ANC War Gets Ugly – The battle for the soul of the ANC got ugly on Monday, with Police Minister Fikile Mbalula, one of President Jacob Zuma’s backers, launching a scathing attack on party veterans and stalwarts who want Zuma to step down. [iol]
Nzimande Launches Scathing Attack On Guptas – South African Communist Party General Secretary Blade Nzimande has lashed out at the controversial Gupta family‚ labelling them a threat to the ANC and the country. [tlive]
UNMASKED: The Guptas’ SAA ‘Mole’ – Indian molecular biologist Rajesh Naithani, was on the boards of both SAA and SA Express, another state-owned airline. He spent his time at SAA updating Tony Gupta on happenings at the beleaguered airline, leaked e-mails suggest. [tlive]
Trump’s Actions Have ‘Weakened’ The West, German Foreign Minister Says – Germany’s foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the US President’s actions have “weakened” the West and accusing the US government of standing “against the interests of the European Union.” [cnn]
Africa’s Early Mobile Money Success Is Finally Set To Go Global – M-Pesa, the mobile money system that is the pride and anchor of Kenya’s homegrown technology community, has had plenty of hype and excitement since its 2007 launch. [qz]
Macron Gets Under Putin’s Skin, Shows Up Trump – Like Donald Trump, if Vladimir Putin thought the new boyish French president would roll over, he was in for a big surprise when they met for the first time at Versailles on Sunday. [beast]
John McCain: Vladimir Putin Is A Bigger Threat Than ISIS – Senator John McCain said Monday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin poses a greater threat to the world than ISIS. [fort]
Trudeau Asks Pope Francis To Apologise To Indigenous People For Church’s Abuses – Canadian PM invites pontiff to travel to Canada to say sorry to thousands placed in residential Catholic schools where they were abused. [guardian]
Jet-Setting Mugabe Spends $3.5m To Charter Plane To Singapore, Mexico – This is why he’s known as Zimbabwe’s ‘visiting president’: so far this year Robert Mugabe has spent more days outside the country he’s ruled for 37 years than he’s spent at home, it’s been reported. [n24]
Tiger Woods Blames DUI Arrest On Prescription Medications – Tiger Woods was arrested early Monday morning for driving under the influence, but hours after his release from a jail near his Florida home issued a statement saying “alcohol was not involved.” [washpo]
Classic!
Tiger Kills Zookeeper In Apparent ‘Freak Accident’ – A tiger killed a zookeeper in an enclosure at Hamerton Zoo Park in the hamlet of Steeple Gidding, near Cambridge, United Kingdom, according to the Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Facebook page. [cnn]
British Airways Could Face £150,000,000 Compensation Bill After IT disaster – British Airways could be forced to fork out £150million in compensation for beleaguered passengers, who are facing a third day of disruptions after a major IT outage. [metro]
Ivanka Made A Whoopsie – President Donald Trump’s daughter faced backlash after her lifestyle brand’s Twitter account — “IvankaTrumpHQ” — gave what some considered an insensitive Memorial Day holiday tip. [cnn]
The Guilty Privilege Of Being A White Woman In India – “Why so tan!” my Chittaranjan Park downstairs neighbor, Patty, who ran a small beauty parlor, asked me the first time she saw me after my skin had been in the sun long enough that it wouldn’t glow in the dark. I took it to be a compliment—I had been to the beach while in Italy, why thank you very much! [qz]
Queen Elizabeth II Fangirling Over ‘The Crown’ Is The Best Rumor – Netflix charts the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II in its biopic series The Crown… and the IRL queen is apparently a fan. [mash]
It’s Never Too Late To Change Your Career – You might feel like you’re locked in to your line of work, but it’s never been easier to change things up and head in a new direction. [read]
Miranda Kerr’s Marries Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel — Get the Wedding Details – Kerr, 34, and Spiegel, 26, married in an intimate ceremony in southern California on Saturday. Guests were spotted arriving at Spiegel’s Los Angeles home ahead of the wedding on Saturday evening. [people]
Eight Hurt As ‘Drunk’ Britons Plough Into Pedestrians In Marbella Hit-And-Run – Two men have been arrested after they caused havoc in the upmarket resort of Marbella, hitting pedestrians and smashing into cars. [sky]
Prince William On Sadness His Children Will Never Meet Diana: ‘I’d Like To Ask Her Advice’ – The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of how he wishes he could ask his late mother’s advice today, disclosing his sadness that his own young family will never meet her. [tele]
Great White Shark Leaps Out Of Ocean Into Fisherman’s Boat – Terry Selwood was hoping to catch some snapper off the coast of Evans Head in Australia when a great white shark leapt out of the sea and into his boat. [mash]
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