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What You Need To Know About The Planned National Shutdown: Schools, Trains Not Affected – Schools and trains will not be affected by countrywide SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) protests and marches over a proposed national minimum wage on Wednesday. [news24]
Major Cities Prepare For Thousands To Pound The Streets In Protest Against Minimum Wage – If you are not intending to join the protest action you would do well to avoid the main city centres where marches will be held. [dailymav]
WhatsApp To Raise Minimum Age Limit To 16 In EU – Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations in May. [bbc]
KwaZulu-Natal Wastes Millions On Ferries That Cannot Sail – The KwaZulu-Natal department of education has wasted R4m by buying eight ferries, some of which cannot navigate the province’s rivers and lakes. [buslive]
Woman Who Looks Like Trump Goes Viral In Spain – the image of Dolores Leis Antelo holding a hoe at her farm in Nanton, La Coruna, was shared around the world. [newsweek]
Miss Universe 2013 Host Thomas Roberts Confirms: Trump Stayed Overnight in Moscow – The former NBC host won’t say if he has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller. [dbeast]
Proudly SA Condemns Zara’s Copy Of Local Fashion Brand, MaXhosa By Laduma’s Work – They issued a statement condemning Zara’s supposed “replication” of a signature design by Laduma Ngxokolo. [businsider]
Here’s What Facebook Won’t Let You Post – Facebook is making public virtually the entire Community Standards playbook that moderators use to determine whether comments, messages, or images posted violate its policy. [wired]
Day Zero: It Has Become Fashionable To Blame Me For Everything – De Lille – If there was one person in the City of Cape Town’s water response team who had the greatest sense of urgency, it was me. [dailymav]
Lucky Brit scoops country’s third highest EuroMillions jackpot ever – A British ticket holder has scooped the entire £121.3m EuroMillions jackpot – the third highest total ever won in the UK. [telegraph]
World Wine Output Falls To 60-Year Low – It is the lowest level since 1957, when it had fallen to 173.8 million hectolitres, the OIV told Reuters. [iol]
Gringos Are Banned From These Cape Town Restaurants – In the spirit of freedom, we picked a few Cape Town restaurants that might tickle your fancy. If you’re not a gringo, that is. [here]
Modigliani Sets World Record With Estimate In Excess Of $150m – Nu couché (sur le côté gauche) may fetch more than £170.4m paid for another nude in 2015. [guardian]
Spotify’s Free Music-Streaming Plan Is Getting Some Big New Features – It will be releasing several new capabilities for its free music tier that will be launching for iOS and Android over the coming weeks. [time]
Snapchat Is Testing A Rollback To The Most Controversial Part Of The App Redesign – After months of insisting that the controversial Snapchat redesign was here to stay, it looks like the ephemeral messaging app is considering a change of course. [businsider]
The Rise Of Russia’s Neo-Nazi Football Hooligans – For the past two decades the Russian state has encouraged groups of violent far-right fans. As the World Cup approaches, it is struggling to tame them. [guardian]
Liverpool Fan Stabbed Outside Anfield As Roma Ultras Attack Home Supporters With Belts – Jurgen Klopp’s side ran out 5-2 winners on the park, but distressing scenes before kick off have engulfed social media and somewhat overshadowed the result. [fox]
Habana’s Stellar Career In Numbers – The 34-year-old will be remembered as one of the greatest players South African rugby has ever produced. [sport24]
Box Office: ‘Super Troopers 2’ Is A Breakout Sequel And Mini-Event Movie – This is a decent opening weekend for a sequel that could have played to relatively empty theaters 16 years after the first film. [forbes]
Kim Kardashian Strips Naked In Explicit Snaps – She promotes new KKW Body fragrance which will be shaped like her body. [dmail]
Stormy Daniels’ New Porno Is Killing It – Stormy just released her first new movie since the Trump scandal broke — ‘Stormy’s Secret’ — in which the self-described “MILF goddess” plays a writer looking to “get those creative juices going”. [tmz]
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