South African Sentenced To Death In Vietnam For Cocaine Trafficking – Tyron Lee Coetzee’s attempts to argue his actions were impaired by his schizophrenia and he didn’t know drug trafficking was illegal in Vietnam were unsuccessful. [citizen]

Key State Technology Agency Was Captured – Lock, Stock And Secret Codes – The investigation into SITA has so far cost taxpayers R4.3-million. A total of 40 cases involving 25 employees had been made. [dailymav]

Trump Warns Evangelicals Of ‘Violence’ If GOP Loses In The Midterms – He pleaded with evangelical leaders for political help, warning of dire consequences to their congregations should Republicans lose in November’s midterm elections. [cnn]

Trump’s Latest Twitter Victim: Google And Its Left-Wing Algorithms – The US president whinged in the early hours of the morning that searches of his name did not show up enough ‘conservative’ media sources. [busday]

The DA Had It Coming. Trollip Down. Msimanga Next – Malema – He has described the removal of the DA’s Athol Trollip as a statement in opposition to the “white arrogance of the white-dominated Democratic Alliance”. [citypress]

CIA And Saudi Arabia Conspired To Keep 9/11 Details Secret, New Book Says – In The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark: The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror, the authors assemble a compelling case of a government-wide cover-up of Saudi complicity in the affair. [newsweek]

Life In Constantia Versus Camps Bay – An Observation – It’s no secret (actually it is) that I’ve moved from Camps Bay to Constantia. But that doesn’t mean I’ve changed (I have). [here]

Five Tough Questions Markus Jooste Must Answer Before Parliament – He must come clean about the ‘mistakes’ he made when the greatest corporate scandal in recent history engulfed Steinhoff. [busday]

Inside Instagram’s New Plan To Improve Security Amid Bots, Fake Followers, And Other Bad Actors – Instagram unveiled a new, three-part plan on Tuesday that the social media brand says will improve safety across the platform. [fortune]

Scallop War: French And British Boats Clash In Channel – French fishermen have been accused of throwing insults, rocks and smoke bombs at their British rivals in the English Channel in a vicious scrap over scallops. [bbc]

Sounds like both sides are being a little shellfish.

Is ‘Chocapocalypse’ Looming? Why We Need To Understand What’s At Stake – No more chocolate by 2050? Several articles have pointed recently that we are heading to a major chocolate crisis. [conversation]

How The Rise Of Outdoor Influencers Is Affecting The Environment – Instagrams of beautiful vistas have brought attention to environmental issues — and foot traffic to unspoiled wilderness. [racked]

We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts Of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage – Millions of American children were placed in orphanages. Some didn’t make it out alive. [buzzfeed]

Is José Mourinho Still The Man To Fix Manchester United’s Problems? – Many fans at Old Trafford are blaming the Portuguese for the club’s poor Premier League start but he can turn things around. [guardian]

Denzel’s Latest Film Is Cleaning Up At The Box Office – Denzel Washington continues to be a massive box office draw, and his latest film has cracked huge numbers right around the world. [here]

‘Diva To The End.’ Aretha Franklin Lies In Gold-Plated Casket At Public Viewing – The late Queen of Soul was laid to rest in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a “diva to the end.” [time]

Here’s How Demi Lovato Is Doing One Month After Her Overdose – She was released from the hospital on August 4. [cosmo]

Lady Gaga Poses NUDE For Kim Kardashian And Kanye West’s Favourite Photographer – The Star Is Born actress shared three stunning images to Instagram on Tuesday where she was posing for Eli Russell Linnetz. [dmail]

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