Elon Musk Defends Calling Rescue Worker A ‘Pedo’ – Musk’s lawyers argued that the epithet “pedo guy” is commonly used in Musk’s home country of South Africa to mean “creepy old man.” [cnn]

Elon Musk Testified He Worried Thai Cave Rescuer Might Be ‘Another Jeffrey Epstein’ – Musk’s family office spent tens of thousands on a private investigator to dig up details about the spelunker. [cnbc]

Dros Rapist Nicholas Ninow Officially Found Guilty – In the trial, which took four days to complete, the State called six witnesses, including the victim, focusing on the sequence of events. [news24]

SA Was On Track For A Petrol Price Cut – Then Kamikaze Drones Struck Saudi Oil Plants – Automobile Association spokesperson Layton Beard says the massive increase in the global oil price will cancel out the forecast price cut. [fin24]

Brexit: Boris Johnson Attacked By Luxembourg PM Over ‘Nightmare’ – Mr Johnson, who pulled out of a joint press conference with Mr Bettel because of noisy protesters, said there was still a good chance of a deal. [bbc]

New York Prosecutors Subpoena Eight Years Of Trump’s Tax Returns – Mazars USA, which prepares Trump’s tax returns, said in a statement that it would “fully comply with its legal obligations”. [guardian]

Seth Switched To Almond Milk – Then This Happened – I can’t remember the exact reason why I started taking my daily coffee with almond milk, but such is life. [here]

New Court Case To Decide On The Future Of Affirmative Action In South Africa – Trade union Solidarity will head to court on Wednesday (18 September) to challenge sections of South Africa’s affirmative action legislation. [businesstech]

Elderly British Couple ‘Tricked’ Into Smuggling Cocaine Spent £18,000 On Travel In Two Years – Mr Clarke told police after their arrest a mystery entrepreneur “of Jamaican origin” paid for their cruise and fooled them into smuggling the drugs. [telegraph]

Discovery Medical Scheme Contributions Jump By More Than 9% – Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest private medical scheme, said fees across its plans will see a total increase of 9.5% in 2020, after increasing fees by 9.2% in 2019. [businsider]

CENSORED: How The M&G Got Taken Down – How Africa’s oldest news website got taken down by a spurious plagiarism complaint. [mg]

New Chinese Giant Salamander Species Is Largest Amphibian In The World – The Chinese giant salamander was thought to be a single species, but new research suggests it is actually three. [skynews]

Why The RICA Act Has Been Declared Unlawful – The High Court in Johannesburg on Monday declared that the Rica Act is unlawful and sent it back to Parliament to be reworked. [ewn]

Inside PUMA’s Incredibly High-Tech New York Store – PUMA has combined the latest technology with the ultimate collection of products to bring New Yorkers an interactive shopping experience like no other. [here]

SA Sprinter Fails Doping Test – South African sprinter Carina Horn has been suspended by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for failing a doping test. [sport24]

This Startup Says It’s Making Odorless Weed – A Canadian company says it’s trying to make weed less dank. [vice]

Sean Spicer Has Most Embarrassing ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Debut Ever, Period – “It’s like you were being attacked by a swarm of wasps,” one judge said after Spicer attempted a salsa dance. [dailybeast]

Why J.J. Abrams Reportedly Turned Down $500 Million From Apple –  The tech giant was prepared to pay more than $500 million for Abrams to put Bad Robot under their roof. [quartz]

Kendall Jenner Unveils Her Striking New Blonde Tresses As She Storms The Catwalk – Alongside supermodel sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid during Burberry’s London Fashion Week presentation. [dmail]

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