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Back in June of 2015 two men Themba Cabeka and Carlito Vale decided to flee South Africa in the landing gear of a Boeing 747-400. They jumped over the fence at OR Tambo and snuck themselves into the landing gear of flight BA 54 headed for London.

Tied to the plane with an electric cable wrapped around his arm and starved of oxygen and temperatures of -60C Cabeka soon passed out only briefly awaking when falling onto the runway at Heathrow. He then went into a coma for 6 months.

“I was here. The plane was there. I was asking myself, How did I get out of the plane?” I could see these guys, they were the guards, they carried me up and I passed out again. I woke up in hospital after being in a coma for six months.”

His friend, Carlito Vale sadly did not make it and tragically fell from the aircraft minutes before landing. His body was found on top of a building in Richmond.

Channel 4 producer Rich Bentley tracked Themba down to a one-bedroom flat in Liverpool. Themba Cabeka (now Justin) was granted asylum and now tells the tale of his terrifying journey in the Channel 4 documentary airing on Monday 4th January at 10 pm, The Man Who Fell From The Sky.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-man-who-fell-from-the-sky

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Episode 4 of the 6 part series sees cullinary expert Gregg Wallace take a 300-kilometre road trip along the stunning coast of the Western Cape heading for Gansbaai, otherwise known as Shark Town.

He stops for lunch at the South African fish and chip shop, releases rehabilitated African Penguins back into the wild and meets his match on a boat trip through shark alley.

In Episode 5 airing on 2nd February 2021, his destination is the bustling urban metropolis of Soweto. He visits Precious Moments Day Care where ‘Food Mama’ Flora shares how cooking food has become a success for the school. He also travels to Kliptown to search out a troupe of gumboot dancers.

The culinary expert visits six key destinations on his tour making up the 6 episodes of the series. He goes on safari in Amakhala, visits Cape Town, Augrabies Falls in the Kalahari Desert, the Whale Coast, Soweto in Johannesburg and the Garden Province – aiming to get a taste of the real South Africa.

Visit the ITV website here for more information and to watch online.

https://www.itv.com/hub/south-africa-with-gregg-wallace/10a0001a0003

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You’ve probably got a little extra time on your hands at the moment. The perfect opportunity to take time to re-assess your social media feeds and online habits. Just as we cleanse our bodies, cleansing our social media can result in better mental health.

As we like and follow hundreds and sometimes thousands of Facebook pages, influencers, Instagrammers, TikTokkers, friends and businesses we undoubtedly build up more and more content to absorb. This can cause information overload and hours wasted aimlessly scrolling through a whole bunch of stuff we don’t really need. So how do we get rid of the digital dirt?

Here’s a few tips to get you on your way . . .

1. Visit your social media channels and delete what you don’t connect with anymore.
2. Update your profile pics and edit your bios.
3. Check all your settings and update where necessary.
4. Remove any posts that may be inappropriate (especially if you’re looking for a new job).
5. Go through your friends’ list and let go of those you don’t know.
6. Do a search on yourself, see what comes up and edit or delete.
7. Deactivate old accounts you don’t use.
8. Change your passwords.
9. Delete ads that appear on your feeds that are not appropriate.
10. Be particular in future and set a yearly reminder to clean up your social media.

Try to keep things simple in this world of information overload.