Fire, Pestilence And A Country At War With Itself: The Trump Presidency Is Over – A pandemic unabated, an economy in meltdown, cities in chaos over police killings. All our supposed leader does is tweet. [guardian]

Caught On Camera, Police Explode In Rage And Violence Across The US – Over the past 72 hours, people across the US have captured what may be the most comprehensive live picture of police brutality ever. [verge]

Video Appears To Show A Tanker Truck Driving Into Minneapolis Protesters – The truck can be seen speeding toward protesters on a highway as demonstrations continued in Minneapolis for the sixth straight night. [nyt]

Taylor Swift Calls Out Trump Over Late-Night Minnesota Tweet – ‘You have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?’ [cnn]

‘N-WORD’: Amazon UK Website Seen With Racial Slurs On Apple AirPods Listings – Over the weekend, several Twitter users had reported the website of Amazon U.K. after seeing racial comments from a user on the Apple Airpods listings page.  [techtim]

Michael Jordan Says He Is ‘Deeply Saddened, Truly Pained And Plain Angry’ About George Floyd’s Death – Basketball legend Michael Jordan on Sunday sent his condolences to the family of George Floyd and shared his support for protesters fighting for justice. [cnn]

School’s Out: Nationwide Reopening Postponed, But Western Cape Won’t Wait – Hours before learners in Grades 8 and 12 were due to return to school on Monday 1 June, the Department of Basic Education announced the reopening has been postponed by a week. Western Cape, however, has urged learners to attend class. [mav]

Game Parks And Hikes Are Legal Again From Monday – But No Overnight Stays And Only In-Province – Game parks and private game farms may open their gates to visitors again from Monday, when Alert Level 3 kicks in, tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced on Saturday night. [busins]

Courier Company With 90 Branches Countrywide Set To Shut Down – As the lockdown eases and more South Africans go back to work under level 3 on Monday, many jobs hang in the balance, including those in the construction and courier businesses. [tlive]

You’re Allowed To Stay At Cabine du Cap Now – See Availability Here – Luckily for you, new alert level 3 rules mean that you are allowed to stay at Cabine du Cap – everyone’s favourite luxury mountain retreat, just two and a half hours from Cape Town. [more]

Queen Seen In Public For First Time Since Lockdown, Riding Pony – The Queen has been photographed riding in the grounds of Windsor Castle – her first public appearance since the coronavirus lockdown began. [bbc] Gorgeous pony. 

Plastic Nile: Pulling Up Plastic From World’s Longest River Is Horribly, Frighteningly Easy – Sky’s Alex Crawford gives her account of a visit to the River Nile, which has become clogged and choked with diseased plastic. [sky]

YouTuber Jake Paul Denies Looting Arizona Mall After Video Footage Surfaces – YouTube personality Jake Paul is receiving tons of backlash after video footage of him among a group of people in an Arizona mall while it was being looted after a protest surfaced [deadline]

Microsoft ‘To Replace Journalists With Robots’ – Microsoft is to replace dozens of contract journalists on its MSN website and use automated systems to select news stories, US and UK media report. [bbc]

Watch NASA Astronauts Fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Using Touchscreens – A new era of human spaceflight, indeed. [verge]

Motor Racing-Hamilton Criticises F1 For Staying Silent On Floyd Death – Six times Formula One motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton has criticised his sport for its silence on the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. [reuters]

Locorruption Reloaded: We Reveal Gupta Kickback Contracts Worth R9bn – We publish details of eight contracts. These, and banking data, show how comprehensively the crime family pillaged SA’s state rail company – in cahoots with two Chinese manufacturers that have since merged to form the world’s biggest rail conglomerate. [mav]

The Rise And Rise Of Home Skincare Treatments – With trips to the spa not allowed under alert levels five, four, or three, home skincare treatments are proving very popular across South Africa. [here]

UK: Shocking Moment Topless Male Sunbather Punches A Woman – As brawl erupts among crowd enjoying 75F temperatures in Essex beauty spot during lockdown. [dm] Charming

Rita Ora Shows Off Her Hourglass Curves In A Tiny Zebra Print Bikini As She Enjoys An Ice Lolly In The Sunshine – She has been spending the coronavirus lockdown at a rented farmhouse in the Cotswolds. [dm]

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