Half Of ANC Want Zuma To Quit – Poll – As South Africa’s democracy icon Nelson Mandela was being laid to rest on Sunday, an opinion poll showed his political heir Jacob Zuma losing support over claims of self-enrichment. [bdlive]
Top Oscar Pistorius Cop Quits – The head of police who took charge of the crime scene after Oscar Pistorius allegedly shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has resigned, the Sunday Times reported. [n24]
The World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Quits To Become President – Vitali Klitschko vacated his WBC world heavyweight title on Monday in order to pursue something more important than sports. [washpo]
Bitcoin Could Reach $40,000 – Winklevoss – One-time US Olympic rower and Mark Zuckerberg frenemy Cameron Winklevoss, one half of the famed Winklevoss twins, has revealed he thinks Bitcoin could reach US$40,000 a coin. [itwire]
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China Has Landed On The Moon – A spacecraft launched by China has landed on the moon, the first “soft landing” a man-made object has made on the moon since 1976. [gawk]
Australian Couple Attacked On Busy Lion’s Head – An Australian couple on their first visit to South Africa were attacked on Lion’s Head in Cape Town on Sunday evening. [n24]
Bogus Mandela Sign Language Interpreter Was In Group That Burned Men To Death, Say Relative And Three Friends – A relative and three friends of the bogus sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial service say he was among a group of people who accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death in 2003. [huff]
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Google Buys Boston Dynamics, Maker Of Spectacular And Terrifying Robots – Google has acquired robotics engineering company Boston Dynamics, best known for its line of quadrupeds with funny gaits and often mind-blowing capabilities. [verge]
New Harry Cressida Engagement Speculation As She Scores Sandringham Christmas Invite – Fresh rumors that Harry could preparing to propose to his girlfriend Cressida Bonas are circulating after reports surfaced at the weekend that the young Prince has invited his girlfriend of two years to the big boxing day shoot at the Queen’s estate. [beast]
Diana Death: ‘No Evidence’ SAS Involved – A police ‘scoping exercise’ reveals contradictions in accounts claiming SAS involvement in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. [sky]
Historical Lottery Jackpot Grows To R6 Billion – The current Mega Millions jackpot is the second biggest in history and stands at an estimated $586 million after last Friday’s drawing failed to produce a winner. In Rands, that comes to R5.6 BILLION. Get tickets [here]
Glaxo Says It Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs – The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will no longer pay doctors to promote its products and will stop tying compensation of sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write, its chief executive said Monday. [nyt]
Neo-Nazis Attack Anti-Racism Demonstrators In Sweden – A vicious attack at an anti-racism demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday proved the protesters have a legitimate concern. [cnn]
Mandela’s Death – Apocalypse Any Second Now, Surely – It was more than the rain in the Free State that turned the far right’s prophecy of a “Night of the Long Knives” when Madiba dies into a damp squib. [m&g]
There’s a Petition To Reinstate Alide Dasnois as Cape Times Editor – An online petition to reinstate Alide Dasnois as Cape Times editor has been setup online and has surpassed the 1,500 signatures mark. Chek it out [here]
Bertish To Attempt 12-hour StandUp Paddle for Guinness World Record – South African Big Wave surfer and Mavericks hero Chris Bertish will take to the ocean TODAY in an attempt to set a new non-stop, 12-hour Open Ocean Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) distance record. 120km from Kommetjie to Langebaan in 12 hours. [chrisbertish]
Beyonce’s Album Shatters Records With 828,773-Sale Weekend – Beyonce took a big risk in dropping her self-titled album on iTunes late last week without any pre-release promotion, and it’s now abundantly clear that the bold move paid off. [huffers]
Director James Cameron Will Make ‘Avatar’ Trilogy In New Zealand – James Cameron has announced that New Zealand will be the filming location for the upcoming ‘Avatar’ trilogy, citing the crew “had such a wonderful experience here making the first film.” [conmus]
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