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September 22, 2023

Friday Morning Spice

Rupert Murdoch hands leadership of media empire to son, Cape Town is SA’s most affordable city to rent, NASA spacecraft flies right through sun explosion, and Africa’s first female submarine navigator among the three mariners killed.

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Water Tankers Dispatched Across Joburg Amid Supply Issues – Johannesburg Water added more areas to the list of suburbs that would be affected by a power failure at Rand Water’s Zuikerbosch water plant on Tuesday night. [ewn]

Rupert Murdoch Hands Leadership Of Media Empire To Son Lachlan – Rupert Murdoch will step down as chairman of his media empire, a conservative behemoth that helped shape politics around the world, and hand control to his son Lachlan, Fox Corp. and News Corp. announced Thursday. [news24]

Watch The Exclusive Trailer For ‘Encounters’, New UFO Doc Series On Netflix – “Encounters” explores global UFO sightings and debuts September 27 on Netflix. [vice]

Africa’s First Female Submarine Navigator Among The Three Mariners Killed – One of the casualties in a recent submarine operation in Cape Town was Lieutenant Gillian Malouw, who made history as the first woman to navigate a submarine on the African continent. [capetownetc]

BREAKING: SARB Votes To Keep Interest Rates On Hold – The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday. [sapeople]

Documents And Interviews Reveal How Neuralink’s Test Monkeys Died Gruesome Deaths – As many as a dozen monkeys had to be put down due to suffering serious medical complications after getting brain implants from Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink. [mybroadband]

China’s Quest For Human Genetic Data Spurs Fears Of A DNA Arms Race – China has announced plans to become the world’s leader in biotechnology by 2035, and it regards genetic information as a crucial ingredient in a scientific revolution that could produce thousands of new drugs and cures. [wp]

Ed Sheeran And John Mayer Just Rocked Matching Spider-Man Royal Oaks While Performing Together – The two longtime friends are also longtime watch aficionados. [robbreport]

Wingsuit Skydiver Was Decapitated By Plane’s Wing 20 Seconds Into Jump – An experienced wingsuit skydiver smashed into a plane’s wing and was decapitated just 20 seconds into his jump in the South of France. [nypost]

Indonesian TikTok Star Jailed After Saying Islamic Prayer Before Eating Pork In Viral Video – A woman in Indonesia has been jailed on blasphemy charges after posting a video on TikTok in which she says a prayer that translates to “in the name of God” before eating a piece of crispy pork skin. [sky]

NYPD Finds Trap Door And Drugs Hidden In Floor At Bronx Day Care Where 1-Year-Old Died Of Suspected Fentanyl Overdose – Authorities discovered a trap floor containing drugs, including fentanyl, inside a Bronx day care center where a 1-year-old boy died of a suspected fentanyl overdose last week, the New York Police Department announced Thursday. [cnn]

NASA Spacecraft Flies Right Through Sun Explosion, Captures Footage – Scientists recently released rare footage of this solar event, called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, which is the eruption of a mass of super hot gas (plasma). [mashable]

John Wick Prequel Series, The Continental, Shoots Itself In The Foot – Despite its strong action choreography and solid conceit, Peacock’s new John Wick prequel series shoots itself right in the foot with one inexplicable casting choice. [verge]

Cape Town Is SA’s Most Affordable City To Rent, JHB The World’s Cheapest To Buy – Cape Town may be the most expensive city in the country in which to buy or rent a home, but data reveals that, compared to average salaries, it actually has the most affordable rents for those living there. [iol]

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