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R80m ‘Hush Money’ For Agrizzi’s Silence – The Watson family offered to pay Angelo Agrizzi up to R80m in return for agreeing not to spill the beans about corrupt activities at Bosasa, according to leaked documents. [timeslive]

Roger Stone Does Not Rule Out Cooperating With Mueller – Stone was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury in Washington on seven counts and was arrested on Friday morning in Florida. [cnn]

Zuma Hits Back At Mbalula Over Official Appearance Tweet – On Saturday, Zuma posted a picture of himself attending an official event – the annual commemoration of Kgosi Mampuru II in Limpopo, alongside other official dignitaries, ministers and guests. [news24]

US Lifts Sanctions On Putin Ally’s Firms – The oligarch has been linked to the probe into alleged Russian interference in US elections, and Democrats wanted the sanctions to continue. [bbc]

Zille On Tax Revolt: ‘We Have To Stop The Theft Of Public Money’ – Zille took to Twitter threatening that if those implicated in the Zondo commission of inquiry aren’t prosecuted in a reasonable time, she would organise a tax revolt. [ewn]

Ex-Mercenary Claims South African Group Tried To Spread Aids – New documentary details unit’s disturbing obsession with HIV. [guardian]

Daylight Beatings Instil Public Fear In ‘Lawless’ Country – Frightened civilians question what is happening to their nation, as members of the security services are given free rein. [sky]

Have You Heard About The New ‘5 Days To Start’ Challenge? – Usually, when we hear about some new challenge, it’s something daft cooked up on social media. The ‘5 Days to Start’ Challenge, though, is one that we should all get behind. [here]

The Marijuana Billionaire Who Doesn’t Smoke Weed – Brendan Kennedy’s Canadian cannabis company Tilray has unexpectedly become America’s gateway to the legal marijuana industry. [fortune]

Telkom Launching New Way To Cancel Accounts – Telkom said it was working to improve the accessibility of its support mechanisms – starting with a feature which will allow customers previously unable to cancel their accounts to process the matter online. [mybb]

South Africa Has A New Tallest Building – The Leonardo, which has steadily been rising above the Sandton skyline over the past two years will become the tallest building in South Africa – and Africa, for a time. [bustech]

WhatsApp Is Merging With Facebook Messenger – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently wants to combine the services under a single underlying messaging platform or protocol. [forbes]

Boy, 3, Found After Missing In The Woods Says He ‘Hung Out With a Bear’ – Hundreds of people, drones, helicopters and search dogs searched more than 1,000 acres for the boy, but were unable to find him. [time]

Australian Open 2019: Novak Djokovic’s Bid For Astonishing 81-Year-Old Tennis Record – Next stop for Novak Djokovic is extraordinary but familiar: he will head to the French Open with the opportunity to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once. [nine]

Emiliano Sala Search Back On After Fundraising Effort Nets Half A Million Dollars – His family continues to refuse to give up on finding the missing football star — and they’ve been backed by football royalty. [newsau]

Fyre Festival: My Front-Row Seat For The Chaos In The Exumas – Fyre Festival. If you think it sounds like the name of a new sort of natural disaster, you might not be wrong. [bbc]

Meghan Turns Down Request For ‘Suits’ Finale Return – There have been claims NBC Universal would pay a huge multi-million dollar sum to a charity of Meghan’s choice if she filmed additional scenes for Suits. [iol]

Marriage Has Made Prince Harry ‘Grumpy and Aloof’ – ‘What people love about Harry is that… he’s a normal guy trapped in the royal world, and he doesn’t take himself very seriously. But now he is,’ a royal biographer says. [dbeast]

Lady Gaga Wins The Battle Of The Plunging Neckline – Alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Margot Robbie and Robin Wright on SAG Awards red carpet. [dmail]

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