Friday, July 18, 2025

Wednesday Morning Spice

Massive new ‘town’ planned between Sandton and Waterfall, SA’s Three Ships Whisky wins world’s best, 7.4 magnitude quake hits Taiwan, Taylor Swift officially joins Forbes’ billionaire list, Mapisa-Nqakula has to hand herself in for arrest, and F1’s owner to take over MotoGP.

Tuesday Morning Spice

Botswana home of humankind. Hackers vs City of Joburg. Steenhuisen takes control of DA. Oz shark attack. Uber Eats to use drones. England’s haka response could be punished. Miley’s PDA.

Spain’s King Juan Carlos Apologises For African Hunting Trip

Spain’s King Juan Carlos finally issued an apology this morning for the hunting trip he took to Africa recently where he shot live game on a private reserve in Botswana, including elephants. The scandal might never have come to light if he hadn’t had an accident during the trip and had to be taken back to Spain for emergency hip surgery.

Heavy Metal Is Pretty Big In Botswana [VIDEO]

Photographer Frank Marshall has been shooting Botswana’s metal scene for his upcoming “Visions of Renegades” show in Johannesburg. Meet some of his subjects, Dead Demon Rider and Maximum – two of the fiercest (and most fashionable) Botswana men around – and see them strut their stuff inside.