Grade 4s: 78% Do Not Grasp What They Read – Ranked last out of 50 countries in 2016 study, SA needs to improve early stage reading. [businessday]

Cue the Zoolander quote about kids not reading good…

Listeriosis: 10 Things We Know So Far –  Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the disease had resulted in 36 deaths. [timeslive]

Naspers, MultiChoice Face Possible US Class Action Over SABC, ANN7 – They’re now facing allegations of corruption, collusion and undue corporate influence to allegedly influence South Africa’s long-stalled digital migration switch. [fin24]

I Saw Rohde Pushing His Wife‚ Spier Guard Tells Court – Spier wine estate security guard Kwanele Mabeta saw Jason Rohde “pushing away” his wife Susan hours before she died. [timeslive]

How The Past 24 Hours Have Changed Brexit – When May travelled to Brussels on Monday, it was in the expectation that she would sign a historic agreement with European Union leaders. [cnn]

Surreal Scenes Of Devastation Across Southern California From Unrelenting Wildfires – The fires began on Monday night and continued to spread throughout the day on Tuesday. [mashable]

Trump’s Personal Banking Information Handed Over To Robert Mueller – Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump’s biggest lender, is forced to submit documents after special prosecutor issues subpoena. [guardian]

Five Key Unanswered Questions About The Russia-Trump-Mueller Mess – Will Trump fire Mueller? And what will happen if he does? [vice]

This Tax Year Is Going To Be A Nightmare For SARS – Here’s a pretty staggering statistic: 1% of the South African population pays 60% of the personal tax collected by SARS. That doesn’t bode well for our economy. [here]

BMW Is Now Venturing Into Property And It Looks Pretty Slick – Using the lessons they have learned from designing vehicles, BMW is preparing to build its first mixed-use property. Let’s have a little snoop around. [here]

Sir David Attenborough: The World’s Oceans Are Becoming A ‘Toxic Soup’ Of Industrial Waste And Plastic – In the final episode of Blue Planet II, which airs this Sunday, the true scale of man’s impact on the planet is laid bare. [telegraph]

How Many Undiscovered Creatures Are There In The Ocean? – an incredible number of animals have never been encountered by humans at all. [conversation]

South Africa’s One Million Club – According to the statistics, News24 is the largest South African website – with 6,5 million unique browsers. [mybb]

Think The DJI Spark Is Too Small To Pack A Punch? Take A Look At Seth’s Video – The common misconception is that drones can cost a cool R20 000, but the DJI Spark is retailing for R8 000. Don’t be daft and let that you put you off. [here]

Olympic Ban For Russia’s World Cup Organising Chief – Russia’s World Cup can’t avoid the tarnished legacy of Russia’s Winter Olympics. [newsday]

This Man Grew Up Across The Street From Hitler – “I knew he wasn’t a good thing,” historian Edgar Feuchtwanger says. [newsweek]

Former Ferrari Boss: Michael Schumacher Is ‘Still Fighting’ – Jean Todt revealed ‘He’s there, still fighting’ at Hall of Fame event on Monday. [dmail]

Meghan Markle Is Everything Ivanka Trump Wishes She Could Be – Sorry, Ivanka, there’s only one American princess, and she’s on the other side of the pond. [dbeast]

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DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T TELL YOU…

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Everyone’s Talking About Bitcoin And It’s Time You Got Involved – Buy Bitcoin right now from your phone with Luno’s incredibly simple to use app. Takes five minutes. [luno]

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Heads Up, We’re Also After Quality Coffee – How many times have you started your road trip with a crummy cup of coffee from a petrol station? We’ve had enough, and thankfully vida e caffè have decided to step up to the plate. [covfefe]

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Everyone’s Talking About Streaming These Days – There’s a world of entertainment out there, but if you want to get with the program then there’s no better place to start than Showmax. [here]

Affordable Cane Furniture – If you’re buying cane or wicker furniture anywhere else, you’re wasting a lot of time and money. These guys import direct from Malawi. Hand-Made cane furniture – buy online and have it delivered! [check it out]

Get R150 Off Your First Uber Ride – If you haven’t tried Uber yet, you’re making a mockery of yourself. Stop riding cheap unreliable taxis with drivers who don’t know if they’re coming or going. Give yourself the private driver treatment with Uber, and get R150 off your first ride! Sign up and boom, you’re done! [check it out]

Calling The Home DIY Do-It-Alls – If you’re using a drill around the house and you don’t have a Drilby then grow up. A hundred bucks and you can kiss that dust goodbye. [drilby]

So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, somake sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best. [boekenhout]

How Can You Leave Your Dog At Home While You Go To Work? – You say he’s part of the family – yet you’d never leave your human child at home, alone, for the whole day. Drop that little rascal off at Proud Hounds and see the joy in his eyes! [proudhounds]

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