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Lockdown: Whole Of Gauteng To Move To Level 3 In June – Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the entire province will move to Level 3 of the lockdown at the beginning of June. [news24]

It’s Official: Schools Will Reopen On June 1 For Matrics And Grade 7s – When the doors are opened after a two-month hiatus due to the coronavirus lockdown in SA, pupils will return in a staggered fashion. [timeslive]

Trump Is Refusing To Unveil Obama’s Portrait At The White House, Breaking A 40-Year Tradition – For decades, first-term presidents have held ceremonies in the East Room to unveil the portraits of their immediate predecessors. [businsider]

Teenage Boy Charged In Canada’s First ‘Incel’ Terror Case – Incel is short for “involuntarily celibate” and describes males, mostly in online groups, who blame women for their sexual frustrations. [bbc]

17 200 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In South Africa As Deaths Rise To 312 – This is an increase of 767 cases from the 16,433 cases reported on Monday, when the country recorded 918 new infections. [bustech]

Politicking, Pandemics, Prestige: What’s Really Behind The Squabbles At SA’s High-Level COVID-19 Committee? – The sphere of the politics of science is intense and complex — the larger the problem, the bigger the payoff to solve it. [bhekisa]

China And The WHO Bow To Pressure, Agree To Independent COVID-19 Inquiries – The countries requested a “comprehensive evaluation” intended to review lessons learnt from the WHO’s coordination of the global response to COVID-19. [citypress]

This ‘Tactical Beer Response Unit’ Is Bringing Pints To The People – Bars are closed in London, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t grab a pint from your local ‘tactical beer response unit’. [here]

Nasa Head Of Human Spaceflight Suddenly Resigns Days Before ‘Historic’ Mission – Next week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is due to put two US astronauts on a much-anticipated test flight of the company’s Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. [guardian]

Trump Says It’s ‘Badge Of Honour’ For US To Lead World In Coronavirus Cases – More than 91,000 American deaths have been officially recorded as directly caused by the virus. [independent]

Police Investigate If Home-Made Beer Killed Cape Couple – A relative, who asked not to be identified, says the couple drank home-brewed ginger beer which had a high alcohol content and may have caused their deaths. [iol]

Wildlife At Risk As Hunger Encircles Kruger Park – The Kruger National Park is being encircled by a ring of human hunger triggered in part by the Covid-19 pandemic. [dailymav]

Game-Changing Beehive Has A Tap For On-Demand Pure Honey – If you’ve ever dreamed of cultivating your own honey, and the smug feeling of satisfaction that comes with it, this is probably the easiest way to do it. [here]

‘Lie, Lie, Lie’: Former Jordan Teammate Gives Withering Assessment Of The Last Dance – Horace Grant, who won three titles alongside Jordan with the Chicago Bulls, said the documentary was edited to make Jordan look better. [guardian]

Usain Bolt Becomes A Father – Bolt’s longtime girlfriend, Kasi Bennett, gave birth to a baby girl, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness‘ social media and Jamaica’s two primary newspapers. [nbc]

‘He Thinks He Owns Pink Floyd’ – Roger Waters re-ignites feud with Dave Gilmour after ‘website ban’. [skynews]

Jane Roe’s Last Confession: Anti-Abortion Stand ‘All An Act’ – The new FX documentary “AKA Jane Roe,” out May 22, contains a shocking revelation: Roe (of “Roe v. Wade” fame) played the part of an anti-abortion crusader in exchange for money. [dbeast]

Patricia Lewis On Making A Comeback: ‘I’m Readier Than I’ve Ever Been Before’ – “Even here at the seaside, I couldn’t stay away from a microphone for long. Now this is my stage,” she says, gesturing to the ocean. [channel24]

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