Sean Penn Has A Go At Prince William – The Hollywood actor accused Britain of insensitivity for sending Prince William to the disputed islands claimed by Argentina. Speaking in Uruguay having met President Jose Mujica, Penn repeated his assertion made in Argentina on Monday that Britain’s stance over the Falklands was “colonialist, ludicrous and archaic”. [telegraph]

FFP Leader Claims Africans Have No Claim To Land – Africans cannot lay claim to land in Western Cape and Northern Cape because they are not the original inhabitants of the land. This was the view of Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder when he responded to President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation speech yesterday. [timeslive]

Cape Strip Club Owner Can’t Afford Bail – A bail application on Wednesday by Russian strip club owner Igor Russol was delayed as he struggled to raise funds for his legal costs. Defence attorney Juan Smuts told the Cape Town District Court that Russol, who is charged with extortion, had “tried to move heaven and earth” to raise the necessary finance for the bail application, but could not do so while in detention. [news24]

Sex Tape Prison Officer Fired – The dismissal this week of a correctional officer filmed having sex with a policewoman in a hospital, was welcomed by Parliament’s correctional services portfolio committee on Thursday. On August 15, a report about the correctional officer having sex with the policewoman was published by the Sowetan newspaper. [sowetanlive]

Whitney Houston’s Funeral Will Be Broadcast On The Internet – Fans worldwide who want to bid Whitney Houston farewell will be able to watch her private funeral on the Internet. Her publicist, Kristen Foster, announced that The Associated Press will be allowed a camera at the Saturday ceremony in Newark, N.J. The AP will stream the service on https://livestream.com/aplive . [myfox]

Aretha Will Perform At Whitney’s Funeral – Aretha Franklin will perform at the private, invitation-only funeral for her goddaughter Whitney Houston in New Jersey this weekend, a source involved with the arrangements tells NBC New York. [nbc]

‘Sell Assets’ To Pay Fine Of R4,5bn, Telkom Told – Telkom has hit back by saying the penalty is a “jaw-dropping, inappropriate fine”, and should it be found guilty the appropriate fine should rather be R26,8m. Cool, can we do the same with our phone bills? [businessday]

Sony Apologises For Houston Price Hike – Music company Sony has apologised for raising the price of Whitney Houston’s albums within hours of the singer’s death. Two of her best-of collections ended up with a price hike of around £3 for download versions being sold on the UK iTunes store. Sony said the price rise had been a “mistake”. [thesun]

Dolly Parton To Earn A Fortune From Whitney’s Death – After the untimely death of Michael Jackson, his estate made a fortune due to a sudden renewed interest in his catalogue. One of Houston’s biggest hits, “I Will Always Love You,” was actually written by Dolly Parton, who will receive the writer’s and publisher’s rates when the song undoubtedly gets a boost in radio and television performances. [huffpo]

Sarkozy Announces Re-Election Bid – After weeks of suspense, French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially declared his bid for re-election on Wednesday, saying he wanted to “give French people a voice” and highlighted jobs and the economy as two of his main campaign priorities. [france24]

Cisco To Challenge Microsoft Skype Deal – Cisco has said it will challenge Microsoft’s $8.5bn (£5.4bn) takeover of Skype at the EU’s top court. The networking giant said conditions needed to be set to ensure Microsoft would not block other video services. [bbc]

WATCH: Bizarre Mike Tyson Interview – The former heavyweight champ spoke a little too openly in his halftime interview on MSG Network at Wednesday’s Knicks-Kings game. Asked by Jill Martin what was the dumbest purchase he’d ever made in his life, Tyson said: “Anything I ever had. Anything I ever had was dumb,” before mumbling something and blurting out “There was some dumb shit.” [nydailynews]

The 10 Most Expensive Cities In The World – For the first time in at least two decades of reporting the worldwide cost of living survey Zurich sits atop the ranking as the world’s most expensive city. An index swing of 34 percentage points pushed the Swiss city up 4 places compared to last year to overtake Tokyo which remains in 2nd place. Paris does well. As does Australia. [luxuo]

Mobile Phones To Outnumber Humans By The End Of 2012 – Mobile phones will outnumber humans by the end of 2012, according to a report by US technology company Cisco. The report – which examines the growth of mobile internet, video, data and smartphones – predicted that there would be more than 10 billion mobile connected devices by 2016 – more than the estimated global population of 7.3 billion. [newsau]

Zynga Posts Loss In First Earnings Report – Zynga Inc. rode the wave of investor appetite for fast-growing Internet companies. But it still has a ways to go to prove it’s worth the hype. The maker of popular social games such as “FarmVille” and “Words With Friends” posted a loss of $435 million in the fourth quarter, its first period as a public company. The loss came despite a 59% increase in revenue to $311.2 million. [wallstreetjournal]

LOOK: World’s Tiniest Chameleon – A species of chameleon small enough to easily perch on a match head has been discovered on a tiny island off Madagascar, a group of scientists has announced. In addition to the discovery of Brookesia micra, now the tiniest chameleon ever discovered, the researchers also announced the discovery of three additional tiny chameleon species. [yahoo]

Heart Attack Grill Customer Has Heart Attack – The Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas lived up to its name Saturday night, when a customer dining on a “triple bypass burger” suffered an apparent heart attack. [foxvegas]