ANC Withdraws Mazibuko Weight Remark – Senior ANC MP John Jeffery formally withdrew his controversial remark about DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko’s weight, and apologised to her on Tuesday. [news24]

No Word From Russia as Obama Will Announce U.S. Nuclear Reductions – In his first visit to Berlin since becoming president, Barack Obama will give a speech including an update on his plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons and an announcement that he wants to further reduce America’s deployed stockpile of nuclear bombs by one third. [dailybeast]

Saudi Arabia May Block WhatsApp Within Weeks – Popular mobile chat app warned of possible blockage after voice and messaging app Viber was blocked last week. [cnet]

Mandela: Tone Shifts To The Positive – After communication from Graça Machel and Nelson Mandela’s children, the focus seems to have shifted to his discharge from hospital this week. [mail&guardian]

There Are Now 1 Million Advertisers On Facebook – Facebook just hit 1 million advertisers, a milestone signaling that it has become a mainstream advertising channel for small and medium-sized businesses. [forbes]

Beautiful Day As Obamas Keep Dalkey Date With Bono – First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama ended her two-day trip to the Republic with a lunch in Dalkey with Bono. [irishtimes]

Rihanna Surpasses Justin Bieber as Most Viewed Artist on YouTube – Some time early Tuesday morning (6/18), Rihanna passed Justin Bieber as the most viewed artist on YouTube. The 77 videos on Rihanna’s official VEVO channel now have a combined 3.784 billion views in total, surpassing the total view counts of the 79 videos on Bieber’s official VEVO channel by roughly two million views. [billboard]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Dons Jacket To Discuss Startups With South Korean President – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with South Korean President Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. [foxnews]

Redesigned ‘MySpace for Millionaires’ Promises ‘No Fakes or Frauds’ – ASmall World, the invite-only social network for rich wastrels, seemed destined to go the way of MySpace. After all, what’s a socialite network good for besides Style Section stuffing? But like that other late aughts relic, the company is hoping to pivot toward relevancy, in this case transforming the virtual country club into a sort of Groupon: Eurotrash Vacation. [gawker]

Hot Dogs Finally Get Legal Definition – Americans have been eating hot dogs since at least 1870, when a Coney Island restaurateur started selling sausages on long buns. So you can imagine the importance of this move.. [latimes]

Google Challenges U.S. Gag Order – Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests the court makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the government. [washpo]

Huawei Says Ascend P6 is World’s ‘Slimmest’ Smartphone – Huawei has unveiled what it says is the world’s thinnest smartphone. The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm (0.24in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front camera for “high quality” self-portraits. [bbc]

Hairy Stockings Are China’s Latest ‘Anti-Pervert’ Trend – During balmier months, many young women beat the heat by showing more skin in short-shorts and sundresses. But some in China are opting to do the opposite, perhaps in an attempt to fend off oglers. [mashable]

Angelina Jolie Stunt Double Sues News Corp Over US ‘Phone Hacking’ – News Corporation is being sued over phone hacking in the US for the first time in a move which lawyers said would “open the floodgates” for legal action on American soil, and could lead to criminal charges. [telegraph]

Katy Perry Dishes on John Mayer, Russell Brand – Katy Perry says she’s still “madly in love” with John Mayer and gets candid about her marriage to ex-husband Russell Brand in the July issue of Vogue, as part of an interview in which she also talked about working on her new album. [rollingstone]

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Gert-Johan Coetzee On Imbo Live At 10h45 – Award winning South African fashion designer Gert-Johan Coetzee joins Imbo Live this morning at 10h45 to discuss SA fashion as well as fashion activism. Gert started his journey with fashion at 16 years old as a student at North West School for design. His won awards for his work as well as worked with well known SA celebs such as ‘Strictly come dancing’ presenter Sandy Ngema and Bonang Matheba just to name a few. [imbolive]

The Bro Show with Paul Snodgrass, 18h00-20h00 – Some shows just have an angle we like and know you will love – Snoddy’s Bro Show is just that. Great local and international bands, celeb guests and the unique workings of the mind of one of South Africa’s finest full on shock comedians, Snoddy is perhaps that blip on the radar of life that you know you want to get to know. Tune in from 18h00-20h00 and catch The Bro Show live on 2ovfm! [broshow]

Bass Instinct With Candice Heyns, 20h00-22h00 – Candice is one half of the unstoppable musical duo Blush ’N Bass – two South African females that bring a tasteful, yet sexy, music experience to electro nightclubs in SA. Candice promises a professionally delivered show with music that will tantalize anyone’s ears. She takes you through a musical journey and without you even realizing it, you will be off your couch, tapping your feet, clapping your hands or dancing in front of your mirror singing to yourself! [bassinstinct]