Friday, June 20, 2025

Thursday Morning Spice

French PM to resign after government falls, South Africa’s maths shame, Initiates become latest extortion targets, Four charming small towns near Cape Town to explore, and Commercial flights return to Plettenberg Bay.

Tuesday Morning Spice

What other countries tell their citizens about crime in South Africa, Harrods settling more than 250 sexual misconduct claims, Bitcoin flirts with $70 000, and Fibre warning for complexes and estates.

Wednesday Morning Spice

Union warns Western Cape over plans to slash teaching posts, All-American semifinal for US Open, The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’, New Zealand is tripling its tourist tax, and The underground pasta school in an abandoned Italian ghost town.

Wednesday Morning Spice

The Bitcoin halving is coming, Copenhagen Stock Exchange engulfed by huge fire, Rishi Sunak’s total ban on smoking, The Paris 2024 Olympics is coming, Trump falls asleep during hush money trial.

Wednesday Morning Spice

1,000 cats rescued in China from being slaughtered, The deadly reason some old glass bottles are textured, Three weird questions all South Africans will know, Exercise found to be nearly as good as Viagra, and from teaching violin to creating a luxury hotel empire.

Wednesday Morning Spice

How AI and art will coexist in the future, SA mining loses R100bn in profit, Pamela Anderson’s no-makeup look at Paris Fashion Week, Decapitated man found on Mitchells Plain street, and Did the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin really just break their silence?

Thursday Morning Spice

Twitter is no more, Trump says court staff cried at hearing, David Kramer gets lifetime achievement award, Bitcoin set for another bull run, and Harry Potter gets a TV series.

Thursday Morning Spice

Lady Gaga & The Joker’s bad romance, Raquel Welch dies, Elon Musk gives big to charity, Inside Andrew Tate’s den, Stellenbosch goes after Afrikaans, Hundreds stranded as bridges collapse in EC, Bitcoin bouncing back, Manchester United loves our Benni, Student ‘leaders’ shut down UCT again, and Earth’s core might be causing ‘anomalies’.

A Bitcoin ETF: What Does It All Mean?

Let’s get up to speed with what an ETF actually is, why this is big news for crypto investors and what effects this news could have on Bitcoin’s price.