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05/09/2025

Elon Musk is primed to become the world's first trillionaire.

This comes after the board of the publicly listed Tesla automotive company today proposed a $1-trillion pay package for Musk.

However, there are conditions before Musk would be able to earn this remarkable paycheck.

According to a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Elon Musk would have to grow Tesla's market value eight fold over the next ten years before the full value of the package can be payable.

The package itself would be payable in $1-trillion worth of Tesla shares.

The Tesla board of directors will now vote on the proposed pay package for Elon Musk at a annual meeting set down for November the 6th.

The South African born Elon Musk, now a citizen of the United States, is already worth just over $400-billion or just over R7-trillion.

Tesla itself has a current market value of $1.1-trillion and the board is now daring Musk to grow this value to around $8.5-trillion over the next 10-years to realize the bumper paycheck.

Other Tesla targets Elon Musk has to reach before the payout can be made is for Tesla to have at least one million autonomous and humanoid robots combined on the ground while also increasing Tesla profits 24-fold.

Should Musk be able to achieve these ambitions, his pay package would be the biggest ever in the history of the business world.

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05/09/2025

The return of the Formula One Grand Prix to South African soil!

Yes, the most exhilarating Motorsport even in the world could return to the republic by 2027 after a 34-year absence.

This comes after Minister in the Presidency, The Honourable Khumbudzo Ntshavheni today confirmed that cabinet has now approved the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture's request to bid for the right to host the Formula One Grand Prix for three years starting in 2027.

According to Ntshavheni, South Africa's bid to F1 will be fully funded by a consortium of private companies and individuals.

The bid itself has a high probability of success after the Formula One Federation officially gave the Kayalami racecourse the green-light to begin the process to upgrade its circuit to Grade 1 status.

Grade 1 status is the highest international standard required to host F1 races.

If South Africa's bid is successful, it would be the first time since 1993 that the premier, most prestigious racing event is held in the republic.

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, The Honourable Gayton McKenzie has said that bringing Formula One back to South Africa is one of his top priorities that would see major job creation and economic development.

The hosting of a Formula 1 race does not come cheap however, with costs of up $70-million to $150-million annually or between R1.2-billion and R2.6-billion annually on average.

The hosting fee to Formula One management alone costs between $20-million and $60-million or around R353-million and R1-billion per race per year.

Other expenses of hosting a single grand prix race include costs of grandstands and safety features, logistics, transport, Wi-Fi, marketing and hospitality for a four day event.

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05/09/2025

Legendary American boxer 'Iron' Mike Tyson is set to return to the ring for an exhibition match in 2026 at the age of 59.

The former Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World will square-off against another luminary boxer in Floyd 'Money' Mayweather who turns 49-years-old in February of 2026.

Both fighters boast exceptional fighting records during their profession boxing careers with Tyson having simultaneously held the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles in his prime.

Tyson achieved these titles by unifying all three of the belts, a feat he he realized twice on the trot.

Inversely, Mayweather Jr.'s record is even more impeccable having fought 50 professional fights with 50 wins, some 27 by way of knockout, claiming 15 major world championships across five weight classes in his prime.

Mayweather Jr.'s last fight was in 2017 when he defeated Irishman and MMA legend Conor McGregor by way of a technical-knockout in the 10th round at Grand Rapids, Michigan in the United States.

Floyd Mayweather is among only 20 boxers in history to have retired from professional boxing with a perfect, undefeated record. Other boxers in this exclusive club include Rocky Marciano and Joe Calzaghe.

On the 15th of November of 2024, Iron Mike stepped into the ring with YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul.

Paul would go on to win that fight which was later criticized as having been already predetermined through fixing in Paul's favour.

The fight itself was streamed on the online streaming platform Netflix, becoming the most streamed sporting event in history at the time.

Official data shows that over 108-million people streamed the Tyson vs Paul fight.

