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Another So-Called ‘Krugersdorp Killer’ Given 11 life Sentences – Marinda Steyn, one of the five so-called “Krugersdorp killers”, has been sentenced to 11 life sentences and 115 years imprisonment in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. This will run concurrently. [n24]
Carte Blanche With The Insane Story Behind The Krugersdorp Killers [Video] – How does a family become so sick, and so twisted, that they would carry out a series of murders like those that shook the town of Krugersdorp? [watch]
Michael Cohen Scandal Goes Supernova With Foreign Money – Wednesday, news broke about $4 million in ‘suspicious’ money, a widening FBI investigation, and an admission by Trump he repaid his fixer for paying off Stormy Daniels. [beast]
Trump: ‘We’ll See’ If North Korea Summit Is On After Kim’s Threat To Cancel – Pyongyang threatened to withdraw over ‘one-sided demands’ but Trump says he hasn’t been told talks have been axed. [guardian]
North Korea Is Selling Facial Recognition Technology, Report Finds – North Korea has been secretly selling facial recognition technology, fingerprint scanning and other products overseas. That’s what researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies found by investigating the country’s information technology networks. [npr]
Meghan Markle’s Half Sister Reported To Be In Hospital After Car Crash – Meghan Markle’s half-sister, Samantha Grant, was taken to hospital Wednesday night after a car crash following a confrontation with paparazzi, according to her boyfriend. [tele]
Lachlan Murdoch To Lead Fox After Disney Deal – Lachlan Murdoch will be chief executive and chairman of the new Fox that will be created its deal with Walt Disney, and his father Rupert will co-chair the company, according to an announcement on Wednesday. [ft]
“The Presidency Of Jacob Zuma Was A Total Disaster For SA” – That’s how Trevor Manuel has described the presidency of Jacob Zuma during his Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Public Lecture at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday night. [ewn]
Looks Like You Can Make A Lot Of Money From The Listeriosis Scandal – The dust seems to have settled on the deadly listeriosis outbreak, which claimed the lives of more than 170 people, and some in the know suggest there is money to be made. [here]
Day Zero Coming Back To Haunt Cape Town – Salvage Expert – It is feasible to try to harvest fresh water from an iceberg for Cape Town’s short-term water demands, said Capt. Nick Sloane, an expert in marine salvage, on day two of African Utility Week, held in the Mother City. [f24]
Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste Told A Business Partner He Has ‘A Temporary Problem’ – As recently as mid-February, Markus Jooste apparently did not think he was in trouble. [busins]
Haha – Vintage Jooste!
Amsterdam To Ban Airbnb And Bump Up Tourist Tax As It Hits Back At ‘Disneyfication’ Of City – Amsterdam, city of red lights and cannabis cafés, may soon be pulling the plug on the party. [tele]
Cape Town Could Get Above Normal Rainfall From June, Predict US Scientists – The International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society at Columbia University has just released its latest rainfall predictions, and there may be good news for the drought-stricken Western Cape. [busins]
SAA Losses Continue To Skyrocket To R5.7bn – The national carrier’s net loss is significantly (R2.9bn) worse than budgeted. [bday]
Turning Your Phone Into A Smart Motion Camera Is Now Half The Price – There’s one easy way to take your smartphone-filmed videos to the next level, but it’s rather pricey. Heyo – check out this spicy deal. [here]
China, Where Facebook Is Banned, Could Make $5 Billion For The Company This Year – According to a new report by Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser, almost 10% of Facebook’s global ad revenue might come from China. [qz]
Royal Wedding Guest List: Here’s Who Has Received An Invite From Harry And Meghan – With only three days left until the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the final details are being fine-tuned. Preparations will be underway for the expected 600 guests who have been invited, and those in charge of making sure the schedule for the royal wedding runs as planned will also making any last minute tweaks and updates. [tele]
Elton John ‘Will Perform At Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Wedding’ – 21 years after singing at Princess Diana’s funeral. [dm]
Tom Wolfe Dies At 88 – Author Tom Wolfe, the acerbic chronicler of American society known for best-selling books “The Right Stuff” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” has died at the age of 88.[dm]
Even Snoop Dogg Got In On NYC’s Blockchain Week – With NYC’s Blockchain Week in high gear, the rapper best known (these days, anyway) for smoking weed and kicking it with Martha Stewart took a little detour into the heart of cryptocounty. And boy did he get around. [mash]
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