Petrol Price To Go Up Again On Wednesday – The petrol price‚ already at a record high‚ is set to go up again this week. [busday]
Cape Town Motorists Urged To Take Extra Care Around Flooded Roads – Heavy rains wreaked havoc on the roads due to blockages in the stormwater system. [news24]
Zuma Son Dies Suddenly – It was announced late Sunday night that he had died in Johannesburg after a short illness. [timeslive]
Philippines Mayor Antonio Halili Shot Dead By Sniper – Halili, who gained notoriety for parading people arrested on drug offences, was killed with a single shot to the chest from an unknown assailant. [cnn]
US Comedian ‘On The Run’ After ‘Prank-Call To Trump’ – John Melendez said he had prank-called the president and was irked that the news media hadn’t taken widespread notice of what would amount to a Super Bowl victory. [iol]
Trump: ‘Possible’ North Korea Nuclear Deal May Not ‘Work Out’ – A day after it was reported that Pyongyang has increased its production of enriched uranium at secret sites. [guardian]
Dinesh D’Souza, Filmmaker Pardoned By Trump, Shares Tweets With Hashtag #burnthejews – He has been slammed for retweeting Twitter posts with the hashtags #burntheJews and #bringbackslavery. [newsweek]
Obsessed With Whiteness – I overheard a prominent lawyer who was close to power angrily remark about whites: “They are still in charge,” she said to her companion. [citypress]
‘We May Have Over-Reached’ — DA’s JP Smith on trying to curtail De Lille powers. [mg]
Racist Facebook Rant Case Heads To The Equality Court – The man who allegedly called for whites to be subjected to what “Hitler did to the Jews” will appear in the Equality Court in Johannesburg today. [news24]
Man Late For Wedding Clocked Driving At 210km/h – The Gauteng Department of Community Safety said the speedster‚ who was driving a Mercedes Benz E350‚ was arrested on the spot by the High Speed Unit. [timeslive]
Hair, Hair: Users Applaud Razor Ad That Shows Women Actually Shaving – Billie, a US company, says its new ad matches decades of ads aimed at men by showing women actually removing bodily hair. [guardian]
The Latest Must-Have For Millennials? Fancy Debit Cards – The humble debit card is eclipsing other pieces of plastic as a status symbol in the wallets of younger consumers. [fortune]
The Man Who Created A $2bn Ice Cream Firm In His Kitchen – Just a few years ago Justin Woolverton was pleading with US supermarkets to keep his reduced-calorie ice cream tubs in their freezer cabinets. [bbc]
Silicon Valley’s Exclusive Salary Database – Unlike popular self-reported salary sites like Glassdoor or Stack Overflow, Option Impact is reserved for elite users. [wired]
The Mobile Airbag May Be Coming To Save Your Phone – People drop and break their smartphones all the time, but a German engineering student may have the solution to save everyone some time, money, and unneeded stress. [verge]
LeBron James To Join Lakers For $154 Million Over 4 Years – James did not pick up his option with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team he led to its fourth straight NBA finals this year, only to be swept by the Golden State Warriors in four games. [cnn]
Ellen DeGeneres Tells Jerry Seinfeld She’s ‘Overwhelmed With Dread’ – The comedian and talk show host opens up about her hopes and fears in a revealing new episode of ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.’ [dailybeast]
Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Shatters Single-Day Streaming Records – Rapper breaks record held by his own 2017 LP ‘More Life,’ on pace for most streamed week in charts history. [rollingstone]
Adam Sandler And His Moustache Photobombed Someone’s Wedding Pictures – Who doesn’t love it when the wedding shoot they’ve spent thousands on is suddenly interrupted by a dude wearing a T-shirt and shorts? [mashable]
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