Here are the top trending stories of last week

Former soccer player, Marc Batchelor, gunned down

In what is reportedly a suspected hit, former Bafana Bafana soccer player, Marc Batchelor, was shot and killed on Market Street in the Olivedale/Douglasdale area this evening, 15 July. Police have confirmed that the victim of the shooting is former Bafana Bafana player, Batchelor. Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini told TimesLive that Batchelor’s family and, according to a report by News24, Batcherlor’s brother rushed to the scene after hearing the news and asked for time to process what he was seeing. Click here for the full story.

Car seat saves child’s life in accident

 *Note this story is from 2016 and was trending on the Fourways Review website last week. 

According to Emer-G-Med, on arrival paramedics found that an SUV had T-boned a car, allegedly after skipping a red light. The two occupants of the SUV sustained minor injuries and did not require hospital transport.

The two adult occupants of the car sustained moderate injuries, one patient required extrication from the vehicle with the ‘Jaws of Life’. The third occupant of the car was a two-year-old child who was properly secured in a car seat and was left uninjured. Click here for the full story.

Cold front set to bring cooler weather across Joburg

The South African Weather Service has predicted two cold fronts set to hit the Western Cape in the space of 24 hours from Thursday going into the weekend. Cold and wet weather is expected for the Western Cape for the next few days and on Sunday temperatures in Gauteng are set to drop to 18°C, to see the forecast visit SA weather service’s website.

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Shop bought white bread – do you know what you’re eating?

Once upon a time, bread was made with flour, water, salt and yeast and took between eight and 20 hours to produce.

In the early 20th century bakers experimented with various mechanised techniques to speed up breadmaking. In 1961 the Chorleywood bread processchanged everything. Invented by UK scientists, the Chorleywood method allows a loaf to go from flour to sliced and packaged in about three and a half hours using high speed mixers and the addition of extra yeast and dough-improving chemicals.

The bread you buy in the supermarket has the texture and substance it has so that it can be made on an industrial scale and have a longer shelf life. Click here for the full story.

Creator talks about Neon Runner game

Youth Month may be over, but that has not stopped young Fourways residents from putting their best foot forward.

Damian Dowie is in his second year at Vega, studying an Independent Institute of Education Bachelor of Computer Information Systems degree in game design and development.

As part of a recent college project, the 23-year-old along with three other classmates have created their very own game, Neon Runner, that is now available to the public.

“Neon Runner is an endless runner game in which the player plays as a cube and must evade obstacles as they navigate through a vapor-wave inspired world,” he told the Fourways Review.

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