Obama, Kimmel Have Comedy Faceoff At Correspondents’ Dinner – President Obama got the first — and biggest — laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. He poked fun at some of Hollywood’s top stars, including Kim Kardashian, the cast of Glee and Donald Trump, sending him up with a seemingly serious allusion to the attack on Osama bin Laden, which took place during last year’s dinner. [USA Today]

SA’s Democracy Turns 18 – On Friday South Africa as a democracy turned 18 years old, which is a significant milestone. When you are 18 years old you have reached an age of majority, where one is able to conclude valid contracts without parental assistance. [Business Report]

Selebi, Shaik May Walk And 20,000 ‘Skelms’ Too – Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and President Jacob Zuma’s friend Schabir Shaik are some of the “skelms” who may benefit from yesterday’s announcement that parolees and probationers will be granted special remission of sentence. [Sunday World]

E-tolls Legal Bill: You’ll Pay – The government has spent as much as the cost of 14 RDP houses on one day in court defending the e-tolling system. According to The Star’s calculations, between the SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral), the Treasury and the Department of Transport, at least R750 000 was spent in the Pretoria High Court. It costs around R55 000 to build an RDP house. [IOL]

Mechem Working To Free Captured SA Man – Denel Mechem on Sunday said it was working closely with international and Sudanese authorities to ensure the safe release of two of its employees. The men, whose caputure was first reported on Saturday, were in Sudan participating in a United Nations (UN) humanitarian operation, Denel Mechem CEO Ashley Williams said. [News24]

Sars Slaps Firm With R136m Tax Bill – The SA Revenue Services (Sars) has slammed a controversial North West tenderpreneurship company with a whopping R136m tax bill after it uncovered that the firm had fraudulently claimed R38m in tax returns. City Press is in possession of a R136m final letter of demand that Sars issued against Peolwane Properties. [Fin24]

William And Kate: The First Year – Go on, admit it. You watched the ‘wedding of the century’, even if it was just to tut-tut at the expense, laugh at Prince Charles’ ears or ogle Pippa Middleton’s bum. More than two billion people worldwide watched the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011 – and the royal couple have been under constant scrutiny ever since. [Stuff]

There Will Be No New Phones Announced At BlackBerry World – Eager to see Research In Motion’s latest and greatest phones at BlackBerry World next week? Prepare to be disappointed. RIM will be taking a software-heavy approach this year, using the event to formally unveil its BlackBerry 10 operating system. [CNET]

Apple Schedules June Conference, But iPhone Hopes Dim’ – It’s a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple’s invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: “It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for.” But if it’s that elusive iPhone 5 you’d like to see, you might need to keep waiting. [CNN]

Kindle Fire Owns 54% Of Android Tablet Market – According to a new report from comScore, Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle Fire now accounts for nearly 54% of all Android tablets in the U.S. Also: Amazon blew away estimates with its latest quarterly earnings: $13.2 billion in revenues and $130 million in net income. [Fortune]

US Officials: Core al Qaeda ‘Essentially Gone’ – A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone but its affiliates remain a threat to America, U.S. intelligence officials say. [Time]

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