Telkom Faces R3,5 Billion Fine – Might Go Bust – Telkom will appear before the competition tribunal today, in a case which may see the company go bust, SABC news reported on Tuesday. The Competition Commission has asked the tribunal to find Telkom guilty of excessive pricing and abuse of the market and wants the company to be fined R3.5bn, the broadcaster said. [news24]

DA’s Appeal Over Zuma ‘Spy Tapes’ Begins – The DA’s legal pursuit of the records, including the controversial spy tapes, that led to the dropping of criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma in 2009, continues in the Supreme Court of Appeal today. [timeslive]

What Is Apple Going To Do With Its $100 Billion In Cash? – Apple Inc once again rewarded shareholders richly as its shares surged to new highs above $500 on Monday. There is, though, one part of the iPhone and iPad company’s business that is not exactly humming: Its management of a pile of money now probably exceeding $100 billion. [ecotimes]

Apple May Face iPad Export Ban In China Trademark Row – A Chinese tech firm that claims it still owns the iPad trademark will seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc’s computer tablets from China, which could deal a blow to the U.S. technology giant’s sales worldwide. [cbn]

Apple Tests iPad With Smaller Screen – Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a smaller screen, people familiar with the situation said, as it looks to broaden its product pipeline amid intensifying competition and maintain its dominant market share. [wallstreetjournal]

Controversy Over Adele’s Photoshopped Vogue Cover – Fans of singer Adele, who swept the 2012 Grammy Awards with six trophies, are up in arms over the extreme weight-loss makeover the singer was given in the March 2012 issue of Vogue. [popyacollar]

Lion Kills Johannesburg Zoo Keeper – A lioness has attacked and killed a 65-year-old South African zoo keeper at a farm owned by Johannesburg Zoo. Joe Ramanata, who had worked for the zoo for more than 40 years, was taken to hospital but was declared dead on arrival, the zoo said. [bbc]

One Rhino Killed Every Day – Fifty-two rhino have been poached in South Africa so far this year, SA National Parks said on Tuesday. The hardest hit areas continue to be the Kruger National Park and Limpopo province with 26 and 13 rhino poached there respectively, SANparks said. [news24]

Don’t Forget: Osama Loved Whitney Houston, Too – As we gather to collectively mourn one of the great voices of a generation, let’s not forget this very odd detail from Sudanese poet Kola Boof’s account of being kept as a sex slave by Osama Bin Laden, Diary of a Lost Girl: the terrorist mastermind loved Whitney Houston. [gawker]

Whitney Fans Upset About Private Funeral – Whitney Houston will be mourned by family and friends in a private service Saturday at the Newark, N.J., church where she first began singing in public, and there will be no public events surrounding the funeral. The announcement has left some fans crestfallen, especially after early reports indicated that the family was considering a public service. [latimes]

William & Kate Become Barbie Dolls – The Royal Wedding sparked a craze for weird and wonderful souvenirs but now collectors can own their very own Prince William and Kate Middleton Barbie dolls. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been immortalised in plastic dressed in their full wedding day costume worn at Westminster Abbey. [mirror]

Chinese-American Basketball Player Madness Reaches Fever Pitch – America can’t get enough of Jeremy Lin—nor can anyone else. Less than a week after leading the Knicks to a five-game winning streak, Taiwanese-American point guard is the most searched item on Baidu, a leading Chinese search engine, and already has a quarter million followers on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog. Everybody, it seems, is talking about the Harvard-educated wunderkid. [time]

Prosecutors Appeal Knox Acquittal – Italian prosecutors have launched an appeal against the acquittal of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend over the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. A 112-page document has been lodged with the country’s highest criminal court, more than four months after an appeals court threw out the convictions against Ms Knox, 24, and Raffaele Sollecito, 27. [skynews]

Olympic Swimmer Proposes On Medal Podium – Matt Grevers won the 100-metre backstroke at a Missouri swimming gala. He waited for the silver and bronze medallists to leave the stand, then dropped to one knee before popping the question to fellow US national swimmer Annie Chandler, 24. [thesun]

New Bell Helicopter Features Fly-By-Wire – Bell Helicopter unveiled its largest commercial helicopter ever, and the 16-passenger aircraft is getting as much attention for its fly-by-wire system as its ability to carry, say, a crew of oil workers to an offshore drilling rig. [wired]

Chabel Heading To Australia – Australian rugby circles were abuzz as it emerged that French cult rugby figure Sebastien Chabal was headed down under for the next stage of his career. But rather than head to the Waratahs or Melbourne’s Rebels, reports claimed last night that Chabal would play a one-off game for Balmain – in Sydney’s second division suburban comp. [stuff]