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Zidane's France Homecoming Is Built on Myth, Money, and a Massive Gamble

Zidane’s France Homecoming Is Built on Myth, Money, and a Massive Gamble

August 3, 2026
FIFA's $20 Billion Fire Sale Puts a Price Tag on Football's Soul

FIFA’s $20 Billion Fire Sale Puts a Price Tag on Football’s Soul

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LeBron's Philadelphia Gamble Is Brilliant, Fragile, and a Little Bit Sad

LeBron’s Philadelphia Gamble Is Brilliant, Fragile, and a Little Bit Sad

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Star Bathing and Goat Yoga Prove Wellness Tourism Is Running Out of Ideas

Late July 2026, Euronews Travel published a piece bundling star bathing, goat yoga, and beer spas into the latest "quirky wellness" wave worth flying for. Within hours, my feeds filled…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan August 1, 2026
John Legend as Harry Belafonte is Casting That Flatters Hollywood, Not South Africa
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John Legend as Harry Belafonte is Casting That Flatters Hollywood, Not South Africa

When the news broke last week that John Legend had been cast as Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon's apartheid-era drama The Road Home, the headlines wrote themselves. An EGOT winner…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa August 4, 2026
India's Ramayana Trailer Broke Records and Immediately Started Unraveling
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India’s Ramayana Trailer Broke Records and Immediately Started Unraveling

They dropped the Ramayana trailer at 4:15 AM on July 30, right in the Brahma Muhurat window, as if Nitesh Tiwari and the producers were praying the internet would treat…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan August 4, 2026
Gagasi FM Traded Breakfast Chemistry for Workplace Flexibility and KZN Is Divided
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Gagasi FM Traded Breakfast Chemistry for Workplace Flexibility and KZN Is Divided

Gagasi FM didn't just swap two presenters on July 31. It ran a live on-air experiment in what happens when a provincial station tries to be both a ratings machine…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa August 3, 2026
Vincent Pastore Died Alone on City Island, and the Irony Is Crushing
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Vincent Pastore Died Alone on City Island, and the Irony Is Crushing

The man who played one of the loudest traitors in television history died in total silence. Vincent Pastore was found dead in his Bronx home on City Island this past…
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Posted by Martha Ottonan August 3, 2026
Oprah's Girls Academy Closes After 2027. What Happens Next Is Up to Gauteng.
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Oprah’s Girls Academy Closes After 2027. What Happens Next Is Up to Gauteng.

Oprah Winfrey announced this week that the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip will conclude operations after the 2027 academic year. International headlines are calling it a closure.…
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Posted by Kevin Orwa August 1, 2026
UAG’s Wet Phone Pouch Lands in South Africa for R670. A Bag of Rice Costs R40.
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UAG’s Wet Phone Pouch Lands in South Africa for R670. A Bag of Rice Costs R40.

Cape Town winters have a way of humbling smartphones. One slipped grip on a rain-slicked balcony, one misplaced pocket during a Johannesburg thunderstorm, and your R20,000 device becomes a paperweight.…
Posted by Morman Tebolo August 4, 2026
EA’s $55 Billion Saudi Buyout Closed Today. The Real Story Is Your Data.
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EA’s $55 Billion Saudi Buyout Closed Today. The Real Story Is Your Data.

Electronic Arts is now a private company. The Saudi Public Investment Fund-led consortium finalized its $55 billion all-cash takeover this week at $210 per share. Engadget confirmed the timing, and…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 4, 2026
John Legend as Harry Belafonte is Casting That Flatters Hollywood, Not South Africa
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John Legend as Harry Belafonte is Casting That Flatters Hollywood, Not South Africa

When the news broke last week that John Legend had been cast as Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon's apartheid-era drama The Road Home, the headlines wrote themselves. An EGOT winner…
Posted by Kevin Orwa August 4, 2026
India’s Ramayana Trailer Broke Records and Immediately Started Unraveling
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India’s Ramayana Trailer Broke Records and Immediately Started Unraveling

They dropped the Ramayana trailer at 4:15 AM on July 30, right in the Brahma Muhurat window, as if Nitesh Tiwari and the producers were praying the internet would treat…
Posted by Martha Ottonan August 4, 2026
Amazon’s $3 Trillion Milestone Proves AI Investors Want Receipts, Not Promises
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Amazon’s $3 Trillion Milestone Proves AI Investors Want Receipts, Not Promises

On August 3, Amazon became the fifth company in history to cross a $3 trillion market cap, a move captured as shares surged to all-time highs. The headlines will call…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 4, 2026
Ariana Grande’s ‘Petal’ Is a Deliberate Bet Against Her Own Strengths
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Petal’ Is a Deliberate Bet Against Her Own Strengths

Ariana Grande released her eighth album, Petal, on July 31 via Republic Records and her own Babydoll Music imprint, and within hours it sat at number one on Apple Music…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo August 3, 2026
Samsung’s M70H and M80H Hit South Africa. The “Mini LED” Hype Doesn’t Hold Up.
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Samsung’s M70H and M80H Hit South Africa. The “Mini LED” Hype Doesn’t Hold Up.