In terms of remuneration, Iron Mike made around $20-million from the fight or just over R353-million while Jake Paul made a staggering $40-million or around R707-million.

Now, the 2026 Tyson vs Mayweather fight is set to earn Tyson at least $50-million dollars while Mayweather is in line for a $70-million to $90-million paycheck.

Netflix is believed to be the front-runner to broadcast the Tyson vs Mayweather fight which is scheduled for March or April 2026.

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04/09/2025

The .

This is the document that lobby group AfriForum will rely on as it pursues international sanctions against the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema.

The action, AfriForum says, is over Malema's continued chanting of the 'Kill the boer' song which the group says incites the killing of white and afrikaner minorities in South Africa.

As such, AfriForum has now developed what it says is a charge sheet in a document called the Malema Dossier.

This dossier will be used by AfriForum to try and convince the international community that the chant by Julius Malema is hate speech and incites violence against whites and afrikaners in the republic.

This is notwithstanding South Africa's highest court, the Constitutional Court having already ruled that the 'Kill the boer' song is a struggle song that was used by freedom fighters from multiple political organizations during the fight against the brutal apartheid regime.

Furthermore, the Constitutional Court declared that it found no evidence that any murders of white and afrikaner minorities have been incited by Julius Malema himself through his singing of the song.

In any event, AfriForum says that the ruling of the Constitutional Court is unfortunate and that Julius Malema must be punished through worldwide economic and travel sanctions.

The Donald Trump administration in the United States of America is the principal party AfriForum seeks to lobby into sanctioning Malema with other countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

The Malema Dossier to have international sanctions imposed on Julius Malema is a joint exercise with Southern African Agri Initiative.

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03/09/2025

Update:

An unattended heating device is believed to be the cause of a fire that gutted at least 18 shacks at the Makause Informal Settlement in Primrose in the City of Ekurhuleni this morning.

On the morning of Wednesday the 3rd of September 2025, firefighters and EMS personnel were activated and deployed to the informal settlement after a call was placed to the City of Ekurhuleni emergency assistance call centre notifying officials of an ongoing shack fire.

Firefighters arrived to find just over 21 shacks at the settlement engulfed by flames, taking just under 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze.

In the aftermath, 18 shacks lay completely gutted with just over 30 residents displaced.

Officials say that they believe an unattended heating device in one shack, possibly an 'Imbawula', a metal drum with holes pierced through its sides and used as a heater or for cooking by burning coal or wood inside of it, led to a fire that spread to other shacks.

Two people sustained injuries due to the fire and were admitted at the Germiston Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation and first degree burn wounds respectively.

Today's fire comes less than 72-hours after a fire in the same informal settlement destroy at least 50 shacks on Monday.

That Monday fire is believed to have been an act of arson and/or attempted botched su***de.

According to community leaders at the Makause Informal Settlement, a man had on early Monday evening had a falling-out and minor altercation with some community members at the settlement.

Outraged at the actions and words of the man, the community members chased down the man to his shack where he locked himself in before intentionally setting his own shack on fire in an attempt to end his own life.

However, when the blaze became to hot to handle, it is said that the man change his mind about taking his own life, opened the door to his shack and fled.

By then, the fire had unfortunately spread to other shacks, gutting 50 in total and leaving some 85 people displaced.

All in all, both fires at the settlement this week have displaced at least 112 people.

The City of Ekurhuleni is now scrambling to temporarily place those affected in makeshift accommodations at community halls and churches.

Those living at informal settlements are urged to use heating devices with caution as fires in areas densely populated with shacks can quickly spread with ease.

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28/08/2025

The United States of America has sent the first group of seven migrants to Nairobi to be resettled in Kenya.

This comes after Kenya agreed a deal with the world's most powerful country in America to resettle undesirable migrants the United States no longer wishes to host.

Under the deal announced on the 5th of August, Kenya will receive a cohort of 250 migrants from America altogether.

