Bosasa Destroyed 40 000 Documents To Stymie SIU Probe – Agrizzi – Bosasa deleted 40 000 documents implicating the company and its executives in corruption from its servers days before investigators from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) could access them, according to Angelo Agrizzi. [n24]

Michael Cohen Postpones House Testimony, Citing ‘Threats Against His Family’ – President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen announced he is postponing his public congressional testimony that was scheduled for February 7, citing “ongoing threats against his family” from the President and his attorney Rudy Giuliani. [cnn]

“Trump Is Screaming. He’s So Mad At Rudy”: Giuliani’s Fate Is Uncertain After Botched Interviews – As Giuliani’s unforced errors pile up, former West Wing officials and 2016 campaign veterans are privately debating what’s gone wrong with Rudy. [vanfair]

Pelosi: We Must Hold The Line On This Shutdown – While addressing the Conference of Mayors, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she was concerned about President Donald Trump using government shutdowns in the future if he doesn’t get his way. [cnn]

Nelson Mandela’s Ascension: Madiba’s Picture Sent To Space, Lands In Ceres – Late former president Nelson Mandela has been sent to space – in the form of a picture which a group of University of Cape Town (UCT) students sent from Stellenbosch. [n24]

‘R. Kelly Insisted I Have A Sex Trainer’ – For two years, Asante McGee was a girlfriend of the now-disgraced R&B superstar, R. Kelly, but in the summer of 2016 she went to live in his house in Georgia. There were other women there, she discovered – and very strict rules. [bbc]

This Is How Much Quieter Cape Town’s Waterfront Was This December – Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront – believed to be Africa’s most-visited tourist attraction – saw visitor numbers drop by 2% in December 2018 compared to the 2017 count, as the Western Cape region struggles to recover from a prolonged drought. [busins]

SARS Has A Massive Problem When It Comes To Taxing Cigarettes In SA – Revenue collections from taxes on cigarettes have declined sharply, in spite of successive rate hikes, South Africa’s top independent economists have found. [btech]

Ramaphosa Has ‘Full Confidence’ In SARB’s Kganyago – President Cyril Ramaphosa said he has “full confidence” in Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago, and that the bank should have sole responsibility for setting interest rates. [f24]

Mosque Murder Sparks Fears Of Extremist Revenge – The brazen execution of wealthy Ethiopian businessman Mohamed Amin, a known critic of religious extremism, outside a Johannesburg mosque has left a community reeling and wondering if his death was linked to his views. [tlive]

James Gandolfini’s Son Cast As Young Tony For ‘Sopranos’ Prequel – The son of James Gandolfini has been cast as the young Tony Soprano in the planned “Sopranos” prequel, “The Many Saints of Newark.” [usat]

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Director Bryan Singer Faces New Accusations Of Sexual Abuse, Rape – The Atlantic‘s year-long investigation uncovers new accusations against filmmaker, including alleged molestation of 13-year-old boy on 1998 Apt Pupil set. [rstone]

Jack Dorsey Says Mark Zuckerberg Once Killed A Goat And Served It To Him For Dinner – An interview with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey published by Rolling Stone on Wednesday took a darkly comic turn when he was asked about his most memorable interaction with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. [slate]

Elon Musk’s New SpaceX Starship Knocked Over By High Texas Winds – SpaceX’s new Starship hopper, a prototype of the spacecraft that could one day take people to Mars, will need weeks of repairs after it was toppled by strong winds at the company’s private launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, according to a tweet by CEO Elon Musk. [fortune]

Kate Middleton Gets Real About The Struggles All Parents Face – “It’s so hard,” the Duchess of Cambridge said to fellow parents on Tuesday. [huff]

Boeing’s Experimental Autonomous Aircraft Completes Its First Test Flight – The latest ‘flying car’ test as the aviation industry moves toward urban aerial mobility. [verge]

An Expert’s Guide To Stocking Your Home Bar Like A Proper Adult – No, the leftover booze from the last pre-drinks session doesn’t qualify as a ‘home bar’. Here are the experts on what you should stock. [here]

Another Autonomous Robot Is Here To Deliver Snacks For College Students – Make way for more robots bearing lattes and doughnuts for college students. [mash]

Alec Baldwin Pleads Guilty In New York Parking Spot Row – Alec Baldwin has pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment for a fight over a New York City parking spot. [bbc]

Riches Of A ‘Moral Vacuum’ – With a mind boggling £9.5billion fortune and fabulous multi-million pound homes, until yesterday not a penny made by Sir James Dyson was begrudged… but then he deserted Britain. [dm]

Naomi Campbell Shut It Down In See-Through Valentino Couture – It’s been 14 years since she’s walked for the brand. [instyle]

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