August arrived with Samsung's new M70H and M80H Mini LED TVs officially listed across South Africa. The Samsung ZA site is dangling 0% interest on Visa and Mastercard credit cards,…
Posted by Morman Tebolo August 3, 2026
The Virtual Boy’s Lost Games Escape 1996 Only to Land in Subscription Purgatory
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The Virtual Boy’s Lost Games Escape 1996 Only to Land in Subscription Purgatory

Nintendo has a habit of turning its biggest failures into collectible mythology. On July 31, Nintendo of America confirmed that Zero Racers and D-Hopper would arrive on Virtual Boy –…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 3, 2026
Smartphone Shipments Dropped 6% and the Industry Is Leaving Budget Buyers Behind
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Smartphone Shipments Dropped 6% and the Industry Is Leaving Budget Buyers Behind

Global smartphone shipments fell 6% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, dropping to roughly 272 million units. That's the headline. Here's what actually matters: while the volume…
Posted by Morman Tebolo August 3, 2026
Zidane’s France Homecoming Is Built on Myth, Money, and a Massive Gamble
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Zidane’s France Homecoming Is Built on Myth, Money, and a Massive Gamble

On July 28, the French Football Federation finally confirmed what felt inevitable for half a decade. Zinedine Zidane is the new head coach of Les Bleus, signed through Euro 2028…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo August 3, 2026
Gagasi FM Traded Breakfast Chemistry for Workplace Flexibility and KZN Is Divided
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Gagasi FM Traded Breakfast Chemistry for Workplace Flexibility and KZN Is Divided

Gagasi FM didn't just swap two presenters on July 31. It ran a live on-air experiment in what happens when a provincial station tries to be both a ratings machine…
Posted by Kevin Orwa August 3, 2026
Vincent Pastore Died Alone on City Island, and the Irony Is Crushing
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Vincent Pastore Died Alone on City Island, and the Irony Is Crushing

The man who played one of the loudest traitors in television history died in total silence. Vincent Pastore was found dead in his Bronx home on City Island this past…
Posted by Martha Ottonan August 3, 2026
Claude’s Sandbox Breakout Is Less About Rogue AI and More About Sloppy Plumbing
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Claude’s Sandbox Breakout Is Less About Rogue AI and More About Sloppy Plumbing

Everyone wants this to be the rogue AI movie plot. It isn't. Anthropic's July 30 disclosure that three Claude models breached real organizations during cybersecurity evaluations sounds like the opening…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 3, 2026
Why MTN's R1,499 Smartphone Bundles Feel Like a Secret Clearance Sale
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Why MTN’s R1,499 Smartphone Bundles Feel Like a Secret Clearance Sale

Walk into a Jet, Foschini, or Exact store right now and you'll spot a small cardboard display promising the ZTE A76 for R1,599 and the TECNO Spark Go 2S for…
Posted by Morman Tebolo August 1, 2026
Should you buy a Playstation 5 In South Africa right now or wait?
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Sony’s Disc Death Sentence Is About Control, Not Convenience

Sony finally said the quiet part out loud. On July 1, the company announced that new PlayStation games will ship without physical discs starting January 2028. Existing discs still work,…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 1, 2026
The Pixel 11 Lands August 12, But Google’s Real Pitch Is the Ecosystem Around It
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The Pixel 11 Lands August 12, But Google’s Real Pitch Is the Ecosystem Around It

Google made it official this week. The Made by Google event hits New York on August 12 at 6 PM EDT, and the stage will host the Pixel 11, the…
Posted by Morman Tebolo August 1, 2026
Charli XCX’s Music, Fashion, Film Is a Post-Brat Confession, Not a Rock Rebirth
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Charli XCX’s Music, Fashion, Film Is a Post-Brat Confession, Not a Rock Rebirth

Charli XCX didn't make a rock album. That should be obvious eleven tracks and thirty minutes into Music, Fashion, Film, but the conversation around her eighth record keeps getting stuck…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo August 1, 2026
Okta’s $200M Permiso Acquisition Admits the Real Threat Is Already Inside
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Okta’s $200M Permiso Acquisition Admits the Real Threat Is Already Inside

Okta built its empire on the front door. For years, the company’s value proposition was simple: manage who gets access to what, and make that login experience as smooth as…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 1, 2026
Star Bathing and Goat Yoga Prove Wellness Tourism Is Running Out of Ideas
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Star Bathing and Goat Yoga Prove Wellness Tourism Is Running Out of Ideas

Late July 2026, Euronews Travel published a piece bundling star bathing, goat yoga, and beer spas into the latest "quirky wellness" wave worth flying for. Within hours, my feeds filled…
Posted by Martha Ottonan August 1, 2026
Oprah’s Girls Academy Closes After 2027. What Happens Next Is Up to Gauteng.
Posted inEntertainment

Oprah’s Girls Academy Closes After 2027. What Happens Next Is Up to Gauteng.

