Friday Morning Spice

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch gets engaged, Cape Town seeks new water sources for rising population, Joburg headed for ‘full-blown catastrophe’, water activist warns, ANC pushing apartheid-era pensions, and A single dose of LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety.
They’re Calling This Area Just Outside Of Johannesburg The Most Polluted Place On Earth

The 1.7 million people who live there are forced to endure the perilous onslaught of some of the planet’s most hazardous pollution, thanks in large part to a heavy veil of smoke that cloaks Africa’s biggest steel mill.
The K-Word Is Alive And Well In Vereeniging [Video]

In Meyerton, just north of Vereeniging, a video shows the khaki crusader repeatedly calling a black man the k-word.
SA’s Latest Kidnapping Victim Is This Vereeniging Businessman [Video]

The kidnapping of businessmen in our country shows no signs of slowing down, as a hardware store owner in Vereeniging was taken on Thursday morning.
Vereeniging Brawlers Ruin Primary School Golf Day [Video]

Yes, that man is brandishing a flagstick, and we can only hope his golf swing is more measured than his flag-wielding skills.
Wow, They Set A Guinness World Record In Vereeniging

Over in Vereeniging, a Guinness World Record was broken this past weekend. Think you can correctly guess what it was? Doubt it.
WATCH: In Gauteng Pupils Can Bully Each Other In Front Of Teachers [Video]

It is frightening to think you are entrusting your children’s lives with strangers who might not actually care about them on a daily basis. Surely something needs to be done?
The SA Man Who Joined ISIS And Died

We’ve heard plenty of late about youngsters being intercepted on their way to Syria. Now we have official confirmation of the first South African to die fighting alongside ISIS.