Athol Trollip Ousted As Nelson Mandela Mayor – Now party faces risk of losing Tshwane on Thursday if Msimanga no-confidence vote succeeds. [businessday]

DA Maintains Trollip’s Ousting Was Unlawful, Will Head To Court – With the help of one rogue DA councillor on Monday evening, the former opposition declared they had ousted the DA coalition, but the DA disputes this. [citizen]

Nelson Mandela Bay Fight – We’d Better Get Used To Chaos & Loathing In SA’s Contested Metros – No matter what happens next, this major political tremor is going to have a seismic impact upon governance. [dailymav]

Vytjie Mentor, The China Trip And The Guptas’ Plans For SAA – She confirmed to the inquiry how she was offered a ministerial position by the Guptas, provided she tweak the routes flown by the state airline. [citypress]

Will Pope Francis Resign? – He told reporters that he would not comment on an archbishop’s call for him to resign after the archbishop accused Francis of knowing about sexual allegations against a cardinal, but doing nothing about it, in 2013. [newsweek]

Why Ethiopians Believe Their New Prime Minister Is A Prophet – Young, democratic and preaching peace, he’s the leader the country has been waiting for. But can Abiy Ahmed live up to the hype? [cnn]

Case Against ‘Sexual Predator’ Water Polo Coach Postponed – Last week, Rex pleaded guilty to 144 sexual assault charges of 12 boys. In total, there are thought to be 23 boys, aged between 14 and 16, that were allegedly victims. [enca]

Are You Locked Into A Crummy Lease? Read This – Nobody ever reads all the small print when signing on the dotted line. If you think you’re locked in for good, though, there might be some help at hand. [here]

China Could Scrap Two-Child Policy, Ending Nearly 40 Years Of Limits – Draft of civil code being discussed this week contains no references to ‘family planning’. [guardian]

Sexually Frustrated Dolphin Named Zafar Terrorises Tourists On French Beach – A seaside village in Brittany has banned swimming on its beach because a dolphin in heat has been scaring tourists. [telegraph]

TBWA Hunt Lascaris Gives Back Loeries Award For Deceitful Apartheid Museum Ad – TBWA Hunt Lascaris recently won gold for radio advertisements at the 40th Annual Loerie Awards with its campaign for the Apartheid Museum. [702]

Cops Killed Hout Bay Fisherman, Witnesses Say – Two men who were with the Hout Bay fisherman who went missing in a recent anti-poaching operation say that he was deliberately killed by police. [groundup]

How This Australian Instagram Account Amassed 3,2 Million Followers – One Instagram account that we could double-tap for days? Tourism Australia. [cnn]

Embattled Cricket SA Now Hunting A Test Sponsor – Sunfoil announcement that it will end its seven-year association in the more-day format comes at a pretty awkward time for the governing body. [citizen]

How Come Nobody Told Us There Was High Tea At The Waterfront? – Everyone knows about the Mother City’s most famous high tea spots. Turns out there’s a new one in the Waterfront that almost slipped us by. [here]

Johnny Clegg Isn’t About To Bow Down To Cancer – Celebrated South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg has announced that he has completed his third round of chemotherapy after his pancreatic cancer returned last year. [channel24]

Meghan’s Dad Feels ‘Compelled’ To Correct Drug, Cash And Wedding Smears – Thomas Markle has hit back at a stream of ‘slurs’ levelled against him since revealing details of his rift with daughter Meghan and son-in-law Prince Harry. [iol]

Eddie Murphy Expecting His 10th Child – The Beverly Hills Cop actor, 57, is expecting his 10th child as his partner Paige Butcher debuted her baby bump while in Los Angeles this month. [people]

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