No More SAA Flights To Durban, East London And PE – It will also no longer fly from Johannesburg to Abidjan (via Accra), Entebbe, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Luanda, Munich, Ndola, and Sao Paulo. This also effective from February 29. [timeslive]

SA Still Clear Of Coronavirus As Tests In KZN Come Back Negative – Two patients in KwaZulu-Natal suspected of being infected with the coronavirus have been cleared, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed on Thursday night. [news24]

Chinese Doctor Who Warned Of Coronavirus Outbreak Dies As Death Toll Rises To 636 – The death toll from a novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 636, including a doctor who tried to sound an early warning about the disease. [time]

The Worst Part Of Donald Trump’s Unhinged Impeachment Victory Speech – Less than 24 hours after formally being acquitted by the Senate, President Donald Trump riffed for over an hour from inside the White House — a vengeful, angry, fact-challenged spew. [cnn]

Riddle Of Zuma’s Sick Note – Zuma’s questionable medical certificate has raised sufficient concern within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to prompt the possibility of an investigation into the document. [mg]

Bells To Ring Out At Westminster Abbey To Mark Prince Andrew’s 60th Birthday – It comes despite advice to councils that they are no longer required to fly flags to mark the Duke of York’s landmark birthday. [sky]

Important Investment Advice Before SA’s Tax Year Ends – February 29 is the final day of the South African tax year, and thus the final chance for South Africans to take advantage of these investment opportunities. [here]

Al-Qaeda Leader In Yemen Killed By US Forces – Qassim al-Rimi claimed responsibility for a shooting at a US naval base in December and had been tracked for months. [telegraph]

Crispr’d Cells Show Promise In First US Human Safety Trial – Using genetically-edited cells to supercharge the immune system caused no adverse effects in cancer patients. It’s too soon to tell if it can be a cure. [wired]

Bumblebees’ Decline Points To Mass Extinction – Study – Populations disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter, scientists say. [guardian]

JSE Stocks Are So Low They Are Tough To Resist – The Johannesburg market has fallen to its least expensive levels in more than seven years, dragged lower by a faltering local economy grappling with a long list of challenges. [bustech]

Elon Musk Trashes WhatsApp As Coming With ‘A Free Phone Hack’ –  The Tesla CEO thinks the Facebook-owned messaging app is a hackable piece of garbage. [mashable]

SARS Will Now Use Artificial Intelligence To Make ‘It Hard And Costly’ To Dodge Tax – It said it would also modernise its system to provide a streamlined offering to the public, and rebuild trust. [businsider]

Lionel Messi: Will Barcelona Legend Leave Nou Camp After Bust-Up? – Momentum is growing with rumours Lionel Messi could leave Barcelona after a public bust-up this week. Will the unthinkable happen? [skysports]

SA Swim Star Schoeman Banned For Doping – The South African, who is 39 and was training for the 2020 Olympics, tested positive in May 2019 for a prohibited product from the family of “hormonal and metabolic modulators”, Fina said. [sport24]

The Worst Places In The World To Get Busted With Weed – There are many countries that consider weed evil, as dangerous as meth and heroin, while consumers are vilified and written off as addicts. [vice]

R. Kelly Relived His Own Alleged Child Abuse In The Bedroom, Claims Ex – Kitti Jones told Dr. Oz that she was “slapped, kicked” and starved until she passed out during her two-year relationship with the fallen R&B star. [newsau]

Kevin Hart Admits He ‘F**ked Up’ On Oscars Controversy – “With the whole Oscars thing, there was a big gap between what I thought the problem was versus what the problem really was.” [iol]

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