Alleged Global Espionage In SA’s Tobacco Industry Exposed – In an explosive affidavit that has exposed a smouldering corporate tobacco war, a former spy has turned against his multinational handlers and laid bare alleged global espionage and sabotage. [ewn]
Now Why Would There Be A Dead Body On A Cargo Plane Carrying An SA Reserve Bank “Consignment”? – You generally want to be quite honest with authorities when transporting things via plane. Remember Johnny Depp and his pooches, that horrible Barnaby Joyce threatening to eradicate Pistol and Boo? [read]
Lily Mine Search And Rescue Operations Still On Hold – All search and rescue operations have been suspended, due to another cave in at the Lily mine near Barberton. A huge part of the eastern side wall caved in early on Saturday morning, February 13. [n24]
Smoke Bombs And Robbery At Cavendish Square Yesterday – It’s been a while since we’ve heard about a Cape Town jewellery store heist, although I guess it was only a matter of time until the roving gang of robbers struck again. [read]
Kanye West Says He’s $53 Million in Debt, Asks Mark Zuckerberg To Invest $1 Billion In His Ideas – Aside from promoting his SNL performance and the release of new album The Life of Pablo on Twitter this weekend, Kanye West also said that he is $53 million in debt. [bb]
LOOK: Bantry Bay Deals With 9 Ton Whale Carcass – You really don’t want to swim near to a whale carcass, which is why residents of the Bantry Bay area will be stoked that the city of Cape Town stepped up to the plate so swiftly in dealing with this situation. [story]
Zuma Releases Report That Calls For Partial Privatisation – Signalling that the government is finally ready to move on the reform of state-owned companies, President Jacob Zuma has released the report of the presidential review commission, which advocates partial privatisation through listing and the sale of equity stakes in some companies. [bdl]
Reeva Steenkamp Remembered On Valentine’s Day – Sunday marks three years since Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead by her famous Paralympian boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, but she has not been forgotten. [n24]
Key Witness Fears Krejcir’s Reach – The witness protection programme has been hacked, says a man who fears for his life. [mg]
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Woman Tells Malema He Has No Authority To Talk About Land, He Isn’t Khoisan – A woman attending a Cape Chamber of Commerce debate challenged EFF leader Julius Malema over his statements about land saying he did not have authority over the issue. [tlive]
Elton John Ends Eight-Year Feud With Mother – Veteran musician Elton John has reconnected with his mother Sheila, following an eight-year feud. [iex]
The Siege Of Herbalife – At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, CNBC’s Kate Kelly broke the news that billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund had taken a massive short position—about $1 billion worth, we know now—in the stock of a nutrition company called Herbalife HLF 0.65% . He considered it to be a pyramid scheme. [fort]
Apple’s First Scripted TV Show To Feature Dr. Dre – Apple is making its first original television show. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the technology giant is backing a top-secret scripted series starring one of its own executives, Beats co-founder and rap legend Dr. Dre. [time]
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Baftas 2016: The Revenant And Mad Max Maul Competition As Carol Snubbed – Leonardo DiCaprio’s emotionally and physically gruelling performance as a vengeful frontiersman finally won him a best actor Bafta as his movie The Revenant dominated the marquee awards at the 2016 British film ceremony. [guardian]
Mandla Mandela Called ‘Traitor’ – Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, has said his critics should be more tolerant of his religious choices after he was booed and called a “traitor” when he arrived at Parliament for the State of the Nation Address with his third wife, Nodiyala Mbali Makhathini. [iol]
UK Band Viola Beach Killed In Road Accident Near Stockholm Video – Fans and stars have paid tribute to five British men from up-and-coming indie band Viola Beach who were killed when their car drove through a barrier and plunged into a canal near Stockholm. [stuff]
Katie Holmes’s Big Middle Finger To Scientology – The former Mrs. Tom Cruise has rebounded with one of the finest performances of her career in Touched With Fire, a film about the importance of psychiatry. [db]
Jack Black Wants To Quit Acting – Because He’s Bored Of Playing ‘Loveable Losers’ – The School of Rock star has made some pretty strong statements about his career in a new interview and seems to suggest that he’s turning his back on movies. [metro]
Stephen Fry Lashes Out After BAFTA ‘Bag Lady’ Jibe – BAFTAs host Stephen Fry has been forced to defend his choice of words after referring to an award-winner on stage as a ‘bag lady’ during today’s London ceremony. [newsau]
The Name’s NOT Bond – Daniel Craig ‘to quit as James Bond after signing up for new American television series’… as guessing game starts over who will be the next 007. [dm]
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