These migrants include those who had previously been incarcerated in the United States for various crimes including but not limited to grand theft auto and armed robbery while others had violated American immigration laws.

The government of Kenya has today failed to disclose the nationalities of the seven migrants but has said that three of the seven wish to return to their countries of origin while the remaining four say that they would like to remain in Kenya and build lives there.

Kenya says that it will up-skill the migrants to get them work-ready for permanent employment, give them healthcare and accommodation during their transition.

The United States also has deals in place to resettle unwanted migrants in the Kingdom of eSwatini as well as in South Sudan.

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27/08/2025

Confirmed:

Luminary South African journalist Tshidi Madia has died.

Madia, a journalist, reporter, writer, researcher and political analyst and editor who worked with prominent news and media publications including Eye Witness News, 702, News Room Afrika and the South African Broadcasting Corporation News (SABC News) passed away at a Johannesburg hospital this morning.

Tshidi Madia's work in journalism has been feted by the news and media publication fraternity, with many describing her work ethic as fearless and relentless.

Madia was in her 42nd year of life when she met her demise.

The Legal Suid-Afrika would like to send heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and fans of Tshidi Madia.

May her soul rest in peace🕊

27/08/2025

Update:

The Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court has ordered a lengthy postponement to the fraud and corruption case against former spokesperson of the African National Congress (ANC) P**e Mabe and six others.

The matter has been stood down until the 18th of February 2026 when the accused will have to answer to charges of fraud, money laundering and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act over a Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development tender to supply the City of Ekurhuleni with 200 Tuk-tuk vehicles in 2017.

That tender was awarded to Mabe's 'Enviro Mobi' company at the total cost of some R33-million in taxpayer monies.

Now, prosecutors seek to nail P**e Mabe and his co-accused, alleging that Mabe unduly benefited from the tender when his company was invalidly and/or unlawfully awarded the tender after the company had allegedly misrepresented itself during the procurement process nor did it render the services tendered into.

Common cause facts suggest that the the tuk-tuks were never actually delivered to the City of Ekurhuleni when they became due.

When asked, Mabe once claimed that the tuk-tuks had been manufactured but that the City of Ekurhuleni had not given him a location to deliver the vehicles to.

Mabe's company would be paid a R6-million to store the tuk-tuks, bringing the sum total of the tender to R33-million.

When the city finally received the vehicles, Mabe's company only delivered 196 with 103 of them being defective and the rest without spare parts.

It was a shameless feeding frenzy according to the allegations and the evidence that was led and it uncovered how politicians in positions of power circumvent laws and regulations for self enrichment and gain.

To add insult to injury, when Mabe and his six co-accused prayed to be released on bail, Mabe shamelessly told the court that he earns only R25 000 a month.

This is notwithstanding that he owns a multi-million Rand luxury home in the affluent suburb of Steyn City and a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS sports car worth over R2-million.

Ultimately, Mabe and his co-accused were granted bail of R30 000 which they all swiftly posted before being released.

Prosecutors with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have today said that some of the accused persons in the matter had made new undisclosed submissions leading to the lengthy postponement.

If convicted, P**e Mabe and his co-accused could face up to 15-years imprisonment.

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25/08/2025

The world's richest man is taking the fight to the world's third most valuable company in Apple.

South African born citizen of the United States and the world's most wealthiest man Elon Musk, with a net worth of just over $419-billion, has authorized a lawsuit brought by his X (formerly Twitter) and xAi companies against Apple and OpenAI for anti-competitive behaviour.

That lawsuit has today been filed in a U.S. District Court in the Northern District of the American state of Texas.

In court filings, X and xAI contend that Apple and OpenAI have colluded to maintain market monopolies in the generative AI and smartphone arena by deprioritizing so-called "super apps" and generative AI chatbot competitors, such as xAI’s Grok, in Apple's App Store rankings, while favoring OpenAI by integrating its ChatGPT chatbot into Apple products.

