President Zuma Removes Nene As Finance Minister – In a late evening statement on Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma announced that he is removing Nhlanhla Nene as minister of finance. [enca]

Rand Plunges After Nene’s Shock Exit – South African President Jacob Zuma fired Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene in a shock move and replaced him with a little-known lawmaker, triggering the rand’s biggest decline in more than four years. [iol]

David Van Rooyen The New Finance Minister – President Jacob Zuma replaced Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene with ANC MP David van Rooyen on Wednesday night. [tlive]

Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook will ‘Fight To Protect’ Muslim Rights – Mark Zuckerberg says that Muslims will always be welcome on Facebook, and that Muslim users should expect for Facebook to “fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you.” [verge]

Kid Who Helped His Girlfriend Kill Her Mom Gets 13 Years – A Knysna youth who has been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother has been sentenced to an effective 13-years in jail. [ewn]

German Leader Angela Merkel Tops Trump For ‘Time’ Person Of The Year – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who ushered Europe through the continent’s debt and migration crises, was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday. [usat]

San Bernardino Killers Were ‘Radicalised’ Before Meeting – FBI Director James Comey has told a Senate panel that the killers responsible for last week’s California massacre were individually radicalised before they began communicating online prior to their marriage. [stuff]

Petition To Ban Trump From UK Passes 300K, Could Be Debated In Parliament – A petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK has attracted more than a quarter of a million signatures — more than enough for a committee to consider sending the motion for parliamentary debate. [cnn]

Netanyahu To Meet Donald Trump In Israel This Month – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump when the Republican presidential front-runner arrives in Israel later this month, Israeli officials said Wednesday. [washpo]

University Strips Trump’s Honorary Degree – Donald Trump has been stripped of his honorary degree by a Scottish university after he called for Muslims to be banned from entering the US. [bbc]

Muhammad Ali Denounces Donald Trump’s Plan To Shut Out Muslims – Boxing legend Muhammad Ali criticized business mogul Donald Trump for proposing to block Muslims from immigrating to the United States, calling on leaders to instead “bring understanding about the religion of Islam.” [huff]

R2,5 Million Drug Bust At OR Tambo – A South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs team at Oliver Tambo International Airport on Wednesday intercepted about 8,5kg of cocaine with a street value of R2,5 million from a passenger en route to Lagos, Nigeria. [enca]

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Mugabe’s Cash Strapped Government Secures R58 Million Mansion For VP Mphoko – The cash-strapped Zimbabwean government has reportedly secured a R58 million mansion for Vice President Phelekezela Mphok. [tlive]

Antonio Banderas Will Pay Melanie Griffith $65,000 A Month; Their Divorce Is Final – Could you live off $65,000 a month? That’s what Antonio Banderas has agreed to pay Melanie Griffith in spousal support now that their divorce is final. [lat]

Noel Gallagher Thinks Adele’s Music Is For ‘Grannies’ – Noel Gallagher probably hasn’t spent the past couple weeks listening to Adele’s 25 on repeat — and that’s because he’s not a grandma: “I don’t like her music,” he told Australia’s MusicFeeds. “I think it’s music for f–king grannies.” [ew]

The 20 Best iPhone Games Of All Time – From the early days of the App Store, when game developers first began experimenting with what games on a multi-touch screen should like, to today, when the most popular titles can rake in billions, one thing is clear: For as long as we’ve had iPhone apps, we’ve had games we couldn’t put down. [mash]

Justin Bieber Makes A Joke About Underage Girls – The singer took the stage to perform during An Acoustic Evening With Justin Bieber at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto on Monday. [eol]

Mandy Moore And Ryan Adams Get Catty In Latest Divorce Drama – The 31-year-old singer-actress filed to divorce the 41-year-old rock star in January after nearly six years of marriage, but she just filed new court documents demanding Adams take at least four of their eight pets immediately. [eto]

A New Dawn – Ricky Gervais posts first picture of himself as he reprises role of David Brent. [dm]

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