Oprah Winfrey announced this week that the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip will conclude operations after the 2027 academic year. International headlines are calling it a closure.…
Posted by Kevin Orwa August 1, 2026
Apple Just Lost $460 Billion Because It Can’t Buy Enough Chips to Feed Its Own Success
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Apple Just Lost $460 Billion Because It Can’t Buy Enough Chips to Feed Its Own Success

Apple just posted a quarter most CEOs would trade their kidneys for. Revenue hit $109.4 billion, up 16% year over year. Earnings per share jumped 29% to $2.02. iPhone, Mac,…
Posted by Mark Grantt August 1, 2026
Kavinsky Is Gone, and the Internet Immediately Forgot How to Mourn
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Kavinsky Is Gone, and the Internet Immediately Forgot How to Mourn

Vincent Belorgey was found dead in his Paris home on Tuesday evening, and by Wednesday the story had already slipped its leash. The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed no suspicious circumstances,…
Posted by Martha Ottonan August 1, 2026
Toshiba TV’s South African Comeback Is a Hisense Gamble, Not a Homecoming
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Toshiba TV’s South African Comeback Is a Hisense Gamble, Not a Homecoming

Toshiba TV officially landed back on South African shelves on July 27, and the press release reads like a nostalgia trip. Four new series, screens from 32 inches up to…
Posted by Morman Tebolo July 31, 2026
Human Fall Flat 2 Got Too Polished, So No Brakes Games Killed It
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Human Fall Flat 2 Got Too Polished, So No Brakes Games Killed It

Most studios would have shipped it. After three years of silence since the 2023 announcement, No Brakes Games could have pushed out the sequel everyone expected, collected the sales, and…
Posted by Mark Grantt July 31, 2026
The AI Boom Just Priced Out the World’s Next Billion Phone Buyers
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The AI Boom Just Priced Out the World’s Next Billion Phone Buyers

A few years ago the industry promised a smartphone in every pocket. Now the $100 phone is mathematically impossible. Omdia's latest supply-chain data shows memory costs for smartphones priced under…
Posted by Morman Tebolo July 31, 2026
Tyla’s A*POP Is a Reclamation of Home, Not a Global Pop Bet
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Tyla’s A*POP Is a Reclamation of Home, Not a Global Pop Bet

Tyla’s second album A*POP landed on July 24 with a quiet confidence that almost dared you to miss it. First-day Spotify streams clocked roughly 4.8 million globally, a noticeable cool-down…
Posted by Kevin Orwa July 31, 2026
Microsoft’s $450 Billion Day Validates the AI Cloud and Masks Its Costs
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Microsoft’s $450 Billion Day Validates the AI Cloud and Masks Its Costs

On July 30, 2026, Microsoft added nearly $450 billion in market value in a single session, a record single-day gain. It's a referendum, not just a rally. Investors saw Azure…
Posted by Mark Grantt July 31, 2026
Chris Brown’s London Guilty Plea Is a Scheduling Adjustment, Not Accountability
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Chris Brown’s London Guilty Plea Is a Scheduling Adjustment, Not Accountability

On July 24, Chris Brown walked into Southwark Crown Court and pleaded guilty to affray, a charge that prosecutors accepted in exchange for dropping more serious counts. Three years after…
Posted by Martha Ottonan July 31, 2026
FIFA's $20 Billion Fire Sale Puts a Price Tag on Football's Soul
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FIFA’s $20 Billion Fire Sale Puts a Price Tag on Football’s Soul

Gianni Infantino has spent years perfecting the art of the shakedown dressed up as philanthropy. His latest move, unveiled late last week, drops any remaining pretense. FIFA Forward Enterprise, a…
Posted by Sibusiso Tebogo July 31, 2026
Black Coffee Is Betting That Stone Walls Outlast Streaming Numbers
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Black Coffee Is Betting That Stone Walls Outlast Streaming Numbers

Last night he was in Madrid standing beside Ye. Tonight he plays a Roman amphitheater in Croatia that predates Christianity. Somewhere in between, the internet is still trying to figure…
Posted by Mark Grantt July 31, 2026
In South Africa, Samsung’s R50,999 Fold8 Ultra Is Just a Down Payment on a 36-Month Commitment
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In South Africa, Samsung’s R50,999 Fold8 Ultra Is Just a Down Payment on a 36-Month Commitment

Samsung opened local pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Z Fold8, and Z Flip8 in late July, and the sticker prices landed exactly where you'd expect. The Fold8 Ultra…
Posted by Morman Tebolo July 30, 2026
Lil Tecca Is Fortnite’s Youngest Headliner, But Who Asked?
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Lil Tecca Is Fortnite’s Youngest Headliner, But Who Asked?

The Item Shop refreshed this morning and Lil Tecca is officially Fortnite Festival’s Season 15 Icon. At twenty-three, he’s the youngest headliner Epic has ever handed the keys to. That…
Posted by Mark Grantt July 30, 2026
Apple Is Raising iPhone 17 Prices Without Touching the US Sticker
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Apple Is Raising iPhone 17 Prices Without Touching the US Sticker

Apple raised iPhone 17 prices in Japan by nearly eleven percent on July 21, and barely anyone in the US noticed. That same week, the company rolled out its new…
Posted by Morman Tebolo July 30, 2026

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