Elon Musk Wants To Launch Rockets From Overberg Test Range Near Arniston

Two sources in South Africa’s space industry confirmed SpaceX’s interest in the Overberg facility for launching satellites
Tuesday Morning Spice

Inside PetroSA’s shambolic diesel trading empire, The impact of Starlink on South Africa, Macron dismisses viral video showing apparent shove, Tearful Rafael Nadal honored in emotional French Open farewell, and F1 boss questions ‘long-term sustainability’ of South African GP.
Thursday Morning Spice

Court case challenges SA’s approval of offshore drilling by TotalEnergies, WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy as fat-loss jabs boom, Trump appoints ‘Real Housewives’ star to Holocaust Museum board, and The 23 most embarrassing lyrics of all time.
Amazon Takes On Starlink As Project Kuiper Begins Deployment [Video]

Amazon also unveiled its consumer terminals, including antennas the size of a vinyl record and smaller terminals akin to its Kindle devices.
Wednesday Morning Spice

Trump releases 80,000 JFK assassination files, Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara, Court battle over analogue TV switch-off begins, Director Accused of blowing $11 million meant for Netflix show, Inside Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s AI grudge match, Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets, and Peru declares state of emergency after killing of popular singer
Wednesday Morning Spice

Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US, SpaceX asks Icasa to overhaul BEE rules for Starlink, Dozens feared dead at Kumbh Mela religious festival, Ramaphosa signs 3 new laws, and What DeepSeek AI does better than OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Scientists Warn Of Atmospheric Risks As Musk’s Starlink Satellites Dominates The Skies

Scientists are sounding the alarm as companies like SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, race to blanket the skies with tens of thousands of internet satellites.
Wednesday Morning Spice

Takealot platform allegedly exploited to sell counterfeit goods, What athletes get paid for Olympic medals, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed, and Cape dam levels now at 101%.
Remote Amazon Tribe Finally Connects To Internet And Immediately Gets Hooked On Porn, Social Media

Elders claim that social media and a pornography addiction have caused the tribe to fall apart.
Elon Musk Is Snuffing Out Starlink Internet In South Africa

The Elon-Musk-owned company is not going to hook South Africans up with super fast internet anymore because they didn’t want to share ownership with locals per the government’s requirements.
Friday Morning Spice

Eskom teams working around the clock to restore power to Karoo towns, Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, Mutant wolves roaming Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, How the film One Love captures the truth about Bob Marley, and The worst might be over for South African consumers.
Tuesday Morning Spice

Another earthquake rocks Turkey, German man cured of HIV, NZ in shock after natural disaster of the century, Alec Baldwin might not go to jail, Load shedding wont reach Stage 8 according to De Ruyter, Cyclone Freddy bears down on Mauritius and Japan considers raising age of consent from 13.
SpaceX’s Satellite Internet Service Is Providing In Its First African Country Now

Finally, an African country has been added to that Elon Musk’s SpaceX list.
Anyone See Strange Lights In The Sky Recently? Here’s What’s Behind Them

Many of those who have spotted the train of lights didn’t know what they were and immediately jumped to conclusions thinking that they were UFOs or an alien invasion.
Wild Footage Of SpaceX Satellite Burning Up [Video]

The space junk came from a recently launched batch of lost Starlink satellites caused by an unexpected sting in the tail from a solar storm.
It’s Elon Musk Versus Jeff Bezos In ‘Space Real Estate’ War

It’s Amazon versus SpaceX in a battle for galactic real estate in the satellite-based internet market.