Naspers Among World’s Best-Performing Tech Firms – Company third-fastest growing technology stock, behind Nvidia and Tencent. [moneyweb]
Inside The Great Gupta Dairy Robbery – How an unknown farm project with R9,000 in its bank account managed to secure R220m in funding, of which only R2m was spent on the actual farm. [buslive]
Embattled Eskom CFO Anoj Singh Resigns ‘With Immediate Effect’ – In a statement, the power utility said its newly appointed board has accepted Singh’s resignation. [news24]
How Might President Zuma Leave Office? – Here are the ways by which Zuma could leave power before the end of his term, which finishes in 2019. [iol]
Trump Signs Bill Ending Shutdown – The House and the Senate voted Monday to end the government shutdown, extending funding for three weeks. [cnn]
Pope Francis Sorry For Upsetting Abuse Victims – Pope Francis has apologised for remarks he made last week in Chile defending a bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse. [bbc]
Man Threatened To Kill CNN Employees Over ‘Fake News’ – “I’m smarter than you. More powerful than you. I have more guns than you. More manpower. Your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours”. [dbeast]
Japan: Avalanche Engulfs Skiers After Volcano Erupts At Ski Resort – Rescuers search for missing skier after rocks rain down on the slopes of Kusatsu-Shirane, injuring fifteen people. [guardian]
How One South African Company Is Using Property To Boost Its Share Value – It hasn’t exactly been a stellar few months for prominent South African companies and their share values, but one of our own is quietly turning itself into a big hitter. [here]
Let’s Look At Three Of South Africa’s Bestselling Sex Toys – Chatting about sex might not be for everyone, but we always find it interesting to take a look at which sex toys South Africans are snapping up. [here]
Paris Dustmen Film Swarming Plague Of Rats – The rat infestation first came to public attention late 2016 amid an outcry from Parisians that they could no longer frequent several city parks due to the numbers of rodents. [telegraph]
Australian Open 2018: Hyeon Chung Defeats Novak Djokovic – For the first time since 2007 Djokovic failed to win a set in a match at the Australian Open and on that occasion he was 20 and playing Roger Federer. [smh]
Manchester United Remains Football’s Top Revenue-Generator – They have topped the table of the world’s 20 richest football clubs for the second year in a row, and tenth time overall, says Deloitte. [bbc]
Millenials Learn There’s More To Life Than Coding HTML – In this day and age everyone seems to want to hop on the coding train, but there’s a century-old principle that seems to be capturing the attention of a generation again. [here]
Netflix Takes $39 Million Charge After Kevin Spacey Scandal – A sexual misconduct scandal involving Kevin Spacey cost Netflix Inc some $39 million late last year. [reuters]
Bill Cosby Performs At Jazz Club Ahead Of Retrial In Sex Assault Case – The appearance comes after a judge ordered on Friday that jury selection would begin on March 29 for Cosby’s retrial on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand. [nbc]
Jimmy Carr Criticised For Saying New Zealand City Needs Earthquake To Look Better – Comedian branded insensitive for tweet that Dunedin, the country’s oldest city, would benefit from a rebuild. [guardian]
Princess Eugenie To Marry Long-Term Boyfriend Jack Brooksbank – She began dating Jack Brooksbank around seven years ago after they met while skiing in the Swiss resort of Verbier. [sky]
Remembering Heath Ledger: 1979-2008 – Promising ‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor died at age 28 10 years ago. [rollingstone]
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