LOCAL NEWS: (Kouga)
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Surfing: Du Preez and Slijpen Victorious At Rip Curl GromSearch Seal Point – Rip Curl GromSearch Seal Point A Great Success
REGIONAL:
NMB Metro profiting from boreholes and war on leaks – Gift of the Givers says its borehole programme in Nelson Mandela Bay is yielding up to 5.5 million litres of water a day to the City
SA & AFRICA NEWS:
Meet The First 2 South Africans to Ever Summit World’s 2nd Highest Peak! – Warren Eva and John Black have become the first South Africans to summit the top of K2, the world’s second highest peak
POLITICS:
New ANC KZN leader Siboniso Duma saves Cyril Ramaphosa from embarrassment – Duma had to step in to ask delegates to not boo Ramaphosa ahead of his speech
CRIME & CORRUPTION:
Home Affairs blows R432 million on undelivered population register system – Warranties and licences of the supporting hardware and software have reportedly expired
ENTERTAINMENT:
Banned in Europe, Kremlin-backed RT channel to set up hub in South Africa – RT is setting up an Africa English language hub in South Africa.
TRAVEL:
5 African destinations that made Time’s 2022 Top 50 list of World’s Greatest Places – Africa is a great tourist destination with beautiful lakes, majestic mountains, scenic safaris and beautiful beaches.
TECHNOLOGY:
TikTok is not the enemy of journalism. It’s just a new way of reaching people – The platform’s rise is best seen as the latest evolution in how we consume news.
ENERGY:
Ramaphosa says government close to announcing energy plan – Ramaphosa on Feb. 10 pledged to provide a comprehensive social compact – in cooperation with business, labor unions and civil society
THE BUZZ:
Lewis Hamilton hints he will prolong F1 stay after best finish of the season – The race at Paul Ricard was the 300th of Hamilton’s 16-year career in F1 but afterwards he emphasised that he was as energised as ever.
ENVIRONMENT:
Pioneering study attributes $6-trillion in global warming-related economic losses to USA, China and others – Countries that have historically developed off the back of cheap and dirty fossil fuels have caused measurable financial harm to poorer countries.
BUSINESS & MONEY MATTERS:
Interest rate hike will further increase the heavy load on SA’s debt-stressed consumers – Financial pressure is getting real.
INTERNATIONAL:
Myanmar junta executes democracy activists in first such killings in decades – Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades
SPORT:
Superb De Kock keeps thriving after Test cricket: ‘He’s one of the best in the world’ – Quinton de Kock wouldn’t be able to tell you if his retirement from Test cricket late last year has revitalised his international career – especially in ODIs – because he simply “hasn’t really thought about it”.