Malema In Court For Assault – report – Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was released on a warning after appearing in court on charges of assault, the Sowetan newspaper reported on Friday. [iol]

Malema ‘Okay’ With Monkey Picture In Free State School: report – Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is “OK” with a picture of him under one of a monkey in a Bloemfontein school classroom, according to a report on Thursday. [timeslive]

Official: Al-Qaeda Has SA Couple Hostage– Al-Qaeda militants are holding a South African couple abducted last month in Yemen’s central city of Taiz, a top security official said on Thursday, adding that investigations are not “very encouraging”. [news24]

Super Awkies – Glynnis Breytenbach Can Return To Work – Senior prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach will be allowed to return to work, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. The decision was revealed in a statement released by the prosecuting body. [ewn]

DA Won’t Hang Up On Airtime Campaign, Despite ANC Threats – The DA will continue to roll out its airtime voucher campaign, despite a call by the ANC to boycott the cellphone networks involved. [m&g]

Jacob Zuma: Life In SA Has Advanced – “We have kept our promise to create a better life for all. We have changed the quality of lives of our people,” he said today after receiving letters of credence from incoming ambassadors and high commissioners. [citypress]

The Biebmeister Is Going To Space – The 19-year-old and his manager Scooter Braun have been welcomed to the Virgin Galactic programme by Sir Richard Branson, who publicly announced the two would be flying way above the earth. [dailymail]

Manson Follower Goes Into ‘Unprecedented’ Details – Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was again denied parole yesterday. The 63-year-old’s next chance to seek parole won’t come for five years. KABC-TV reports that Van Houten went into “unprecedented detail” during the 8-hour hearing. [abc]

Indonesia Says No No Bikinis For 2013 Miss World Pageant Amid Protests – Miss World organizers have axed the famed bikinis from this year’s pageant, replacing them with conservative beach sarongs amid mounting protests from hardline Muslim groups. [newser]

North And South Korea ‘Agree Kaesong Talks’ – The two Koreas appear set to hold talks on a jointly-run industrial zone, weeks after operations were suspended there. North Korea proposed talks with Seoul in a statement early on Thursday carried by state news agency KCNA. [bbc]

Proteas Fall To India – India have comfortably beaten the Proteas by 26 runs in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff. [sport24]

Prince Philip Admitted To Hospital For Exploratory Surgery – The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for two weeks and will undergo an exploratory operation on his abdomen, Buckingham Palace has said. [guardian]

Apple Said To Start IPhone Trade-In Program In Stores – Apple Inc. (AAPL) is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans said. [bloomberg]

Billionaire Offers $1 Million To Solve Math Problem – Beal, who, with a net worth of $8 billion ranks 43 rd on the Forbes list of U.S. billionaires, is offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can solve a math problem – now dubbed the Beal Conjecture – that Beal has been trying to solve since 1993. [yahoo]

Nicole Richie Snaps Pic Of Pap Who Threw Kid On Floor To Photograph Her – Daughter-to-the-Stars Nicole Richie claims she was walking through LAX after arriving from NYC when she spotted a man snapping a photo of her while his little daughter lay on the floor crying. [gawker]

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