SA Farmers’ Conundrum: To Plant Or Not To Plant – If you were a South African commercial farmer, would you be planting your crop this year? Considering the rhetoric around land reform and the strong possibility of the drought-related El-Nino weather phenomenon making an unwelcome return, you might think you would need your head read to pour money into the ground. [busins]

Manafort, Cohen, Omarosa: This Is How It Always Ends For Trump’s Scuzzy Friends – Far from taking a bullet, Cohen shot a proverbial one at the Con Man in Chief, and Manafort may end up doing the same. The train wreck of Trump’s life is finally being exposed. [beast]

Stormy Daniels Payment Wasn’t Illegal – It Was My Own Money, Says Defiant Donald Trump – Donald Trump has denied hush money payments made to two women claiming affairs before the 2016 US election were illegal, insisting they had not come from campaign funds. [tele]

North Korea Is Still Developing Nuclear Weapons, Says IAEA – North Korea is continuing to develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to a report by the UN atomic watchdog, raising questions over the country’s commitment to denuclearisation. [guardian]

A Frightening Look At How Much Sugar Is In Your Favourite Drink [Infographic] – It’s often easy to grab a cooldrink on the fly, and we promise ourselves that it’s going to be the last this month. Perhaps these stats will make you think twice. [here]

Huawei Banned From Australian 5G Network – One of the world’s leading mobile technology companies has been blocked from Australia’s 5G rollout over concerns of Chinese espionage. [newsau]

The World’s Highest-Paid Actors 2018: George Clooney Tops List With $239 Million – George Clooney may not have helmed a hit in years, but his wallet hasn’t noticed. Thanks to the up to $1 billion purchase of his Casamigos Tequila, Clooney scored a career high pretax paycheck of $239 million between June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2018. [forbes]

Facebook Says It Removed 652 Disinformation Accounts Linked To Russia And Iran – The influence campaigns were taken down ahead of the midterm elections. [huff]

Lost Mick Jagger And Carly Simon Duet Found After More Than 45 Years – The 1972 track, believed to be called ‘Fragile’, has reportedly never been heard in public before. [nme]

Ben Affleck Enters Rehab For Third Time As ‘Visibly Upset’ Jennifer Garner Drives Him To Treatment – The actor, 46, is seeking treatment for alcohol addiction. [people]

Sol’s New Brand Ambassador Is Proving Very Popular – When Mexico’s most authentic beer announced their new brand ambassador, people sat up and took notice. Since then, there have been plenty of good vibes to go around. [here]

Simon Cowell Humbled By Hollywood Star: ‘Fame Is The Best Thing In The World’ – Kelly Clarkson and Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer spoke at the Aug. 22 ceremony which was also attended by Louis Tomlinson, Adam Lambert and the ‘AGT’ cast. [var]

Woods: I’ll Get The Job Done In Majors – Dustin Johnson is defending champion at the Northern Trust tournament, but all eyes will be on Tiger Woods when the PGA Tour’s FedExCup playoffs begin in New Jersey on Thursday. [rte]

Snap Up Six Bottles Of Cape Town’s Finest Gin On Takealot Special Deal – You’ve earned yourself a stiff drink. [here]

Danny Boyle Quit Bond In Dispute Over Film’s Russian Villain – Danny Boyle quit the new Bond film weeks before filming was due to start after a dispute over the film’s Russian villain, the Telegraph understands. [tele]

Another Kevin Spacey Sexual Assault Case Under Review In Los Angeles – Four months after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office began reviewing a sexual assault case against actor Kevin Spacey, CNN has learned a second case is now under the office’s review. [cnn]

Europe Launches ‘Aeolus’ Satellite On Mission To Map Earth’s Winds – The European launch company Arianespace successfully launched a new weather satellite today (Aug. 22). Named Aeolus, the spacecraft is the first satellite designed to measure Earth’s winds on a global scale. [space]

The Moment Kylie Jenner Awkwardly Stops In Her Tracks – To avoid Nicki Minaj run-in on MTV VMAs red carpet… after Travis Scott diss on Twitter [dm] If only I knew what that meant. 

E! Sets First U.K. Original With Reality Dating Show ‘The Bi Life’ – E! Entertainment Television has commissioned its first original series out of the U.K. and Ireland with groundbreaking bisexual reality dating show “The Bi Life.” [var]

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So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, so make sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best. [boekenhout]

How Can You Leave Your Dog At Home While You Go To Work? – You say he’s part of the family – yet you’d never leave your human child at home, alone, for the whole day. Drop that little rascal off at Proud Hounds and see the joy in his eyes! [proudhounds]

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