Ex-Modelling Boss To Be Sentenced For Rape Of Child – In February, De Villiers was found guilty on 32 of 38 charges, including raping a child, sexual assault, fraud, exposing children to pornography, and accessing child pornography. [news24]

Cape Town Gets Even Tougher On Water – Level 4b restrictions would reduce the city’s collective water use target to 500 million litres a day — even though residents have not yet achieved the existing 600 million-litre objective. [timeslive]

#PrisonStrippers: 13 Officials Face Suspension – In one image, two strippers appear to be undressing a willing inmate while he holds his hands up and in another, a stripper is seen giving an inmate a hug. [iol]

Trump Demands Apology, Accuses Obama Of Having ‘Colluded Or Obstructed’ – It was unclear who Trump was demanding an apology from or who he was accusing Obama of colluding with. [cnn]

Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted By Top US Court – US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. [bbc]

Ivanka Trump, Adviser To US President, Says She ‘Stays Out Of Politics’ – What exactly is Ivanka Trump’s role working for her father’s administration in the White House? Apparently it has nothing to do with politics. [smh]

Three-Quarters Of World Has Little Or No Confidence In Trump, Pew Study Finds – Support for US president now below that of George Bush following Iraq invasion. [guardian]

Five Changes That Will Shape Future Business – And How You Can Be Ready – Before you start to map out your career goals, understand how future workplace changes will impact organisations. Use this knowledge to plan how to get yourself job-ready. [here]

#ThisFlag Pastor Arrested For Supporting Protesting Students – Evan Mawarire, leader of the #ThisFlag movement in Zimbabwe, has been taken in for joining striking students on the campus of the University of Zimbabwe. [enca]

Zimbabwe Plans ‘Disneyland’ At Vic Falls – Chinese investors roped in in effort to make Falls visitors spend more time and money. [huffpostsa]

A Breakdown Of The Money The SA Film Industry Added To The Economy This Past Year – We all know that South Africa’s film industry brings in quite a bit of foreign business, but here are a few stats you might be less familiar with. [here]

San Francisco Is Burning – A series of strange and unsettling fires in the Mission District have people wondering: Are the city’s landlords using arson to drive out low-income tenants? [gq]

Selectors Reward Consistency And Make Tough Call On Cook For Test Series – South Africa will have another new Test opener during the first Test at Lord’s and they might have a different captain, too. [dailymav]

Yes, they dropped Parnell too…

Historic Win For Ryan Sandes At Western States – Ultra-distance trail runner Sandes was rewarded for his cautious approach, emerging triumphant as he became the first South African to win the prestigious Western States 100-mile race in California. [citizen]

Why The Springboks Can Dare To Dream Again – Changes in playing personnel‚ most notably the selection of Warren Whiteley as captain, helped steer the Boks to calmer waters. [busday]

Serena Williams Tells John McEnroe To Respect Her – “Dear John, I adore and respect you but please please keep me out of your statements that are not factually based.” [telegraph]

Why My Guitar Gently Weeps – The slow, secret death of the six-string electric. And why you should care. [washpost]

The Best Books Of 2017 (So Far) – This week, Vulture is looking back at the best releases so far in 2017. [vulture]

The Latest With The Obamas Is This River Rafting Outing In Indonesia – President Barack Obama and his family were seen river rafting on the Ayung River in Bali during their nine-day trip in Indonesia. [time]

‘Wonder Woman’ Breaks Records – “Wonder Woman” set a new milestone on Friday, becoming the highest-grossing live-action film to be directed by a woman. [variety]

Migos, Chris Brown Fight New Video Shows Future & Khaled Got Sucked In Too – When Migos and Chris Brown’s crews went HAM at a BET Awards after-party, everyone in the vicinity of the violence got drawn into the melee. [tmz]

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