As Battle For Eskom Goes Nuclear, Pravin Gordhan Is Once Again The Target – Political pressure is building on President Ramaphosa to take some sort of action against Pravin Gordhan — to either fire him or to move Eskom to Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s department. [dailymav]

Six People Collapse After Ingesting ‘Unknown Substance’ In Cape Town – Six people collapsed and were taken to hospital – five of them in a critical condition – after apparently ingesting an unknown substance in the Cape Town suburb of Wetton on Monday. [timeslive]

Queen Agrees On ‘Period Of Transition’ For Harry And Meghan – She said she was “entirely supportive” of their desire for a new role but “would have preferred” them to remain full-time working royals. [bbc]

Harry And William Say Newspaper Article About Bullying Is ‘False And offensive’ – The Reuters news agency has linked the statement to a report in The Times which claims Prince William had a “bullying attitude”. [skynews]

Pompeo Says Killing Of Suleimani Is Part Of ‘Bigger Strategy’ To Deter US Foes – ‘Real deterrence’ strategy – which also apply to Russia and China – is at odds with earlier assertion that general was killed due to imminent threat to US. [guardian]

Australian ‘Megablaze’ Brought Under Control – New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts. [mg]

Taxes In 2020 – What To Expect From The Year Ahead – We’re not even a month into 2020 and things are already looking iffy for the South African economy. Our tax shortfall needs to be made up somewhere. [here]

I Was Rejected As A Juror For Harvey Weinstein’s Trial – Here’s What Happened Inside The Courtroom. [huffpost]

Oldest Material On Earth Discovered – They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. [bbc]

Pokémon Go Never Went Away — 2019 Was Its Most Lucrative Year Ever – The AR game from Niantic Labs continues to grow. [verge]

These Are The Biggest Green Energy Projects In SA – All Wind Farms – As Eskom fails to keep unplanned breakdowns at below 9,500MW since the start of December, there is growing pressure on government to fast-track renewable power projects. [businsider]

How To Finally Sort Out That Mess You’ve Been Avoiding – By now you’ve probably already broken a few of those New Year’s resolutions, but there’s one that you can still salvage. It’s time to get organised. [here]

Varsity Cup Transformation Targets To Increase Over Next Decade – By 2028, the requirement will be 13 players of colour in the match-day squad, with nine in the starting line-up. By 2030 the target will be 14 in the match-day squad, with 10 in the starting line-up. [sport24]

FBI Says Girls Do Porn Founder Is A Wanted Fugitive – The owner of Girls Do Porn is a wanted fugitive and now faces extradition back to the U.S. [vice]

Oscars 2020: All The Nominations – This year’s Academy Award nominations went as predictably as possible, giving Netflix another run to nab some trophies this awards season after practically being shut out at the Golden Globe Awards. [verge]

Charlize Theron Nominated For Oscar – South Africa’s darling, Benoni-born Charlize Theron has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie Bombshell. [capetownetc]

Oscars: Top Nominations Overwhelmingly White And Male – Joker leads the nominations, but it’s the least diverse line-up since #OscarsSoWhite backlash four years ago. [skynews]

Adam Sandler Promises To Make ‘Worst Movie Ever’ After ‘Uncut Gems’ Oscars Snub – Bombs away! That’s the sentiment Adam Sandler will be taking with him when he makes his next flick. [nypost]

Kinky Kylie Jenner Wears Racy Lingerie And Very Long Black Wig – While tangled up in rope for new shoot. [dmail]

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