Stage 4 Load-Shedding Set To Continue On Wednesday – South Africans should brace themselves for another bout of stage 4 load-shedding as power utility Eskom battles to meet electricity demand. [tlive]
Race Against Time To Rescue Thousands Left Destitute By Southern Africa’s Deadliest Cyclone – Families clung to tree and roof tops in Mozambique on Tuesday, trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters left in the wake of what could prove the deadliest cyclone ever to hit southern Africa. [tele]
Joe Biden Tells Supporters He Plans 2020 Bid – Former vice president asks for help in lining up contributions from major donors so he can quickly raise several million dollars. [wsj]
Russia Has Banned Fake News, While Also Being One Of The World’s Prime Exporters Of Fake News – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law on Monday that introduces fines for people who spread what the what deems to be inaccurate information, if the information leads to a “mass violation of public order.” [busins]
Trump Finally Weighs In On Kellyanne Conway’s Husband: ‘A Total Loser!’ – The President has finally expressed his opinion about constant criticism from George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, one of his closest aides. [busins]
Supreme Court Gives Trump Victory On Detaining Immigrants With Criminal Convictions – Court rules 5-4 that authorities can detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime after they have completed prison terms. [guardian]
Google Reveals Gaming Platform Stadia – Google has unveiled a new digital gaming platform called Stadia which will stream better-than-console-quality games that have traditionally had to be either downloaded or purchased on disc. [bbc]
Pilot Who Hitched A Ride Saved Lion Air 737 Day Before Deadly Crash – As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 Max 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. [bloom]
Top Eight Culprits In Biggest Corporate Fraud Named, Including Jooste And La Grange; Hawks Still Badly Behind – Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste and former CFO Ben la Grange, who had told MPs they knew nothing of accounting irregularities that led to the company’s share value collapsing, are named in the PwC forensic audit among eight individuals implicated in fictitious and irregular transactions of over €6-billion. [dmav]
China’s Goths Protest After Woman Told To Remove ‘Distressing’ Make-Up On Subway – Weibo users post selfies of themselves in full make-up after woman stopped by security from boarding a train., [guardian] Hectic
South Africa Has Just Been Ranked The Unhealthiest Country On Earth – A new global health ranking has identified the world’s healthiest – and most unhealthy – countries in 2019. [busins] Mazeltov!
The American Mafia Has Become An Unhinged Reality Show – The link between the killing of a Gambino mob boss and an apparently MAGA-loving QAnon suspect is part of a descent into postmodern chaos. [vice]
E-Visas Are Coming To South Africa – South Africa plans to introduce electronic visas in a bid to massively increase the traffic of tourists to the country, to boost the economy, and reduce unemployment and inequality. [btech]
Theresa May Should Have Taken My Father’s Advice On Brexit (Trump Jnr. Op Ed) – Next Friday, March 29, is supposed to be the British people’s Independence Day. But because the elites control London from Brussels, the will of the people is likely to be ignored. [tele]
People Don’t Become ‘Adults’ Until Their 30s, Say Scientists – Have you ever been told to “grow up” in your 20s or need an excuse as to why you still find cat videos on the internet really funny? [bbc]
Berlusconi Witness Fears for Her Life After Fellow Model’s Poisoning – A model who testified multiple times against former Italian PM and Vladimir Putin buddy Berlusconi said she had a terrible stomachache. Now armed guards are protecting her corpse. [beast]
Bill Gates Joins Jeff Bezos As The Only Two Members Of The US$100 Billion Club – Bloomberg tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least US$10 billion (S$13 billion), making them decabillionaires. The number of centibillionaires, however, is only two. [straits] That’s such awesome news, guys. Congrats!
The Unfortunate Truth About Adult Acne – Acne – the thing that tormented you as a teenager, and probably still pops up every now and then to ruin your day. [here]
India’s Richest Man Helps His Brother Avoid Jail – India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has paid a debt payment owed by his brother, saving him from spending time in prison. [bbc]
Paris Jackson – The model hugs her cousin and former legal co-guardian TJ Jackson… just days after ‘suicide attempt’ [dm]
Michael Jackson’s Music Video Producer: I Believe Accusers Wade Robson And James Safechuck Are Telling The Truth – A music video producer who worked closely with Michael Jackson has said that he believes ‘almost every word’ of the testimony given by Wade Robson and James Safechuck in the documentary Leaving Neverland. [beast]
15 Years After ‘Eternal Sunshine,’ We Still Wish We Could Wipe Our Memories – Blocking, unfollowing, hypnosis, and other ways we try to get over our exes. [vice]
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