Gauteng: ‘Astounding Numbers’ From DA Internal Polling Shows The Party Is Closing Gap On ANC – These numbers, described by one party strategist as “astounding”, have also forced the DA to accelerate its preparations for government. [news24]

Japanese Emperor: Akihito Set For First Abdication In 200 years – The 85-year-old has been given legal permission to abdicate after saying he felt unable to fulfil his role because of his age and declining health. [bbc]

Trump Team Sues Banks To Keep Them From Turning Over Financial Records To Congress –  Both banks “have long provided business and personal banking services to Plaintiffs,” Trump’s attorneys said. [cnn]

Poway Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Parents Call Him ‘Evil’ – John Earnest allegedly murdered a woman during Passover services after posting anti-Semitic screed online. [dbeast]

Suspended Hawks General Back On Job…But She Isn’t Off The Hook Yet – Mnonopi had been suspended amid allegations that she tried to wreck a bribery case laid by Mcebisi Jonas against one of the Gupta brothers. [timeslive]

ISIS Releases New Footage Of Leader Abu al-Baghdadi For First Time In Five Years – It is his first video appearance since he delivered a sermon at the al-Nuri mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. [cbs]

This One Is For All The Cape Town Super Moms – If you’re a working mom looking to make the most of your experiences, skills and schedule, you don’t want to miss out on this. [here]

Woodstock 50 Thrown Into Doubt After Backer ‘Cancels’ Festival – Lead investor pulls funding but organisers say event will go ahead and will be ‘a blast’. [guardian]

The Dead May Outnumber The Living On Facebook In 50 years – The growing number of dead people’s profiles on Facebook and other social media platforms raises questions about how such data should be dealt with after we die. [businsider]

Rescuing Nelson Mandela From Sainthood – There is a lively, angry, often chaotic debate about the role and place of the father of the South African nation. [africasacountry]

Discredited Sunday Times Journalists Find New Home At Iqbal Survé’s Media Empire – Two journalists who ‘dealt a body blow to the credibility of journalism’, Piet Rampedi and Mzilikazi wa Afrika, have washed up at Iqbal Survé’s Independent Media SA. [dailymav]

Outrage In Mexico Over ‘Warm Beer’ Law – Look, you’d also be pretty bleak if someone tried to introduce a law banning the sale of cold beer. [here]

Caster’s Fate To Be Announced By Sports Body On Wednesday – She is challenging an IAAF ruling seeking to force “hyperandrogenic” athletes or those with “differences of sexual development” (DSD) to seek treatment to lower their testosterone levels. [mg]

Watch Dale Steyn Play Chauffeur For Cape Town School Pupils – Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn obliged a request from two Cape Town school pupils in heartwarming fashion recently. [sacricketmag]

Larry King, Hospitalised For Heart Procedure, Denies Reports He Had A Heart Attack – The statement from Ora TV said that King, 85, never suffered a heart attack, but had instead experienced chest pain ahead of a planned hospital procedure. [nj]

Corey Feldman Wants To Expose Hollywood’s Darkest Secrets – “I can tell you that the number-one problem in Hollywood was and is . . . paedophilia,” Feldman says, as he often has. [rollingstone]

Halima Aden Makes History As The First Model To Wear A Hijab And Burkini For Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue – Aden journeyed back to her stomping grounds of Kenya to shoot her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit spread. [elle]

Emily Ratajkowski Displays Her Famous Assets In TINY Black Bikini – She was up to her old tricks once more on Monday as she took to Instagram to share a smouldering snap in which she sported a tiny black bikini. [dmail]

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