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Palma attack killed 1,563, second-deadliest terror attack after 9/11, author says

Journalist Alex Perry tells Cape Talk how his survey of survivors counted 1,563 dead in the ISIS attack on Palma, Mozambique.

“Oil and gas. It's the middle of nowhere. There's no infrastructure. And the reason there were thousands of foreign contractors up there was they were building essentially an entire new town in the middle of nowhere to accommodate what would eventually be 15,000 people to work this giant gas plant to tap one of the…”

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Oil and gas. It's the middle of nowhere. There's no infrastructure. And the reason there were thousands of foreign contractors up there was they were building essentially an entire new town in the middle of nowhere to accommodate what would eventually be 15,000 people to work this giant gas plant to tap one of the biggest gas fields in the world. But they were building this in the bush. There's no infrastructure.

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Crime & courts

Teacher accused of raping girl, 9, says she was coached and wasn't at school

A suspended 59-year-old Soweto teacher told the Pretoria Magistrates Court he will plead not guilty to raping a nine-year-old in a school toilet.

“On to this now, the Soyuz school teacher accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old child intends to plead not guilty. The 59-year-old made”

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ActionSA jumps from 7 to 50 at Tembisa school as ANC falls to 28

A Corder Report host reads a Tembisa voting-station result showing ActionSA overtaking the ANC, which fell from 69 to 28.

“Let me just tell you about Isi Ziba Primary School in Tembisa. ANC 28, which is down 41. They got 69 last time out. ActionSA is now the biggest with 50, up from 7 plus 43 in Tembisa.”

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    ActionSA jumps from 7 to 50 at Tembisa school as ANC falls to 28

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Politics

Analyst: ANC and its offshoots fall below 50% for first time

A Kaya 959 analyst says projections show the ANC plus parties born from it, EFF and MK, dropping under 50% combined, from 63% in 2024.

“They were projected on the base of their performance beforehand to win at Tequin. Yes. It doesn't look like I mean they'll be the biggest party, but they're not going to come close.”

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Business & money

Business & money

BizNews lifts Palantir value to $170 but says hold, don't chase

Alec Hogg raises BizNews's Palantir intrinsic value from $150 to $170 after 96% growth, but says the price already reflects it.

“In our intrinsic value, we have them at $150 a share. That's quite a long way below where they are trading at the moment, around $170.”

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Sport

Sport

Malcolm Marx joins Bulls long-term as Springboks name experienced side for Italy

Rassie Erasmus picks an experienced side for Italy, and Malcolm Marx signs a long-term Bulls deal from July 2027.

“Rassie Erasmus has gone with an experienced side, Ruan Norkia and Salmaan Moerat partnering up in that second row for Norkia. There's a bit of history there between Murat and him.”

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Old car replacement

“Well, my card decided it's going to pack up on me.”

Says her card packed up while taking her child to soccer practice and wonders whether it is time to replace it after 18 years.

Lorraine

Kaya 959 · The Upper Room · 5 Nov 22:39

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Value for money in politics

“So it goes without saying that, as the professor has said, that since Thabo Mbeki's second term upon Zuma's election,”

Argues that governance value for money declined after Mbeki's second term, and that one party still deserves credit for it, with Cape Town as an exception.

Michael in Pretoria

702 · The Aubrey Masango Show · 5 Nov 22:08

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Restaurant ambiance versus food taste

“Since what I recently experienced, yeah, I'm going over the taste of the food.”

Says they prefer the taste of food over ambiance, citing a beautiful restaurant that disappointed them, and criticises restaurants in Johannesburg of late.

Roy

947 · The Frequency with Bolele · 5 Nov 21:55

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  2. DA1122 mentions · 6 stations
  3. IEC870 mentions · 6 stations
  4. ActionSA467 mentions · 6 stations
  5. EFF369 mentions · 6 stations
  6. MK Party296 mentions · 6 stations
  7. Donald Trump266 mentions · 6 stations
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