SuperSport Axes Darren Scott For Racist Remarks – Darren Scott’s racial outburst at a colleague means rugby fans will no longer see his face on Supersport. The sports channel announced yesterday that it had decided to “part ways” with Scott following the public outcry at his dropping the K-Bomb on a colleague. [timeslive]

Afriforum Will Fight Any Appeal – Civic group AfriForum says it will fight any attempts to overturn the ban on the singing of the struggle song Dubul’ ibhunu (“shoot the boer”) after the ANC Youth League accused the group, and South Africa’s white minority, of having “too much power” and vowed to challenge the ban in the highest courts of the land. [mail&guardian]

Bodies Hang From Bridge In Mexico: Warning Social Media Users – Social media users who denounce drug cartel activities along the Mexican border received a brutal warning this week: Two mangled bodies hanging like cuts of meat from a pedestrian bridge. Signs left near the bodies declared the pair, both apparently in their early 20s, were killed for posting denouncements of drug cartel activities on a social network. [cnn]

Apple Pulls “A Jew Or Not A Jew” App From French Store – Apple Inc. has removed an app from its French App Store that let users consult a database of celebrities to determine if they are Jewish or not. The action followed complaints from a French anti-racism group, which threatened to sue the iPhone maker. [cbsnews]

Libya: Saadi Gaddafi Tracked Down To Playboy Hideaway In Niger – American diplomats trumpeted the news that Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of Libya’s deposed leader, had finally been brought to heel on Wednesday, claiming he had been placed under virtual ‘house arrest’ after fleeing to Niger. [telegraph]

Cameron And Sarkozy To Visit Libya Today – Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are planning to visit Libya Thursday in a trip that would be the first by foreign leaders since rebels ousted Moamer Kadhafi, sources said. France and Britain spearheaded the NATO air war against Kadhafi’s forces that helped the rebels slowly fight their way towards Tripoli and install the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the new government there. [afp]

Australian Passport Will Have Option For A Third Gender – Australian passports will now have three gender options — male, female and indeterminate — under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender people, the government said Thursday. Transgender people and those of ambiguous sex will now be able to list their gender on passports with an ‘X’ if their choice is supported by a doctor’s statement. [associated]

Google And Facebook Prepare For Social Wars – Companies can only compete with each other by matching the other’s features for so long. This is especially true when, like Google and Facebook, both are already giving away their product for free. With their latest updates to their social media portals, each company is playing to its strengths: Facebook has eyeballs, and Google has software. [wired]

The Tony Bennett And Amy Winehouse Duet – Yesterday would have been Amy Winehouse’s 28th birthday. To honor her passing – and her extraordinary talent – Tony Bennett has released a video for “Body and Soul,” a song they recorded together earlier this year for his new album, Duets II. Check it out. [rollingstone]

New Dolphin Species Discovered In Australia – Recognized as one of the most intelligent marine mammals, dolphins are well loved by many for their inquisitive and playful nature. Following the discovery of a new dolphin species in Victoria, they may just find themselves even more fans in Australia. [asianscientist]

Medal Of Honour Marine Calls Barack Obama For A Beer – So the day before marine Dakota Meyer was set to get his medal of honour, he called up the White House to say he was in town early and would dig to grab a beer with the US president. No problemo, said the B-Train. [gawker]

Michelle Williams Opens Up To Vogue About Ledger’s Death – “Williams has been described as guarded in interviews, but her mood now seems relaxed and open. “I feel like something has changed for me, but it’s a new change, so it’s going to be hard for me to describe,” she says. “Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don’t feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious.” More.. [vogue]

NASA Annonces Plans For Monster Rocket – NASA officials were joined by several members of Congress this morning to unveil a new “monster” rocket that is intended to provide for human exploration of deep space, like asteroids or Mars. The Space Launch System (SLS) will be able to carry the Orion crew vehicle, as well as cargo, equipment, and science experiments to Earth’s orbit and beyond, NASA said. Officials are targeting its first mission for late 2017. [pcmag]

Thursday Is “Vote For Table Mountain” Day – Table Mountain is at the bottom of the final 28, in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of nature. Table Mountain needs YOU to vote at least every Thursday. We need 30 million votes to make the final 7.  You can vote on the website or by SMSing the word ‘table’ to 34874 (SMS cost R2). You can vote once on the website and as many times as you want on SMS. come on, gang, let’s do this thing!  [votefortablemountain.com]

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