Eskom: Public Must Pay R190bn To Fix Our Mess. Judge: Think Again – On Monday, judge Jody Kollapen dismissed an urgent application by the utility, which if successful would have seen electricity prices raised by 16.6% and 16.7% over the next two years. [timeslive]

Mkhwebane’s Birthday Bash: ‘Irregular’ To Host Guest She’s Investigating – Public Protector Mkhwebane’s impartiality has been called into question after a former minister she is supposedly investigating, Mosebenzi Zwane, was among the guests at her 50th. [news24]

China’s Massive Security State Is Being Used To Crack Down On Wuhan Virus – As Chinese authorities struggle to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, they are turning to a sophisticated authoritarian playbook honed over decades of crackdowns on dissidents. [cnn]

Native Burial Sites Blown Up For US Border Wall – Native American burial sites in Arizona have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, according to lawmakers and tribal leaders. [bbc]

Elon Musk Took Another Shot At Zuckerberg By Calling Facebook ‘Lame’ And Saying People Should Delete It – The Facebook accounts for Tesla and SpaceX, the two companies for which Musk serves as CEO, were deleted in 2018. [businsider]

North Korea’s Most Senior Defector To Run For Parliament In The South – Thae, who was denounced as a traitor by North Korea, will run in the national assembly elections on 15 April for Liberty Korea, the country’s conservative main opposition party. [guardian]

Why Didn’t Anybody Tell Us About These Cold Brew Coffees Sooner? – When it’s too hot outside to swallow a steaming cup of coffee, the mind often turns to iced coffee. Turns out we’ve been missing a trick. [here]

Shark-Eating Killer Whales Spotted In Simon’s Town – A pair of killer whales affectionately known as Port and Starboard have been spotted in Simon’s Town after a brief absence following their shark rampage that brought them to fame in late 2015 and 2016. [capetownetc]

Capetonians Are The Least Romantic South Africans – We always knew that Capetonians were suuuper laid-back, but now it’s been confirmed that they are also relaxed when it comes to the romance department. [traveller24]

Pele Is Depressed And Too Embarrassed To Leave The House, Says Son – The former striker will turn 80 in October, and requires a frame to help him walk after suffering from years of hip trouble. [goal]

Report: Queen’s Grandson Peter Phillips Splits From Wife – There’s a possibility that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s departure to Canada hastened the native Canadian’s decision. [dailybeast]

Get Your Tickets To Final ‘We Love Summer’ Party Of The Season ASAP – The ‘We Love Summer’ party series is drawing to a close for the season, so make sure you don’t miss out on the final hurrah. [here]

All the Reasons You Shouldn’t Bother With Trendy Instagram Workouts – There’s an endless stream of new moves to try for a bigger butt/flatter abs/more activated muscles; here’s what you might want to do instead. [vice]

‘There’s No Fool Like An Old Fool’ – Pamela Anderson’s ex Jon Peters claims he paid off $200k debt and bought her a new wardrobe before marriage imploded after just 12 days. [dmail]

Oscars Viewership Sinks To New Low With 23,6 Million – The 2020 Oscars ceremony was watched by the smallest audience the awards show has ever received. [variety]

Oscars 2020: Handbag Snacks, Surprise Eminem And Cats Love – 12 Stand-Out Moments – While Parasite’s big wins were the story of the night, there were lots of other memorable moments from the 2020 Oscars. [skynews]

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