Wonga Crisis: Pay-Day Lender Forced To Write Off R4 Billion Of Debt Across 330,000 Customers – Troubled payday lender Wonga has been forced to write off an estimated £220m-worth of debt after the City Watchdog accused it of irresponsible lending. [ind]

EFF Can’t Rule Out The Possibility Of An Armed Struggle: Malema – The Economic Freedom Fighters may take up arms if their “peaceful revolution” is met with violence from the state, party leader Julius Malema said on Thursday. [tlive]

Ramaphosa’s Lesotho Visit Reaps Success – Yesterday wrapped up Cyril Ramaphosa’s successful three-day visit to Lesotho that resulted in the signing of the Maseru Facilitation Declaration. [m&g]

SA Mom Murder-Accused In UK Back In Court – A South African woman accused of murdering her three young disabled children in Britain was expected to appear in the Old Bailey on Friday for a pre-trial hearing. [n24]

Nedbank To Acquire 20% Shareholding In Ecobank – Nedbank is to acquire a 20% shareholding in West African banking group Ecobank Transnational Incorporated by converting its $285m loan to the bank into an equity stake. [bdl]

Jeb Bush ‘Wants To Be President’ – George W. Bush – The chorus calling for ex-president George W. Bush’s brother Jeb to run for head of state in 2016 continues to get louder – and it appears the former Florida governor may be willing to throw his hat in the ring. [rt]

Warren Buffett Buys New-Car Retail Chain – The billionaire investor on Thursday agreed to buy America’s fifth-largest auto retailer and use it to launch a consolidation of the highly fragmented business. [wsj]

William and Kate Fear Prince George Is Being Stalked by Paparazzi – Royals issue legal warning over fears George is being surveilled. [beast]

New York Times To Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs In Layoffs And Buyouts – The New York Times has announced plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs and close down a high-profile opinion app that has failed to attract readers in the three months since its launch. [guardian]

Myanmar Worker Confesses To Killing British Tourists On Thailand Beach: Cops – Police discovered the bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, stripped naked on a Thai beach last month. They were likely bludgeoned to death with a garden hoe, police said. The 21-year-old worker, known only as Win, said he attacked the two in a plot to rape Witheridge. [nydn]

NBC Cameraman Tests Positive For Ebola – An American NBC cameraman working in Liberia tested positive for Ebola today and will be flown to the United States for treatment. The rest of the NBC crew—which includes Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman—are reportedly being monitored and will be kept in quarantine. [gawk]

Mrs Clooney Under Fire As ‘The New Kim Kardashian’ – The founder of the website that propelled Amal Alamuddin to fame — and, it is claimed, first brought her to George Clooney’s attention — has hit out at the couple’s ‘wildly expensive, carefully choreographed, predictably sentimental and satisfyingly public’ wedding. [dm]

Netflix Signs Adam Sandler to Exclusive Four-Movie Deal – Netflix’s movie-deal machinery isn’t slowing down: The Internet-video service has inked a pact with Adam Sandler to star in and produce four films to be available exclusively on Netflix worldwide. [variety]

Hong Kong Leader’s Daughter Thanks “Silly” Taxpayers for Diamonds – Hong Kong is currently in the throes of enormous demonstrations calling for democratic reforms and the ouster of Leung Chun-ying, its chief executive. Today, his 22-year-old daughter posted a very stupid thing on Facebook. [gawk]

Charles Manson Musical Opens In Germany – The musical traces the cult leader’s failed musical endeavors and murders. [time]

‘Dexter’-Obsessed Teen Jailed After Killing And Dismembering Girlfriend – A teenage fan of the series ‘Dexter’ has been jailed after killing and cutting up his girlfriend in a bid to emulate the TV serial killer. [metro]

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