Harvey Weinstein Trial: Defence Hits Back After Graphic Prosecution Claims – Prosecutor Meghan Hast said he was a “seasoned” sexual predator with vulnerable actresses as his prey. [bbc]

Harvey Weinstein Injected Himself To Get Erection Before Raping Woman, Trial Hears – The once-powerful Hollywood producer screamed at the alleged rape victim that she “owed” him sex and forced oral sex on another woman, a jury was told. [sky]

Gordhan: You Are Paying Four Times More For Elec Because Of Stealing At Medupi And Kusile – Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan called numbers and statistics comparing Eskom of a decade ago with present-day Eskom “atrocious”. [news24]

Woman, Dog Survive Scare Of Falling Into ‘Sinkhole’ On Hout Bay Beach – One of her dogs got stuck with her, while the other managed to avoid being buried in the sand. [iol]

Now Australians Need To Watch Out For Deadly Spiders, Experts Say – “Funnel-web spiders are potentially one of the most dangerous spiders on the planet, in terms of a bite towards humans, and we have to treat it very seriously.” [cnn]

Cape High Court Faces Credibility Crisis Over Hlophe Allegations – If even half of the allegations against John Hlophe are true, a reasonable observer would have to conclude that the WC High Court is a cesspit of bigotry, violence and nepotism. [dailymav]

Five Key Takeaways From Wednesday’s Impeachment Proceedings – Adam Schiff asks senators to consider stakes on second full day of Trump’s trial, but Republicans do not budge. [guardian]

Cape Town’s ‘Disappearing Dinner Club’ Set To Shake Things Up – Restaurants in the Mother City tend to come and go at a rate of knots, but this is a disappearing dining experience of a different sort. [here]

South Africa’s Load Shedding Horror Show In Three Graphs – The total economic impact of load shedding in South Africa could be as high as as R338 billion over the past 10 years, according to new research. [bustech]

Meghan Markle’s Father Begs Daughter For A Payoff: ‘Look After Daddy’ – In a new documentary, Thomas Markle cuts a pathetic and mean-spirited figure as he attempts to shame his daughter into paying him off. [dbeast]

Jeff Bezos Hack: How MBS Targeted The World’s Richest Man – And Why He Thought He Could Get Away With It – It was May 1, 2018 and the world was beating a path to the gilded doors of the 32-year-old’s palace in Riyadh. [telegraph]

The ‘Bulletproof Coffee’ Health Trend Might Not Be All That Healthy – More and more people are putting butter in their coffee to boost their energy levels, but the long-term effects might not be worth the immediate results. [here]

Here’s How Vitality Compares To Momentum Multiply After Discovery’s Controversial Active Reward Changes – Comparing the Vitality active reward programme with Momentum Multiply to see which one provides the biggest savings in 2020. [businsider]

17 Rescued Guatemalan Circus Big Cats Begin Their New Life In Free State – Once confined to bare cages about the size of a queen-sized bed, they now enjoy natural grassland enclosures with trees and bushes, platforms, dens and night houses. [iol]

Cape Restaurant Breaks World Record – Breaking a world record is no small feat, a restaurant in the Mother City has made it into the Guinness World Records book as the official title holder of the “Most Varieties of Milkshakes Commercially Available”. [capetownetc]

‘The Door Is Still Open For AB De Villiers‚’ Says CSA’s Graeme Smith – “I think it is great that AB has expressed his desire to be back in the system. Those chats aren’t formal but we are looking at options around the T20 World Cup‚” said Smith. [timeslive]

Manchester United 0-2 Burnley: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Side Falter Again – Solskjaer’s side sink to a new low in front of a disgruntled home crowd. [skysports]

‘Monty Python’ Co-Founder Terry Jones Dies At 77 – He had been suffering from dementia, which was revealed to the public by his son Bill in September 2016. [cnbc] He’s not the messiah…

Aerosmith Drummer Loses Bid To Rejoin Band For Grammy Honours –  A judge has told Aerosmith’s drummer Joey Kramer to dream on if he hopes to rejoin the band as it’s set to perform and be honoured at Grammy events this week. [ap]

Jean-Paul Gaultier Retires In Style – Bella and Gigi Hadid leave little to the imagination during French designer’s final show at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. [dmail]

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