Anene Booysen Trial: Davids Pleads Not Guilty – Jonathan Davids has pleaded not guilty to raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, in the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court. [mail&guardian]

Dennis Rodman Goes To North Korea – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — neon-bleached hair, tattoos, nose studs and all — on Tuesday to the isolated Communist country with possibly the world’s drabbest dress code: North Korea. [espn]

Tamara Ecclestone’s Ex Jailed Over Plot – Derek Rose is given four years for a £200,000 plot to blackmail the socialite daughter of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. [skynews]

Mining Tycoon Unveils Plan To Build Titanic 2 – With Extra Lifeboats – An Australian multi-millionaire has unveiled blueprints for the Titanic II, a modern replica of the world’s most famous ocean liner, which he plans to build and sail across the Atlantic just like its namesake attempted to. [telegraph]

Pistorius Violated Gun Laws – Experts – Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the athlete violated basic gun-handling regulations and exposed himself to a homicide charge by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it. [iol]

Vatican To Call Benedict ‘Pontiff Emeritus’ – Pope Benedict XVI will have the official title of “pontiff emeritus” after he resigns on Thursday, February 28 – the first leader of the Catholic Church to do so since the Middle Ages, the Vatican said. [rappler]

Pope Will Lose His Red Shoes – Once he has given up his role as Pope, Benedict will continue to wear a white cassock (sans the pontifical ornaments), but forgo his trademark red shoes. Instead, he will wear a pair of handmade brown shoes given to him during a papal visit to Mexico in 2012. [npr]

Yahoo CEO Bans Working From Home – An internal memo at Yahoo introducing a ban on working from home has sparked a debate on whether remote working leads to greater productivity and job satisfaction or kills creativity and is just a chance to slack off. [stuff]

David Bowie Album Review – Track By Track: The Starman Pulls Off The Greatest Comeback Album In Rock’n’Roll History With The Next Day – Andy Gill listens to Bowie’s first album in a decade – The Next Day (Iso/Columbia) – and says it’s as good as anything he’s ever made. [independent]

Secrecy Bill Could Be Made Law By June – The Protection of State Information Bill could become law as early as June as the ad hoc committee has been given until June 20 to finish its work. [mail&guardian]

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Fails To Ban Former Lover’s Book – A judge in France has rejected a lawsuit filed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn which sought to stop the publication of a book written by a former lover. [bbc]

Shark Attack: Police Open Fire As Beachgoer Killed – New Zealand police are unsure if a shark responsible for the death of a man at an Auckland Beach on Wednesday afternoon has been killed, despite firing several shots at the creature. The victim of the deadly shark attack was a Muriwai man aged in his 40s. [smh]

Michelle Obama’s Oscars Dress Too Revealing For Iranian Media – Iran’s Fars news agency Photoshops First Lady’s dress to cover up her neckline in coverage of Academy Awards ceremony. [guardian]

New Pearl Jam Album Coming Out This Year – Pearl Jam hope to have their next album out “this year, for sure,” guitarist Mike McCready tells Rolling Stone. [rollingstone]

Pirate Bay Moves Internet Access From Sweden – Embattled file-sharing site the Pirate Bay is looking for safe havens in Norway and Spain after its Swedish host came under legal pressure to shut it down. [cbc]

The Slaughter Of Reeva Steenkamp – The trial of Oscar Pistorius won’t begin for months. But from what he has told us, we already know he’s a reckless, dangerous killer. [slate]

First Black Character Appears In Downton Abbey – Downton Abbey is introducing its first black character as part of a storyline about race relations in the 1920s. The award-winning stately home drama is seeking an actor to play musician Jack Ross. [thesun]

New App Turns Your iPhone Into a Mobile Urine Lab – For entrepreneur Myshkin Ingawale the logic was unassailable. Everybody pees. And everyone has a cellphone. “There has to be something going on there,” Ingawale told a chuckling crowd at the TED conference. [wired]

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Bob’s Weekend Getaways– Tune in to The Mid Week Weekend with Bob Skinstad and Dan Green from 15h00-17h00 today where they’ll be running their weekly Kia Weekend getaway competition, treating one listener to a divine weekend away, just 2 hours outside of Cape Town or Johannesburg. Tune in to find out how you can win! [kiaweekendgetaway]

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Red Bull Double Ditch Jam And Haezer Set On Captain Kai’s World – The captain is back with Chris Cabby Cab to discuss surfing, the upcoming Redbull Ditch Jam, skateboarding and, of course, epic music. The lads give listeners everything you need to know about the Billabong Pro Junior happening in Durban. They chat to Junior surfers Jake Elkington and Adin Masencamp about have the potential they have to put SA surfing back on the map if they win the competition! The much anticipated Redbull Ditch Jam also gets a mention! The crazy event is going down this weekend, and Kai fills us in on all the info so that you definitely do not have to miss out. Local DJ Haezer, who is causing a massive stir in the international music scene, is on air to talk about his overseas gigs. He ends off the show with some rocking tunes- worth listening to on the podcast alone! [podcast]