No Confidence Ruling: DA Wins The War – Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said the Constitutional Court’s finding that Parliament must correct its rules within six months to allow for a no confidence debate was a victory. [news24]

Syria Gets Ready For Team America – President Bashar al-Assad’s forces appear to have evacuated most personnel from army and security command headquarters in central Damascus in preparation for a Western military strike, residents and opposition sources said on Wednesday. [reuters]

Syrian Hacking Group Cited As New York Times Outage Continues – The New York Times website was still experiencing some issues late Wednesday afternoon following Tuesday’s widespread outage. Evidence continued to mount that it was the result of an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army. [cnn]

‘Twerking’ And ‘Selfie’ Added To Oxford Dictionary – Twerking, the raunchy dance move performed by Miley Cyrus at the MTV VMAs is among the new words added to the Oxford Dictionary of English. [bbc]

No Ways: They’re Taken Digital Branding More Seriously In SA – Digital entries for the annual Loerie Awards are at a record high and entries from Africa and the Middle East have also increased. [fin24]

SA Snipers Are Killing People Very Well – A second South African soldier has been injured in heavy fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and South African Special Forces snipers have killed at least six senior rebel officers. [timeslive]

One-way Mars Trip: Application Deadline For Martian Colony Nears – While the prospect is off-putting to many, it’s also the dream of a lifetime to some; more than 165,000 people have applied to join the manned Martian colony effort envisioned by the non-profit Mars One Foundation. But the foundation is only accepting applications until Aug. 31. [fox]

Martin Luther King: President Obama’s speech on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington – President Obama delivered the following remarks at the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial. [washpo]

Another US Open Upset – Venus Williams Out In 2nd Round – After her latest early Grand Slam exit, Venus Williams was asked what the future holds for her at the U.S. Open. In one breath, Williams brushed aside the unspoken reference to retirement, saying, “I definitely want to come back for the atmosphere.” [espn]

The Periodic Table: Scientists Say They’ve Confirmed A New Element – Scientists in Sweden say they have confirmed a new, super-heavy element that was first proposed by Russian scientists in 2004. The element with the atomic number 115 has yet to be named. [npr]

Rollover Leads To R1.5 Billion Jackpot Prize Saturday Night  – It’s pretty miserable this weekend. Surely a billion Rand will cheer you up? Just in time to call in permanently sick on Monday! You can get tickets online from South Africa [here] 

Google Earns 33% Of Online Ad Revenues – Following Google, the largest destinations for online ad spending are Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft. Online ad spending will total $117.6 billion in 2013, which is up 13% from 2012, when $104 billion was spent online. [mashable]

Zeta-Jones Confirms Separation – A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress and her husband, Michael Douglas, “are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage.” [680]

Ben Affleck ‘Built Batcave Entrance In His House’ – Red State director Smith, who has worked with Affleck on six feature films, discovered the extent of the new Batman star’s love for the character when he purchased his old home. [digispy]

Lamar Returns To Khloe Kardashian – Lamar Odom has finally returned home … with Khloe Kardashian … but he remains undecided about seeking treatment for drug addiction. [tmz]

One Direction Is a Boy Band That Proves You Can Be Both Famous and Unknown – They’re music’s first-ever billion-dollar boy band. And most of the world has no idea who they are. Here’s how One Direction managed to be both the most and least famous band in the world. [dailybeast]

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Natalie Roos On TRMS, 18h00 – The Relevant Music Show is a one-stop shop for everything happening in music, entertainment and fashion presented by two of Cape Town’s city kids. This week’s guest is the former KTV presenter and current Tails of a Mermaid blogger, Natalie Roos. Tune in this Thursday between 18h00 and 20h00 for another exclusive interview that as always, promises to entertain. Tune in to the Relevant Music Show, 18h00 tonight. [trms]