According to Musk, Apple has colluded to give Apple iPhone devices the edge over other smartphone makers by joining forces with sought after Artificial Intelligence giant OpenAI to run ChatGPT software (made by OpenAI) on its smartphones preferentially above other AI companies including xAI.

For this reason, Musk believes that Apple Inc and OpenAI have now colluded to corner the smartphone and AI market.

Apple Inc itself has not denied that in 2024 it took the decision to integrate the OpenAI, ChatGPT chatbot into all its iPhone smartphones, along with all its iPad, Mac laptop and desktop offerings.

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman has responded to the suit by saying:

"This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like."

Apple Inc is worth a a staggering $3.2-trillion in worldwide market capitalization while OpenAI is worth $500-billion in market capitalization.

The case continues.

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25/08/2025

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has confirmed that it has carried out a twin strike at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza where several civilians have been confirmed dead today.

Four journalists were also killed in the strikes.

According to Palestinian authorities in Gaza, the Nasser Hospital was struck by two separate strikes which were minutes apart.

More people are said to have been cut down by the second strike as rescuers responded to the first strike.

It is unknown at this stage what kind of weapons were used in the attack but short range missiles are believed to have been deployed.

A journalist from Al Jazeera, two from the Associated Press (AP) and a cameraman from Reuters have been confirmed to have been killed in the twin strikes along with 11 other Palestinian civilians and hospital staff.

The IDF has since released a statement to the effect that it is launching an investigation into the strikes as it 'does target journalists as such'.

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25/08/2025

Lazarus Antonio.

This is the name of the 26-year-old man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Maubane in the North West province last Thursday.

Antonio today a appeared before the Temba Magistrates Court on charges of murder and attempted murder.

In bringing the charges against Antonio, the state has alleged that Antonio stabbed his ex-girlfriend Kgaugelo Marota outside a tavern in Maubane in the North West province last Thursday night, killing her before going on to stab his current girlfriend in the same area.

Antonio then posted a video online seemingly confessing to his criminal conduct.

Prosecutors with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have today said that they anticipate to secure a swift conviction against Antonio should he fail to sign a formal confession and plead guilty to the charges against him.

The motive for Antonio's attacks on the two women is unknown at this stage with police investigations continuing.

Preliminary investigations do however show that Antonio's current girlfriend, who is recovering from from stab woulds allegedly afforded to her by Antonio, did warn Kgaugelo Marota that Lazarus Antonio was planning on attacking her.

The case against Antonio has now been postponed to Friday the 5th of September.

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20/08/2025

The end of Palestine?

At the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli army has today ratified operational plans to carve Palestine in the West Bank and annex Gaza City altogether.

Israel Defence Minister, The Honourable Israel Katz today approved plans to mobilize 60 000 Israeli army reservists to bolster Israeli forces in the looming campaign to completely take Gaza City by force, making it the territory of Israel.

Furthermore, 20 000 more reservist will have their service extended to help take half of the already occupied West Bank in finality.

The move has been vociferously opposed and ridiculed by the international community with a ceasefire peace deal with Hamas freedom fighters being counseled instead.

Notwithstanding, Israel is forging ahead with its designs for Palestine which could cease to exist as an independent state should Israel manage to take Gaza City and half the West Bank absolutely.

The taking of Gaza City would force hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into the south of Gaza leaving Israel in control of prized territory there.

However, analysts anticipate Hamas and Palestinians in general to dig-in deep and vigorously fight Israel by whatever means necessary to defend their land.

This could see months to years of warfare with significant casualties on both sides sure to ensue.

Israel initially launched its offensive in Gaza following the October 7th attacks by Hamas in 2023.

Those attacks saw some 1 200 Israelis killed, with around 250 others taken hostage.

In response, Israel went on to indiscriminately slaughter over 62 000 Palestinians in Gaza, including thousands of children.

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