Malema’s show of force gets off to a bad start – Tuesday night was meant to put Polokwane (and the country) on notice: Julius Malema will not go down quietly. But it didn’t quite work out that way. At its peak, the crowd that assembled for a night vigil ahead of the expelled ANC Youth League leader’s court appearance in Polokwane on Wednesday numbered less than a thousand – a fifteenth of what organisers had claimed would arrive, and half what they claimed had actually arrived. [mg]

Malema ‘laundered’ R4.6m – Julius Malema will be charged with alleged money-laundering totalling R4.58 million. City Press has seen a copy of a draft charge sheet submitted to the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court today that claims Malema was the recipient of the proceeds of crime. It alleges that some of the money the Limpopo department of roads and transport had paid to Malema was used to fund a R3.9-million farm and to make a payment on a Mercedes-Benz Viano. [citypress]

Shoot the boer changed to shoot Zuma at Malema vigil – Supporters attending a night vigil for Julius Malema, who is to appear in a Polokwane court on charges of fraud and money laundering, have changed the lyrics of the controversial shoot the boer to shoot Zuma, according to several twitter posts. [news24]

BBA Votes To Give Up Libor Role – The body responsible for oversight of the interbank rate in London is poised to give up the role, Sky’s City Editor has learned. The council of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has formally voted to give up its responsibility for setting the interbank borrowing rate Libor following the fixing scandal that engulfed the industry three months ago. [sky]

Zimbabwe goes to top SA court – Zimbabwe’s attorney-general, Johannes Tomana, says he is preparing to file an appeal at SA’s Constitutional Court, after a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal last week cleared the way for an auction of Zimbabwean property in Cape Town to satisfy a debt owed to former owners of farms in Zimbabwe. [bdlive]

100 million will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate – More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday. [reuters]

Barack Obama warns that US will ‘do what we must’ to stop Iran – Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that the US will “do what we must” to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon, sending out a stark message to the Islamic regime that the time for diplomacy is running out. [telegraph]

‘Severe’ mood as Japan-China ministers meet over islands – The Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers have held talks on a bitter row over disputed islands. The meeting came of the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Japanese minister described the atmosphere as severe, Kyodo News agency said, while his Chinese opposite number restated Beijing’s sovereignty over the islands, Xinhua news agency said. [bbc]

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The curious case of BlackBerry subscriber growth – Yesterday RIM previewed the company’s new operating system, which has some eerie parallels with MeeGo. But the biggest splash was made by the company announcement of hitting 80 million subscribers, up 2 million in three months. The RIM’s stock price quickly spiked at 12:00 p.m. and kept its upward momentum even as the NASDAQ started drooping. [bgr]

Hubble Reveals Deepest View Ever Of Night Sky – The penetrating gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope grants viewers the deepest glimpse ever into the universe’s past. A new, improved portrait of Hubble’s deepest-ever view of the universe, called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, which shows a small area of space in the constellation Fornax, created using Hubble Space Telescope data from 2003 and 2004, is seen in this composite image. [csmonitor]

Social Media’s Biggest Screw-Ups [INFOGRAPHIC] – The list of celebrities and major brands burned by social media blunders is long and ever-growing. Who could forget former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner, whose tweeted crotch-shot set a new standard for political pratfalls in the social media age? Then there’s actor Woody Harrelson, whose epically failed Reddit AMA spawned a derisive meme and undermined the very film he was aiming to promote. [mashable]

Synchronised toilet flush held in Zimbabwe’s Bulawayo – Thousands of lavatories gush at once as Bulawayo tries to clear sewers filling up after weeks of drought. It takes a special moment to bring people together. The residents of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city, will remember where they were and what they were doing at 7.30pm on Saturday.
Flushing their toilets. [guardian]

Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il’s Flower Is World’s Best Flower, Say Unbiased Experts – The pavilion is witnessing more than 10 000 visitors each day. They have unanimously expressed great admiration at the red-coloured Kimjongilia in full bloom. The jury of the expo praised Kimjongilia as the king of flowers, the most famous flower in the world. [gawker]

Lady Gaga strips down, says she’s battled with ‘bulimia and anorexia since 15’ – The singer launched a new section, ‘Body Revolution,’ on her site to ‘inspire bravery’ and breed some ‘compassion.’ The “Born This Way” singer posted a revealing photo of herself clad in yellow lingerie with the caption “bulimia and anorexia since 15” on her Little Monsters website Tuesday. [nydaily]

Autonomous Vehicles Now Legal in California – At Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, Governor Jerry Brown was joined on stage by Sergey Brin to sign a new law that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate on California roads. California is now the third state to enact autonomous vehicle legislation, following another Google-championed bill that passed in Nevada last February, as well as a Florida law that was approved earlier this year. [wired]

It’s Become Tragically Clear That Facebook Chased The Wrong Business For Years – Facebook has always sold ads the old-fashioned way, disguised as something new. Now, as Facebook has begun selling ads in a different, much more lucrative way that others have been doing for years, it feels like Facebook’s tactic has put the company years behind schedule. [bizinsider]

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