The Faithful May Gather As Govt Opens Up Places Of Worship, With Level 3 Restrictions In Place – The religious sector had fiercely lobbied to be allowed to gather, arguing that many people had been experiencing emotional and psychological distress. [news24]

Mkhize Warns That COVID-19 Hotspots Could Return To Level 4 As Country Drops To Level 3 – As the country gears towards moving down to lockdown level 3 on June 1, districts classified as hotspots could return to level 4. [timeslive]

Twitter Labelled Trump Tweets With A Fact Check For The First Time – On Tuesday, Twitter highlighted two of Trump’s tweets that falsely claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. [cnn]

British Baby Is World’s First To Get Cannabis-Derived Medicine To Prevent Seizures – Oscar Parodi was born with neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to a lack of oxygen from the placenta. [skynews]

Widower Asks Twitter To Delete Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Lies About Wife’s Death – The husband of a woman whose 2001 death Donald Trump has repeatedly used for a political smear has demanded that Twitter take down tweets. [guardian]

Four Minnesota Cops Fired After Death Of Unarmed Black Man – Footage shows the man, George Floyd, groaning and repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe” to the white officer. [bbc]

SA’s Covid-19 Positive Cases Now Stand At 24 264 With 43 Deaths Reported In The Last 24 Hours – The number of Covid-19-related deaths now stands at 524. [iol]

Western Cape’s Covid-19 Testing Backlog Hits 18 000, Warns Winde – Calls on the president and health minister to urgently address the national backlog in testing. [moneyweb]

Gerrie Nel Goes After Municipality In KZN Over ‘Child Manhandling’ In Lockdown Arrest – After a municipal investigation cleared the officers of wrongdoing, civil rights organisation AfriForum has stepped forward to represent the family legally. [citizen]

SA Airline Industry Divided On Returning To The Skies – Although Level 3 lockdown regulations provide a glimmer of hope for the airline industry, the government is yet to provide details of how airlines will return to the skies. [dailymav]

Why Eskom Needs To Increase Electricity Prices –  Eskom said the recurrent equity injections from the government required to keep the power utility running were due to an electricity pricing issue. [mybb]

Video Of White Woman Calling Police On Black Man In Central Park Draws Outrage – Woman called 911 after birdwatcher asked her to leash her dog, reigniting storm over everyday racism. [guardian]

Order Online Now And Avoid The Mad Booze Rush On June 1 – Alcohol sales are set to open from June 1, so you’d better get ahead of the game if you want to beat the crowds. [here]

Premier League Clubs To Operate Colour-Coded Warning System In Training – Red is regarded as “very high risk” with clubs urged to “reduce the potential incidence and severity of virus transmission”. [telegraph]

All Blacks, Wallabies Stars Want SA Out Of Super Rugby – Report – A group of players, led by Wallabies captain Michael Hooper, was involved in a virtual call with their New Zealand counterparts where they discussed their desired Super Rugby tournament. [sport24]

Steve Carell’s New Netflix Series ‘Space Force’ Is Shockingly Bad – It’s unclear what went wrong with “Space Force,” which reunites Carell with the creator of “The Office.” Suffice it to say, it’s a confusing misfire, wasting serious potential. [dbeast]

TV Host Jimmy Fallon ‘Very Sorry’ For 2000 Blackface Skit – In his apology on Tuesday, Fallon said there was “no excuse” for his actions, and thanked the public “for holding me accountable”. [bbc]

Brad Pitt Reveals Long Hair And Dark ROOTS After Months Without A Visit To The Salon – He talks to pal Flea about a $20K BMW motorcycle in Malibu. [dmail]

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