SA Halts Some Meat Imports From Brazil – Brazil, one of the world’s biggest meat exporters, halted exports from 21 plants suspected of bribing inspectors to issue them with bogus health certificates for substandard meat. [mg]

Are The Guptas About To Pull Off A Scam – And Score R2bn A Year? – An elaborate plan to buy the Tegeta-owned Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines might see the Gupta family regain control of the lucrative assets it had to forfeit to a business rescue process – and score R2-billion a year in profits. [tlive]

‘Trump’s Going To War’ Now With His Political Enemies, Boasts Bannon – The former White House chief adviser said that Trump attorney John Dowd, who resigned Thursday, has in fact been fired for not being aggressive enough toward Robert Mueller. [beast]

Trump Says He Still ‘Would Like To’ Testify Before Mueller – President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would still “like to” testify before special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia’s 2016 election meddling as well as potential obstruction of justice charges. [cnn]

US Imposes More Sanctions On Chinese And North Korea Companies – The US has imposed more sanctions on Chinese and North Korean companies, in an effort to pressure Pyongyang into halting its nuclear weapons programmes. [ft]

Forced Anal Exams Of Suspected Gay Men Are Banned In Kenya – Amid political turmoil, a Kenyan appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and delivered a major LGBT victory: Forced anal examinations of suspected gay men are now unlawful. [db]

Weinstein Still Owes Malia Obama Money After Her Internship – The company also owes cash to Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, and David Bowie, according to bankruptcy filings. [vice]

Accelerated Offering Of Tencent Shares And Cautionary Announcement – Accelerated Offering of Tencent shares and Cautionary Announcement Naspers announces its intention to sell up to 190 million Tencent Holdings Limited (Tencent) shares, equal to approximately 2% of Tencent’s total issued share capital, which would reduce its stake in Tencent from 33,2% to 31,2 (the Transaction). [naspers]

Toys R Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies At 94 As His Company Folds – The man who founded Toys R Us – the children’s toy retailer – has died aged 94, one week after his company announced it was closing its doors. [bbc]

‘Ashtray Of Europe’: Austrian MPs Vote To Scrap Smoking Ban – Austrian MPs have scrapped a smoking ban in bars and restaurants that was scheduled to come into force in May, despite a petition in its favour collecting 545,000 signatures. [guardian]

L’Entente: The Parisian Restaurant That Only Serves British Food – And The French Are Going Nuts For It – For decades the French have been bad-mouthing Britain’s fried breakfasts and fish and chips. Our cuisine, according to les gastronomes across the Channel, is heavy, greasy, and invariably boiled; former French president Jacques Chirac rated it the worst in the world after Finland. [tele]

Dropbox Is Going Public As A $9.2 Billion Company — Better Than Expected, But Still Below Its Private Valuation – Dropbox priced its initial public offering on Thursday at $21 a share, which was above its previously expected range. That price price yields a valuation of $9.2 billion — better than expected, but still below what it was worth in its last funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal. [busins]

This Cape Town Tailor Has A Very Inspirational Story – Cape Town has a number of tailors offering custom suits and alterations, but you’d be hard-pressed to find someone with a story that rivals this one. [here]

Inside Jeff Bezos’ Private Conference For A New “Golden Age” – I’m planking, my muscles are on fire, and I’m face to face with the guy leading the development of the futuristic, cashier-less Amazon Go stores. He tells me his name is Dilip and his father is a four-star general. I note that, in case I’m tested later by the former Navy Seal currently yelling at us to keep our cores activated. [qz]

The SA Postal Service Is About To Hit You In The Wallet Again – The SA Post Office doesn’t appear to be the best run state-owned enterprise out there, and as of April 1 they’re making some changes. [here]

Instagram To Show Newer Posts First Two Years After Controversial Feed Change – Instagram is to change the way its feed shows photos to provide more posts in chronological order two years after it ditched its timeline-style photo feed. [tele]

Rod Stewart Says Elton John’s Farewell Tour Is ‘Dishonest’ And ‘Stinks Of Selling Tickets’ – Rod Stewart has criticised Elton John’s retirement tour and branded it a “dishonest” ploy to make money. [tele]

MH370 Four Years On: Until The Plane Is Found, Theories Run Wild – From hypoxia to a rogue pilot, there are various contenders for what happened to the Malaysia Airlines flight in March 2014. [guardian]

Karen McDougal to Anderson Cooper on Alleged Trump Affair: “He Always Told Me He Loved Me” – “What everyone sees on TV, I didn’t see in that man,” she said in an interview on CNN’s ‘Anderson Cooper 360.’ [hollyrep]

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