In South Africa’s New Budget – Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to table his revised budget for 2025 on Wednesday (12 March). Economists expect taxpayers to suffer even without a massive VAT hike. [businesstech]
‘If You Don’t Get Early Years Right, Children Are Unlikely To Catch Up’: Why South Africa Is Trying To Reboot Its School System – With 80% of 10-year-olds unable to read for meaning, the government is prioritising literacy and numeracy among pre-school pupils as it tackles its education problems. [guardian]
‘My Life’s a Nightmare I Can’t Wake Up From’: SA Woman Forced To Work As Scammer In Myanmar – A South African who desperately wants to come home and was kept in a scamming centre said she was lured to Thailand in November. [news24]
Trump Imposes Sweeping 25% Tariffs On All Steel And Aluminum Imported Into The US – President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States on Wednesday, a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans. [cnn]
South Africa Flagged In US Case Against Accused In Russia Military-Grade Radio Smuggling Plot – Bence Horvath, from Hungary, was arrested at a US airport and it emerged he was accused of conspiring to smuggle military-grade radios to Russian government figures. It turns out he also allegedly hoped to get radios from South Africa to Russia. [dm]
Ukraine Agrees To U.S.-Led Ceasefire Plan If Russia Accepts – Ukraine has agreed to an immediate 30-day ceasefire negotiated by the U.S. if Russia accepts the plan. [cnbc]
Cape Town Traffic Is About To Get Worse – Cape Town commuters are reaching their wits’ end as congestion in and around the CBD continues to worsen. [iol]
More Than 100 Passengers Rescued From Pakistan Train Attack – Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers and taken a number of them hostage. [bbc]
Webb Telescope Spots Curious Objects That Aren’t Stars, Or Planets – There’s a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. [mashable]
Monopolies, Scalpers, And The Future Of Online Ticket Sales – Two years after a Taylor Swift ticketing debacle riled up fans and policymakers, Ticketmaster is still fighting a multipronged battle against efforts to break it up and change the rules of the industry. [verge]
Greenland Votes In Legislative Elections, Eyes Independence Amid US Interest – Greenland, the Danish self-governing territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, votes Tuesday in legislative elections that could yield a timeline for independence, which is supported by a majority of the population. [france24]
Historic French Castle Where Napoleon Buried Treasure Hits The Market — For A Surprisingly Cheap Price – The Chateau de Saint-Chartier, a 1,500-year-old fortress in Saint-Chartier packed with secrets, is a gem for treasure hunters and history buffs. [nypost]
Michael Sheen May Be A Real-Life Robin Hood In Port Talbot, But Campaigning TV Doesn’t Get Results – How did basic survival become so ridiculously difficult in what remains a fundamentally wealthy country? And can television, with a touch of star power on the side, help to address this question? [independent]
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