Medupi Down Because Of ‘Electrical Supply Panel Burn-Out’, Say Sources – The Medupi power station is down and out because the electrical supply panel to the conveyor belt that supplies coal to the plant burnt out on Monday. [dailymaverick]

Desmond Tutu Leaves Hospital After Six Days – The retired archbishop, who has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer for more than two decades, went into hospital on Wednesday. [timeslive]

Amazon Claims Trump Interfered With Pentagon Contract In Order To Hurt Jeff Bezos – Amazon (AMZN) said Trump “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against the company in an effort to undermine its bid and hurt CEO Jeff Bezos. [cnn]

‘No Political Bias’ In FBI Probe Of Trump Campaign – A US watchdog has found no evidence of political bias when the FBI launched an inquiry into the 2016 Trump campaign, despite “serious performance failures”. [bbc]

Boris Johnson Criticised Over Reaction To Image Of Sick Boy On Hospital Floor – Challenged on the interaction, the PM did not respond to questions about the photo but talked about plans to “transform our NHS”. [skynews]

Boeing Whistleblower Raised Concerns About 737 Max Production Issues Before Crashes – A former Boeing employee raised concerns about production problems with the Boeing 737 Max months before the two plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. [dailybeast]

2020 Banking Fees Compared: Capitec Vs Absa Vs Standard Bank Vs Nedbank Vs FNB – South Africa’s big banks have all published their fee schedules that will carry through to 2020. [bustech]

Attenborough’s New Series Will Use Robots To Tell ‘Emotional Stories’ About Plants – Using new tech including robot cameras which can be remotely controlled by humans to look at plants in remote places, the show will treat audiences to a “mind-blowing” look at an “unseen” world. [telegraph]

Ghislaine Maxwell To Finally Emerge For Tell-All Television Interview – She’s become the most talked-about and infamous woman of the year, following her links to disgraced financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. [tatler]

Abandoned South African Mines Could Become Giant Batteries To Fend Off Load Shedding – A UK company has a novel but simple idea for storing electricity: by using giant weights hung in disused mine shafts. [businsider]

False Idol — Why The Christian Right Worships Donald Trump – Without the evangelical voting bloc, no Republican candidate could hope to have a path to the presidency. [rollingstone]

Watch Out For These Three Common Ingredients In Beauty Creams – There are a number of key ingredients in your face cream that could be doing more harm than good over the summer months. Here’s what to watch out for. [here]

From Avocados To Instagram: The Decade In Food – The 2010s brought seismic change to the UK’s culinary landscape. [guardian]

Proteas’ Ill-Preparedness Only Worsens – Graeme Smith, if he finally gets on board as director of cricket with the Proteas, is going to have to turn miracle-worker pretty quickly … especially in getting the frontline Test bowling attack up to speed, as it were. [sport24]

Russia Banned From Major Sporting Events For 4 Years – Russia has been handed a four-year ban from major sporting events, including the Olympics and football World Cup, after the Executive Committee of WADA approved sanctions on Monday. [rt]

SA’s Kinkiest Party Is Back To Bring In The New Year – How we start something new is important, so why not start the new year at Cape Town’s kinkiest New Year’s Eve party? [here]

Charlize Theron Nominated For Golden Globe – South African-born Hollywood star Charlize Theron has received a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category for her role in Bombshell, it was announced on Monday. [iol]

Chris Cornell’s Widow ‘Sues Soundgarden Over Royalties And Unreleased Songs’ – In a statement, the late singer’s wife says: “I will not sacrifice our children’s futures for someone else’s greed.” [skynews]

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