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Britain’s ‘Most Prolific Paedophile’ Is Quietly Living The Good Life In Cape Town – He is the “most prolific paedophile in British criminal history” – but, instead of being behind bars, he is living in comfort at a retirement village in Cape Town. [news24]
Etcetera Etcetera: The 10 Funniest Things I Have Ever Seen (On The Internet) – The Drag Race alum shares what makes her laugh online. Maybe it’s too camp – or just camp enough. [guardian]
Euros Rain Down On Cape Town To Help Fight Climate Change – The City of Cape Town on Wednesday said it had secured loan finance of more than R2bn to help fight climate change and enhance infrastructure development. [sowetan]
31 Dead After Gas Explosion At Barbecue Restaurant In China – At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media. [cnn]
Ancient Maya City Discovered In Mexican Jungle – A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, the country’s anthropology institute said on Tuesday, adding it was likely an important center more than a thousand years ago. [reuters]
Scientists Are Hunting For Alien Objects In The Ocean, And They’ve Just Found Something – A team including Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb may have just found a trace of an interstellar object, which Loeb believes could be alien in origin. [vice]
Two Singapore Tourists Drown In River Rafting Accident Near Hartbeespoort Dam – Two tourists from Singapore tragically died when their kayak capsized during a river rafting excursion on the Crocodile River in Hartbeespoort on Sunday. [citizen]
Cape Braces For More Icy Conditions With Two Back-To-Back Cold Fronts On The Way – The recent cold weather in the Western Cape was due to a series of back-to-back cold fronts, with very little to no time in between for residents to recover, the SA Weather Service (Saws) said on Wednesday. [iol]
Blast In Central Paris Injures Dozens Of People; Gas Explosion Suspected – At least 29 people were injured, including four who are in a critical condition, after the blast tore through a busy street in the city’s Latin Quarter. [nbc]
Cape Town Ranked 2nd Best African Destination For Solo Travellers – With the age of self-discovery, self-love and solo adventures taking centre stage in recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in independent travel across the globe. [capetownetc]
Mark Zuckerberg Is Ready To Fight Elon Musk In A Cage Match – A tech billionaire brawl for the ages that needs to happen. [verge]
New Laws A Threat To Churches In South Africa: Religious Group – South Africa’s controversial expropriation bill is making its way through public consultation processes – and religious organisation Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) says that the new laws could be a veiled threat to churches in the country. [businesstech]
JMPD Officers To Wear Body Cameras – Police Officers working under the Johannesburg Metro Police Department officers will soon be wearing body cameras. These will be used to capture criminal activities. [enca]
South African Artist Unveils Five-Storey Mural In Cape Town – If you’re ever in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Sri Lanka, Dubai or Denmark and you happen to see gigantic murals on towering buildings, you’re probably looking at one of South African artist Stefan Smit’s masterpieces. [iol]
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