Thursday 31 March
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LOCAL NEWS:
Cooking with Conrad Gallagher – Fettuccini Pasta – Popular in Roman and Tuscan cuisine, Fettuccine pasta is often classically eaten with beef ragù.
ST FRANCIS BAY – The Official Community Group?? – We like to support positivity in St Francis Bay. So on Facebook, we’re supporting, and posting on, St Francis Bay – The Official Community Group. Nice and positive vibe, effective moderators. Well done guys and girls. If you’re not on that group, you should get on.
Cape St Francis Resort Amanzi Challenge Gallery – Highlights from the recent Cape St Francis Resort Amanzi Challenge: bodyboarding, inflatables, the night swim and the Thula Moya run.
Looking back: The West Wind Issue 4 – The magazine had a photo of the incredible Flash Float on the cover, and featured the Coastal Collective opening its ‘collective’ doors, so to speak.
REGIONAL NEWS: (East Cape, Port Elizabeth & Southern Coast:
Kouga Municipality to host Easter Festival – Big jol headed for JBay with some massive Gospel acts.
ST FRANCIS PROPERTY OWNERS:
St Francis Property Owners Association Membership Drive: The SFPO Association would like to encourage all residents and home-owners to join the SFPO Association. Membership is affordable at R500 per annum and R330 if you’re a pensioner.
SA & AFRICA NEWS:
SA water polo coach found guilty of child porn, grooming in Australia to be deported home – A South African water polo coach and former teacher is reportedly set to be deported from Australia, after being sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for child abuse, possession of child porn, and grooming.
TECHNOLOGY & TELEVISION:
First Checkers, now Pick n Pay delivery app has a Netflix-inspired basket of goods – Pick n Pay has created a basket of products, available through its delivery app, to celebrate season 2 of the Netflix drama, Bridgerton.
EARTH, OCEANS, SPACE & THE UNIVERSE:
For Will Smith, the damage has been done – While Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock and the Academy Tuesday for the slap heard around the world, it doesn’t detract from the stupidity of his actions or greatly minimize the damage that he has done.
POLITICS:
“The Politics Of Dancing, The politics of feeling good” – When real politics just start getting a bit much. Re-Flex telling it like it is in 1993.
Also, DA’s motion of no confidence in Cabinet defeated – The DA’s motion of no confidence in Cabinet was defeated in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
CORRUPTION WATCH:
Warrant of arrest for former Eskom contracts manager France Hlakudi after court no-show – The Johannesburg specialised commercial crime court has issued a warrant of arrest for former Eskom contracts manager France Hlakudi after he failed to appear in court on Wednesday.
COURTS, NPA, HAWKS, CRIME & SAPS:
The great Sassa swindle – Postbank theft of R89.4m in social grants kept under wraps – Unknown individuals, most likely working from inside the aspiring state-owned Postbank, stole millions through the social grant system late last year.
BUSINESS & MONEY MATTERS:
Driver’s licence deadline extension announcement — after warnings of looming crisis – The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) warned that the grace period for renewing driving licences tomorrow could result in a big spike in traffic fines and denied car insurance claims.
ENERGY & ESKOM:
Fuel price tax holiday or not, April’s prognosis is not looking good – With South African fuel prices spiralling out of control, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is said to be considering a fuel tax holiday.
SPORT:
‘Can’t imagine a life without you’: –Tears, stories and laughs flow for Shane Warne as Australia says farewell. Sporting legends, musical superstars, Hollywood icons had all paid tribute to Warne at an emotion-filled, star-studded MCG State Memorial Service.
THIS & THAT:
Man hanged in Singapore amid concern over surge of execution notices – A 68-year-old man has been hanged for drug trafficking in Singapore in the first execution to be carried out in the city state in more than two years
INTERNATIONAL:
Ukraine War: Putin demands Mariupol surrender to end shelling – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that shelling of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol will only end when Ukrainian troops surrender.
Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones’ ‘Transparent and Desperate’ Attempt to Buy Them Off – Not the guy to be friends with.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
New Reports Show that Meta is Working with Political Activists to Seed Concerns About TikTok – Zuckerberg still wants more, and more, and more, and more. He is still the 10th richest person in the world with a net worth of R1,290,793,700,000 ( $89.6 billion,)
ENTERTAINMENT:
Bruce Willis gives up acting due to brain disorder aphasia – Bruce Willis will step away from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that impedes a person’s ability to speak and write.
Will Smith ‘Refused’ to Leave Oscars After Slap, Academy Claims While Admitting Some Fault – ‘While we would like to clarify that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently,” the Academy acknowledged Wednesday
TRAVEL:
Plan your winter break to Zanzibar this year – Nice and warm, relaxing, anti-depressing. Good place to escape the winter
ENVIRONMENT:
The Turtle Rescue Network has Been Busy this Stranding Season – The Two Oceans Aquarium (TOA) Education Foundation works to protect our oceans by raising awareness and ensuring our ocean animals are safe.
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