How SA’s Weapons Tech Was ‘Stolen’ And Given To Saudi Arms Company – The alleged Saudi theft of Denel’s sophisticated arms data has been described as a threat to national security, and compared to treason and industrial espionage by a senior military officer. [citypress]

Bishops To Wait Until After Exams To Reveal Result Of Sex Scandal Investigation – A short statement, after a request for an update on the probe, said the school did not want any distractions for the pupils during year-end exams. [news24]

US Diplomat In Kiev Said He’s ‘Never Seen Anything’ Like Trump-Sondland Call In Restaurant – Holmes heard Trump ask Sondland on the call if the Ukrainians were going to “do the investigation,” and Sondland responded, “He’s gonna do it.” [cnn]

Gupta’s Saxonwold Home Rakes In R2.6 Million On Auction – One of the properties in the affluent leafy suburb of Saxonwold in Johannesburg, belonging to the controversial Gupta family was sold for R2.6 million on Monday morning. [sacomm]

A Hong Kong University Becomes A Battleground In The Latest Round Of Protests – Police trapped demonstrators inside the campus in a standoff that lasted hours. [vox]

Maimane Beware: Plans To Start A ‘New Movement’ Give Strong Sense Of Déjà-Vu – His words were strikingly similar to other members of South Africa’s politically brokenhearted over the past few years. [dailymaverick]

Trump’s Health Under Scrutiny Again After Unplanned Visit To Walter Reed – His impromptu weekend visit to a doctor brought fresh questions about the status of his health after the White House released a memo late Monday denying “speculation”. [washpost]

2oceansvibe Declares Summer Open – It’s taken long enough this year, given that we’re already more than halfway through November, but we can finally cut that summer ribbon. [here]

Epstein Victim Files New Lawsuit Against Estate, Claiming He Raped Her At Age 15 – In a new lawsuit filed Monday, a victim identified only as Jane Doe 15 alleges that Jeffrey Epstein assaulted her at his New Mexico ranch. [dailybeast]

Scientists Create Slippery Toilet Coating That Stops Poo Sticking – The spray, which is more slippery than Teflon, would be affected by urine and need reapplying after about 50 flushes. [bbc]

Legendary Endurance Swimmer Looking For A Training Buddy In SA – The world’s most prominent endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, is looking for a training partner in Cape Town – a “young gun” who is willing to “swim and run hard”. [businsider]

Adorable Snaps From The 2019 Dog Photographer Of The Year Competition – Improve your day with some adorable winning photos from 2019’s Dog Photographer of the Year competition. [here]

Juno Was Supposed To Be The Ethical Uber. Then It Sold Out And Died – A cautionary tale: Juno had tens of millions in investor subsidies, while everyone else had billions. [vice]

What South Africa’s Top Cricketers Have To Say About Quotas – I explored the opinions of 43 South African professional cricketers and 16 coaches and administrators from all ethnic groups regarding quotas. [conversation]

What Cricket Can Learn From SA Rugby – The Springboks are the toast of the country while the Proteas are drowning in despair. But the Boks were there not so long ago. Can the cricketers turn it around like their rugby brethren? [newframe]

Kylie Jenner Sells Majority Stake In Her Beauty Company For $600 million – The deal values the young entrepreneur’s namesake beauty brand at $1.2 billion. [cbsnews]

The Rise And Fall (And Rise) Of Robert De Niro’s Career – The nadir in this decline was Dirty Grandpa, a 2016 comedy in which De Niro played, yes, a dirty grandpa. [quartz]

Nicolas Cage to star as Nicolas Cage in film about Nicolas Cage – Cage apparently talks to an egotistical Nineties version of himself, who mocks him for making too many low-budget films. [independent]

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