Maimane vs Zille: It’s All-Out War – Neither the DA leader nor the Western Cape premier is budging. [huff]

Guptas Offered Neighbour R6m After Saxonwold Building Objections – The Gupta family tried to buy out a neighbour who complained about the alleged illegal extensions the family made to its Saxonwold compound in an attempt to rubber stamp their rezoning application. [tlive]

Zuma Tells Cabinet He Doesn’t Own A Home In Dubai – The Sunday Times published a report alleging that recently leaked emails confirmed that a mansion worth R330m purchased by the Guptas in 2015 was intended for Zuma. [mg]

TRUMP

James Comey Says Donald Trump’s Attempt To ‘Defame’ FBI ‘Lies, Plain And Simple’ – As the ex-FBI boss gives explosive evidence, Donald Trump tells his supporters: “We are under siege”. [sky]

Even Fox News Thinks Comey Testimony ‘Very Damaging’ To Trump – “Not good stuff to have said on national television,” the network’s top “hard-news” anchor said of Comey’s accusations against Trump. [beast]

Paul Ryan On Trump: ‘He’s Just New To This’ – As Comey delivered his gripping testimony across the Capitol complex, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) greeted a lighter-than-customary crowd of reporters at their weekly news conference Thursday morning. [washpo]

5 Clues James Comey Just Left Behind – The ex-FBI director hinted the Trump-Russia investigation could be bigger than previously thought. [beast]

U.K. Election 2017: Pound Plummets As Hung Parliament Looms – Britain looked set for a period of political chaos early Friday as early results in parliamentary elections suggested that no party had won enough seats to win an overall majority needed to form a government — a situation known as a “hung parliament.” [nbc]

Bill Cosby Trial Day 4: More Testimony, But No Mrs. Cosby – With the major prosecution witnesses now finished testifying at Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges, who will the defense introduce soon as part of its rebuttal? Mr. Cosby has said he will not testify. Might he change his mind? [nyt]

Are Google, Amazon And Others Getting Too Big? – The US tech giants Apple, Google’s parent Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are the five biggest companies in the world by market capitalisation. Their increasing dominance is fuelling concerns about competition and data privacy. [bbc]

The App That Could Finally Be The Death Of The SA Postal Service –  No idea which courier to use in order to ensure that all-important parcel is delivered ASAP? There’s an app to sort it all out, of course. [here]

ShowMax Versus Netflix – Who’s Coming Out Tops? –  I think we all know that DStv is dying, and it’s just the live sport that has them clinging to life. It’s time you decided between Netflix and ShowMax. [here]

Defying Trump, Hawaii Becomes First State To Pass Law Committing To Paris Climate Accord – Hawaii on Tuesday became the first state to pass a law committing to the goals and limits of the Paris climate accord, defying President Trump, who announced last week that he would withdraw the United States from the historic agreement. [nyt]

Fernando Alonso: McLaren Driver Could Leave If The Team Are Not Competitive – Fernando Alonso has indicated he will leave McLaren-Honda at the end of the year if he does not see signs they can be competitive by September. [bbc]

Why Jerry Seinfeld Won’t Let His Kids Watch The Kardashians – You won’t find Jerry Seinfeld watching any Keeping Up with the Kardashians in his downtime. In fact, if he has his way, his kids won’t be watching the wildly popular show either. [time]

Taylor Swift’s Music Returning to Spotify & Other Streaming Services – Taylor Swift is getting back together with a few of her famous exes, including Spotify and Pandora. [billb]

Medical Marijuana Patients Get A New Way To Score A Slice — With Pot Pizza – It is probably safe to assume that at some point in the history of time, someone high on marijuana sank their teeth into a slice of pizza and wondered what it would be like to combine the two. [wbur]

Katy Perry Thinks Taylor Swift Is Trying To ‘Assassinate’ Her Character – Someone please procure industrial strength cutting pliers because if Katy Perry is chained to the rhythm, then the rest of us are chained to this endless pop music war she’s waging with Taylor Swift. [huff]

Phil Collins Postpones UK Comeback Shows After Cutting Eye In Hotel Room Fall – The 66-year-old former Genesis star suffers a serious cut close to his eye requiring stitches in hospital. [sky]

Not great, when you’ve just revealed to the world that you’re back on the sauce. Come on, Phil.

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