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SAA In Sight Of Its Final Resting Place – The government has told the SAA business rescue practitioners (BRP) that it is unable to provide the airline with further funding, portending its imminent death or at best an orderly winding down. [businessday]

Nearly 150 New COVID-19 Cases In SA, Bringing Total To 2 415 – Of the confirmed cases, Gauteng remains SA’s epicentre with 909 cases. The Western Cape has 643 cases, KwaZulu-Natal 489 and the Eastern Cape 174. [timeslive]

Trump Halts World Health Organization Funding – He is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.” [cnn]

Obama Endorses Joe Biden’s 2020 Presidential Bid – Obama says coronavirus crisis reminds US of need for leaders who ‘bring people together rather than drive them apart’. [aljazeera]

Wanted: 72 Million More Sets Of Gloves, And 82 Million More Masks, For SA’s COVID-19 Crisis – The shortfall is still expected to be stark, with only about 35% of the total amount of PPE expected to be needed either in hand or on its way. [businsidersa]

Man Believed To Be Brazil’s Biggest Cocaine Supplier Arrested In Mozambique – Gilberto ‘Fuminho’ Aparecido dos Santos caught after more than 20 years on the run. [guardian]

Did You See The Video Of The Leopard Spotted In Franschhoek? – The cat was caught letting loose on L’Ormarins, the main estate in the Anthonij Rupert Wyne portfolio in Franschhoek. [here]

Lockdown Creates Ripe Pickings For Corrupt Police – Revealed: A staggering range of police corruption. [groundup]

How The FBI Brought Down One Of The Youngest Mayors Ever – The new Quibi documentary “Run This City” chronicles the rise and fall of Jasiel Correia, a tech entrepreneur turned 23-year-old mayor who’s been targeted by the FBI for fraud. [dailybeast]

Reserve Bank Again Cuts Repo Rate By 1 Percentage Point; Predicts 6.1% Fall In GDP For 2020 – This comes after the bank brought the scheduled May meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee forward to respond to the effect of COVID-19 on SA’s economy. [fin24]

READ IN FULL: Mboweni’s Address On Economy And COVID-19 – The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest challenges that has ever faced our nation. [mg]

This Is A Rare Prototype Of The First Apple Watch – A collector has gotten his hands on rare prototypes of the first generation of Apple Watches, and hopes to sell them for thousands of dollars. [vice]

Container Ship Collides With Dock, Wrecks Crane – Dramatic footage shows a container ship colliding with a crane and another ship at a port in South Korea. [here]

De Villiers May Rethink South Africa Comeback If World Cup Postponed – De Villiers hopes to make a comeback for South Africa at the T20 World Cup, having retired from all forms of international cricket in May 2018. [ewn]

Coronavirus: Tour De France Postponed Amid French Lockdown – The event, which was set to start in June, will reportedly now be held in August and September. [skynews]

Newcastle United Takeover Deal Worth £300m Close – A Newcastle United takeover has taken a step closer after new documents show that owner Mike Ashley has entered into a charge agreement with potential buyer Amanda Staveley. [bbc]

Ricky Gervais Tells Celebrities To Stop Complaining In Their Mansions While Health Workers Die – He has a brutal message for celebrities who are complaining about being in lockdown in their million-dollar mansions. [newsau]

From Arnold Schwarzenegger To Naomi Campbell: The Best Of Celebrity Quaran-TV – With stars holed up at home during the coronavirus crisis, web series are back on trend. [guardian]

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