It’s Official: Water Rationing Now In Place – The City of Cape Town has officially put into effect phase 1 of the water shortages disaster plan. [iol]

Russia Denies Meddling In SA Cabinet Reshuffle – The Russian Embassy in South Africa has denied weekend reports that it had a hand in SA’s most-recent Cabinet reshuffle, saying the reports were “fake news”, “slanderous” and “tabloid-grade”. [fin24]

In other words, true.

Confusing Apology‚ ‘Expressions Of Remorse’ From Coffin-Assault Culprits – “I regret putting him in the coffin and not taking him to the police station‚” Theo Jackson said‚ after taking the stand in the High Court sitting in Middelburg. [timeslive]

Bill O’Reilly ‘Mad At God’ Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations – “I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didn’t happen. I can’t explain it to you. Yeah, I’m mad at him.” [cnn]

Soldier’s Widow Says Trump Made Me Cry – The widow of a dead US soldier says Donald Trump could not remember her husband’s name when he phoned to offer condolences. [bbc]

Expert Cannot Rule Out Possibility Van Breda Faked His Blackout – A neurosurgeon says he cannot rule out the possibility that triple murder accused Henri van Breda faked his blackout. [enca]

USA And Syria Become Only Two Countries Not In Paris Agreement – Nicaragua has reportedly signed the Paris climate change agreement, leaving Syria and the US as the only two nations yet to add their names to the pact after Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw. [independent]

The Sad Truth About The So-Called Eco-Estate You Live In – We’re all trying to do our bit for the environment, which might be why these new eco-estates are proving so popular. Turns out you might be getting short-changed, though. [here]

Three Weeks After Las Vegas, Legislation To Ban Bump Stocks Has Stalled Out In Congress – An effort to ban bump stocks is effectively dead, aides and advocates say. And the NRA isn’t the lone suspect. [dailybeast]

A Look Inside The Biggest Craft Beer Barrel-Ageing Programme In SA – Cape Town’s favourite brewery has been winning awards for fun, but they’ve also been working hard behind the scenes. Check this out just 20 minutes from the CBD. [here]

These Pictures Show How Much Durban Has Changed In The Last 70 Years – Over the years, the city has gone through a lot of changed – one of the biggest being in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [bustech]

Incredible Photo Catches The Moment A Frog Swallows A Snake – But it turns out the snake wasn’t quite ready to give up. [natgeo]

Uber’s “Request A Ride For Someone Else” Launched In South Africa – The feature lets you pay for someone else to catch an Uber. [mybb]

AB In Final Straight To Fastest 10 000 – He is effectively in the final furlong now toward 10 000 runs, a club with just 11 elite members at present. [sport24]

Ronaldo Beats Lionel Messi To Win Fifa Best Male Player Award – Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud received the Puskas award for the best goal of 2017 for his ‘scorpion kick’ against Crystal Palace in January. [bbc]

Martha Stewart Hangs with Snoop Dogg And Makes Weed Jokes – When did she go from prim homemaker to America’s hippest grandma? It’s been happening for years. [washingtonpost]

Justin Timberlake Will Headline Next Year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show – Justin Timberlake has finally been invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show, 14 years after the “wardrobe malfunction”. [time]

Surviving R. Kelly – Kitti Jones left her home and career for a relationship with the R&B idol. That’s when she says the abuse began. [rollingstone]

Terry Richardson Banned From Working With Vogue And Other Leading Mags – Staff were told that any work already commissioned from Mr Richardson but not yet published should be “killed or substituted with other material”. [telegraph]

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