Natalie Bags SA’s First Paralympic Gold – Team South Africa bagged their first gold medal of the London Paralympic Games when Natalie du Toit won the women’s 100 metres butterfly S9 final on Thursday evening. [iol]

Lonmin Miners Charged With Murder Of Colleagues Shot By Police – Murder charges brought against 270 miners under obscure law previously used by apartheid government. [guardian]

Google And Apple In Secret Patent Talks – Google Inc Chief Executive Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes talks about a range of intellectual property matters, including the mobile patent disputes between the companies. [reuters]

Apple Rejects Drone Strike App – It seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever a flying robots kills someone in one of America’s many undeclared wars. But Apple keeps blocking the Drones+ program from its App Store — and therefore, from iPhones everywhere. The Cupertino company says the content is “objectionable and crude,” according to Apple’s latest rejection letter. [wired]

Watch Clint Eastwood’s Rambling, Bizarre Mitt Romney Speech [Video] – In a largely incoherent speech, Clint Eastwood “maybe possibly” praised Mitt Romney, but mostly he argued with an empty stool, which was supposed to be Obama. It was… awkward. [gawker]

Tony Blair Jokes About Tutu – Blair joked about Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s decision to pull out of the summit in protest at his attendance. “It’s amazing how nice people are to you when you stop being prime minister — except archbishops of course,” he said. [news24]

Dewani Accused ‘Falsely Implicated’ – Here we go. A man on trial for killing honeymooning tourist Anni Dewani is innocent, the Western Cape High Court heard on Wednesday. [news24]

Maties Residence Offers Apology For Apartheid Wrongs – Students from the Dagbreek men’s residence at Stellenbosch University have offered an unusual apology to the country for its involvement in apartheid. [mail&guardian]

Former Murdoch Lawyer Arrested in Phone-Hacking Scandal – Tom Crone, the former senior legal figure at News International, Rupert Murdoch’s beleaguered newspaper subsidiary, was arrested this morning by British police. [dailybeast]

Hip-Hop Mogul Suicide – Chris Lighty, an influential manager of hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Diddy, was found dead on Thursday morning at his home in the Bronx, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 44. [newyorktimes]

Nigeria Secret Police Details Leaked – Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria’s top domestic spy agency, including home addresses and names of immediate family members, leaked onto the Internet in a threatening message that claimed to come from a radical Islamist sect. [associated]

Andy Roddick Finally Retires – Andy Roddick played on his own terms. No surprise, then, that the USA’s best player for the last decade will leave the sport on those same conditions — though the announcement Thursday at the U.S. Open caught many off guard. [usatoday]

Rolling Stones Documentary Crossfire Hurricane For November Release – The Rolling Stones’s 50th anniversary is to be celebrated with a new film documentary, Crossfire Hurricane. [telegraph]

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Watch As A Russian Crane Drops A Luxury Yacht [Video] – When you spend loads of cash on a yacht, you expect it to be well taken care of. Not so in this case, where a crane operator in Russia dropping some unlucky millionaire’s luxury ride into the water. Fortunately, Bloomberg caught it on video. [bizins]

‘Jersey Shore’ To End After Six Epic Seasons – Upcoming sixth season of the show — set to premiere October 4 — will be its last, MTV announces. [mtv]

Bar Refaeli Is One Sexy Flight Attendant – Here’s a preview video for the upcoming Passionata Fall/Winter 2012 campaign featuring supermodel Bar Refaeli dressed up as the sexiest flight attendant. [popoholic]

Ryan Gosling Is Making A Movie – Aww, YOU GUYS, Baby Goose is making a movie. Like, that he wrote and is directing and everything. Titled How to Catch a Monster (Alternate title: Hey Girl, I Caught That Monster For You), the film stars Christina Hendricks from “Mad Men,” and is set to begin production in early 2013. [filmdrunk]

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The Premier Show With Seth And Bruce 10h00 to 13h00 – Easing you into your Friday, Seth and Bruce discuss the topics of the day, with a smattering of sport, entertainment and finance. Powered by Jack Daniels! [2ovfm]

Little Dragon On 2 Girls, 1 Mic – At the end of their Ritual Union tour, Little Dragon will be performing in Cape Town tonight and in Jozi tomorrow. The band are simply waiting for their final show in the Isle of Wight in September before they head off to make tea and write the next album. Kamini got to talk to this Swiss electronic band, be sure to listen in at 2:30. [2girls1mic]

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Master Of Trade Routes – Ultimate Winner Announced – Wednesday night, aboard the incredible SA Aghulus II, the V & A Waterfront celebrated their Top 8 Master of the Trade Routes signature dishes and the 27 restaurants who participated in the Culinary Challenge. The Top 8 Finalist and WINNER overall, won with their deconstructed Bobotie as their signature dish. Listen to the podcast to find out which restaurant took the title of MASTER of the Trade Routes! [podcast]

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