Cell C ‘Most Useless Service Provider In SA’ Banner Stays Up: Court – The High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday dismissed an urgent application with costs by Cell C against a banner critical of service at one of its retail outlets. [tlive]
Roger Federer Cleans Andy Murray – In his worst nightmare Andy Murray could not have imagined his season would end like this, Roger Federer taking him to the cleaners in front of his home fans who stood and applauded the Swiss to the rafters for his excellence, and rightly so. [guardian]
Ebola-Infected Surgeon To Be Flown To US – A surgeon in Sierra Leone infected with the virus is set to be the first non-US citizen to be flown to America for treatment. [sky]
Putin Stockpiles Gold As Russia Prepares For Economic War – Russia’s central bank added to its reserves of bullion in the third quarter, according to the latest report from the World Gold Council. [tele]
ISIS And Al Qaida Are Joining Forces –Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press. [ap]
ISIS Wants To Mint Its Own Jihadi Coins- The Islamic State (ISIS) is planning to mint its own currency. The well-funded militant group released mockup designs for bronze, silver and gold coins on Thursday. [mash]
Nkandla Inquiry: Zuma Not Responsible For Upgrades – The chairperson of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on Nkandla, Cedric Frolick, says the committee has noted the costs for the President’s residence at Nkandla but says Jacob Zuma is not responsible for them. [ewn]
Two To Be Extradited From UK To Face Fraud Charges – Two South Africans will be extradited from Britain to face prosecution for alleged fraud amounting to R10m, the Hawks said on Thursday. [n24]
Obama Plan May Allow Millions of Immigrants to Stay and Work in U.S. – President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million unauthorized immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with work permits, according to administration officials who have direct knowledge of the plan. [nyt]
Pope Francis To Build Showers For Homeless In St. Peter’s Square – In his latest bid to ease the suffering of the poor — and upend the expectations of the papacy — Pope Francis plans to build showers for the homeless under the sweeping white colonnade of St. Peter’s Square. [slt]
Australia Wanted The World Cup So Bad It Did A Horrible Thing – It is official, we are terrible humans that put football above humanity. Australians are obsessed with sport, but this has taken it to a new, depressing low. [mash]
These Guys Have Private Jets Going Between Cape Town And Johannesburg For R3,5k A Person – When private jets are chartered, there is always a leg of the journey that has no-one inside the jet. These flights are available to you, at up to 75% off the normal price of a charter. Check it out.. [getjet]
#FixTheInternet: The Hashtag That Beat Back Kim Kardashian’s Butt – After Kim Kardashian’s now-infamous Paper magazine cover challenged us all to ‘break the Internet,’ the Internet itself struck back with its own anti-Kardashian hashtag. [beast]
William And Kate Met One Direction #ifyoucare [Photos] – Sooo… not much else so say here really.. [pics]
Habana Eyes Another Twickenham Fairytale – It was a miserable night for Springbok rugby in Dublin last Saturday, and what made a 29-15 defeat to Ireland even more difficult to digest was the fact that they had beaten the mighty All Blacks in their previous game. [iol]
Justin Bieber Summoned By Argentine Court Over Alleged Club Assault – An Argentine court has ordered pop star Justin Bieber to appear before it within two months to face questions about an alleged assault on a photographer at a Buenos Aires nightclub last year, state-run news agency Telam reported on Thursday. [cbc]
‘Downton Abbey’-Styled Swingers Party At Pleasure Castle Is Axed – A swingers party at a luxury hotel in Devon has been axed by the new owners. [metro]
Gautrain Heist Foiled – An IT specialist who hacked the Gautrain Management Agency’s systems containing banking codes, passwords and financial details of staff was arrested, foiling an alleged heist of up to R800-million. [tlive]
Culture Club CANCEL Tour After Boy George Is Diagnosed With ‘Serious Throat Condition’ – They announced a UK-wide tour back in May, but the Culture Club have now reportedly pulled the plug on their upcoming plans. [mirror]
India’s Dark History Of Sterilisation – The death of 15 women at two state-run sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh has put a spotlight on India’s dark history of botched sterilisations. [bbc]
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