Photo: Brian Witbooi – TimesLive

UK Couple’s Cheetah Horror – A Scottish couple will return home with a different version of happy holiday snaps when Archibald D’Mello and his wife Violet look at photographs of her being attacked by a cheetah. As Violet tried to stop one of her children from running away, the cheetah knocked her to the floor, grazing and gouging her head. [TimesLive]

The ANC Used Me Like A Condom – Malema – “Those of us who have remained loyal, [and] those of us who have entered treacherous places [by] defending the African National Congress… today we are not wanted,” he said. “We are used like toilet paper that is flushed in the toilet. We are used like condoms – those who use condoms will know how condoms work, they use them and they throw them [away] somewhere else.” [News24]

King Rejects Malema – Instead of arriving to the traditional welcome of song and dance, Julius Malema was met by seven security guards armed with automatic rifles and shotguns as he planned to visit abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s Great Place yesterday. Yesterday, Dalindyebo’s spokesman, Phumla Matshaya, said: “They were actually tempted to use the king. Bumbane is not a place for horses to die. [TimesLive]

4 Minors Suspected In South Africa Gang Rape Released On Bail – Four minors accused in a brutal videotaped gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager were released on $67 bail Thursday, their lawyer said. The boys fear for their safety and will not be returning to their homes because of anger in the community, lawyer William Karam told CNN. A South African court has already determined that three of the four will face full prosecution. [CNN]

“Frustrated” Osama Struggled To Control “Unruly” al-Qaeda – Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden’s hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to control an unruly network, the US military says. The documents seized during the raid on the Abbottabad compound were posted online by the research wing of the US military academy, West Point. The papers show he was unhappy with affiliates’ attacks on fellow Muslims, urging them to target the US instead. [BBC]

Bill Clinton Didn’t Learn Of Osama Capture Through Hillary – Clinton said he “didn’t know about [bin Laden] until they told me and that Hillary “never said a word.” It was the White House — and not wife Hillary Clinton or the State Department — who told him of bin Laden’s death a year ago, which was the proper protocol in the situation, despite the underlying obviousness he could have learned it from Hillary earlier. [Radar Online]

South Africa, India Trade To Reach $15 Billion Before 2014: Zuma – Trade between South Africa and India will reach the target of $15 billion (11 billion euros) per year before a self-imposed 2014 deadline, South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. The two countries agreed to increase their commercial exchanges during Zuma’s state visit to India in 2010. But they are on track to reach the mark ahead of schedule, Zuma said during a return visit from Indian President Pratibha Patil. [Yahoo]

SABC Losing Viewers To Pay-TV, Says CEO – Pay-TV companies were gouging out audiences from the national broadcaster’s traditional market as they offered cheaper and cheaper bouquets of channels, SABC CEO Lulama Mokhobo said yesterday. Competition was getting tougher as new players entered the market and the changing conditions would have a “serious and negative impact” on the public broadcaster’s revenue in the long term, Ms Mokhobo warned. [Business Day]

Ostrich Ban Brings SA Farmers To Their Knees – The future of South Africa’s ostrich industry hinges on the lifting on a ban on exported meat, with time and money running out for farmers. About 741 farms used to be registered with the SA Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC), but this number decreased when the H5N2 bird flu virus broke out in the Klein Karoo, in the Western Cape, last April. [M&G]

Rooney Goal Voted Best In English Premier League – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s spectacular overhead kick against Manchester City has been voted the greatest goal in the history of the English Premier League. [News24]

Everybody’s Lying On Facebook – How to protect your privacy on Facebook? For an increasing number of users, the answer is simple: Lie. A quarter of respondents in a new Consumer Reports study admitted that they “alter personally identifiable information,” such as birthdate, on Facebook. [Newser]

Pepsi Bringing Back Michael Jackson For New Ad Push – One billion cans of Pepsi are about to come plastered with a most unlikely ingredient: Michael Jackson’s silhouette. Pepsi is about to try once again to breathe serious life into the deceased King of Pop’s global image in a move that has left some marketing experts aghast and others applauding. [USA Today]

Vogue’s Underage Models: No To Under 16s & Eating Disorders, Says New Policy – Vogue’s glossy pages will have an additional focus to fashion following the June 2012 issue: Health. The Conde Nast publication has chosen to adopt a new policy where girl’s under the age of 16, or other females with eating disorders, will not be featured in the magazine’s spread, the New York Times reported. [IBT]

’80s Authors Talk About ‘Near-Threesome’ With John Edwards’ Mistress – Fingers started pointing at McInerney, now married to publishing heiress Anne Hearst, when his old party buddy, “American Psycho” author Bret Easton Ellis, recently tweeted: “Somewhere in the late 1980’s I almost found myself in a coked-up threesome with Rielle Hunter in my condo on 13th Street in New York.” “Pretty in Pink” actress Molly Ringwald then tweeted back: “I think I know who the 3rd was…” [The Daily]

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