LOCAL NEWS: (Kouga)
Photo Of The Day – Flying Squirrel Nutkin.
Motorsport action is coming to Jeffreys Bay – For the first time in almost a decade, the National Rally Championship is returning to the streets and surrounds of JBay . It all happens on Friday, the 15th of July.
St Francis Property Owners Association Newsletter – June 2022 – More about the water crisis, and the expiry of the building plan amnesty.
REGIONAL:
Nelson Mandela Bay facing backlog of 3 000 water leaks as Day Zero looms – The drought-stricken Nelson Mandela Bay metro has a backlog of 3 163 water leaks, while Churchill and Impofu dams have 6 days of water left.
TRAVEL:
Ryanair’s Afrikaans language test debacle is both a social justice and consumer issue – When language is employed in a manner that would be exclusionary or discriminatory towards individuals, it becomes a social justice issue.
ENVIRONMENT:
Peecycling: could donating your urine to farmers help feed the world? – Thanks to the war in Ukraine, there is a shortage of agricultural chemicals. As each adult produces enough pee annually to fertilise 145kg of wheat, perhaps bodily waste is the answer
Surfers Corner:
Plakkie Classic Junior Surf Competition A Great Success in Victoria Bay – Cape St Francis surfer Rory Dace wins U14 division.
POLITICS:
It’s now or never for the National Prosecuting Authority – While the scandal around Pres. Ramaphosa and the US dollars stolen from his farm is likely to test our politics, it is certainly going to test our criminal justice system to a point close to breaking.
CRIME & CORRUPTION:
Five companies launch bid to wriggle off Digital Vibes hook – The companies are All Out Trading, Tusokuhle Farming, Cedar Falls Properties, Mateta Projects and Sirela Trading.
SPORT:
Boucher says losing Markram was major blow in drawn T20 series against India – Proteas coach Boucher said that losing top order T20 batter Markram for the 2-2 drawn five-match series against India was a major blow.
BUSINESS & MONEY MATTERS:
3 big changes coming to Discovery Bank – including pay-as-you-go gym – Discovery Bank has announced several new features which are being rolled out to its clients – including changes for Vitality Travel and a pay-as-you-go gym option.
Wealthy South Africans are leaving in droves – Safety concerns, rolling blackouts, corruption, and economic stagnation are just some of the motives.
SA & AFRICA NEWS:
ANC’s cadre deployment policy enabled state capture — Steenhuisen – If it were not for the ANC’s cadre deployment policy, state capture would never have thrived the way it did.
INTERNATIONAL:
Russian emails appear to show ‘network’ holding $4.5bn assets linked to Putin – Russian palaces, villas and yachts linked to Putin by email leak – in pictures, maps and video
THE BUZZ:
‘You’re my hero’ – Ben Stiller meets Zelensky – Stiller told the Ukrainian president that he was his hero, and complimented his previous acting career.
EARTH, OCEANS, SPACE & THE UNIVERSE:
Nepal to move Everest base camp from melting glacier – Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp because global warming and human activity are making it unsafe.
TECHNOLOGY:
Avoid losing WhatsApp image quality with this trick – WhatsApp lets you send images and videos as documents, bypassing its compression mechanism and ensuring the quality does not suffer.
