Warren Buffet Buys Heinz For $23 Billion – Billionaire Warren Buffett, the most closely watched investor in America, is putting his money in ketchup, agreeing to buy HJ Heinz Co for $23.3 billion in the richest deal ever in the food industry. [aljazeera]

Richard Branson Will Be Riding The Argus Cycle Tour – Entrepreneur, author and adventurer, Sir Richard Branson, has confirmed that he plans to ride the 2013 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. [more]

Zuma’s State Of The Nation Address: Nothing New – President Jacob Zuma prioritised land reform, a review of mining royalties’ taxes, and a crackdown on violent protest. He also appeased civil servants by promising to investigate their remuneration, in an address that reasserted his authority but did not reveal anything new. [mail&guardian]

Benedict Will Be ‘Hidden From The World’ – Pope Benedict will see out his life in prayer, “hidden from the world”, he said on Thursday in his first personal comment on his plans since he stunned Roman Catholics by announcing his retirement. [reuters]

The Pope Banged His Head Last Year – On Thursday, it emerged that the pope had hit his head on a sink during his trip last March to Mexico. But a Vatican spokesman denied that had anything to do with Benedict’s decision to step down. [npr]

Zuckerberg’s 5/10 Sister Has Landed A Book Deal – A sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a two-book deal. HarperCollins announced Wednesday that Randi Zuckerberg plans a memoir/lifestyle book titled “Dot Complicated” and a children’s story. [usatoday]

Stuck At 200km/h With No Brakes For 200km – A terrified French motorist who set out on a short trip to the supermarket, has had a lucky escape after his Renault Laguna 3 refused to slow down, the brakes failed, and he travelled more than 200km at 125mph. [theweek]

MNET Pulls Oscar Ads – Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius’ adverts with private broadcaster M-Net are being pulled off air. The campaign first aired on January 20, where the three are promoting the Academy Awards campaign being run by the channel. [timeslive]

Oscar Pistorius Had A Pistol And A Machine Gun In His Bedroom – In an interview with the Daily Mail last year, it was revealed he slept with a pistol next to his bed, a machine gun by a window, and a cricket bat and baseball bat behind the door. [guardian]

Woman Buys Ad Space at Boyfriend’s Regular Lunch Place to Let Him Know He’s Being Dumped on Valentine’s Day – Getting dumped on Valentine’s Day. Happens to the best of us. But Dan must have been the absolute worst to deserve such a public flogging from his former sweetheart Laura. [gawker]

Man Sets Himself On Fire At Rome Airport – The 19-year-old man, from the Ivory Coast, doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire in front of dozens of travellers and workers at Fiumicino airport, 10 miles west of the Italian capital. [skynews]

Kids As Young As 11 Are Texting Each Other Pics Of Their Genitalia In The UK – Boys as young as 11 are sending sexually explicit images of themselves to girls via websites and mobile telephones, David Cameron’s children’s adviser has warned. [telegraph]

Lady Gaga Cancels Entire Tour For Hip Surgery – Lady Gaga canceled the remainder of her “Born This Way Ball” concert tour to undergo hip surgery, promoters Live Nation said on Wednesday. [reuters]

How Facebook, Vine and Snapchat Make Us Cheat – It might even arguably be the default mode for our species — it’s not that we have to fight to cheat; we have to fight not to cheat. Because let’s face it: It’s not that difficult for us to allow — and want to allow in — the excitement of new desires, the thrill of a new connection, the high of a new experience. [wired]

Real Time Video Shows A 19-Car Pile Up On Chinese Motorway – This CCTV video starts slowly, with one car apparently having some kind of engine trouble and grinding to a halt on a two lane overpass in the city of Wuxi in the Jiangsu province of China. [busins]

Melrose Place Star Going to Prison: Amy Locane-Bovenizer Sentenced to 3 Years for Deadly DUI Car Crash – Amy Locane-Bovenizer is headed to jail. On Thursday, the Melrose Place star was sentenced to three years in prison for a 2010 drunk driving accident that killed a New Jersey woman. [eonline]

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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]

We Set Sail On 2 Girls, 1 Mic – They describe their sound as “instrumental post-rock”, which somehow does not give anyone an idea of how massively cool they actually are. These guys are born and bred in Cape Town and have that I’m-out-surfing swag. They’re addictive. Catch We Set Sail in studio today from 13h00-14h00 with a few deep dark secrets and an acoustics set before their gig on Saturday night at Zula. [2girls1mic]

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Bob’s weekend Getaways, Akademie Street Boutique – Akademie Street Boutique Hotel and Guest House in Franschhoek is a small Boutique Hotel situated in a beautiful garden in a quiet area of Franschhoek but close to all the famous restaurants.  It has six rooms in five different buildings and four swimming pools to choose from. In 2011 it was voted as Best Hotel in Africa and as one of the Top 25 small hotels in the World on Tripadvisor.com. Tripadvisor has 1 million hotels and motels worldwide ranked by 80 million reviews and opinions. Dan chats to owner, Arthur McWilliam Smith about what makes this Boutique so special. They also give away a weekend stay to a lucky winner! [podcast]

Blonde On Blonde – Hayley Owen And Bailey Schneider – Bailey has The Wild star Hayley Owen on air with her! The blonde bombshell was in studio for one whole hour to talk all things entertainment and acting. She gives us juicy detail of what goes on behind the scenes on the popular SA television series, including what it’s like to kiss the sexiest guy in South Africa, where her love of acting came from and the truth about being an actress. She also gives fans tips on how to make big in the industry- not to be missed if you are an aspiring actress!  Plus, if you are curious as to whyThe Wild stopped, she has all the answers for you. [podcast]