Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Secrets’ To Be Revealed After Judge Rules To Unseal Tranche Of Documents – Unsealed files could expose fresh details about Ms Maxwell’s alleged role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. [tele]

Schools Will Close For Four Weeks: Ramaphosa – All public schools must close for a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, with matrics taking a week off, and grade 7s two weeks. [tlive]

Face Masks Mandatory In Shops, Takeaways And Stations In England From Friday – Banks, post offices and airports will also be subject to new rules, government confirms. [guardian]

A Judge Just Freed Michael Cohen Because Trump Officials Jailed Him Over His Tell-All – The judge said the move by Trump officials to send Cohen back to prison after a furlough could only be interpreted as retaliatory. [vice]

Nelson Mandela Bay Placed Under Administration – Eastern Cape Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha has alerted the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality of his intentions to place it under administration. [n24]

Massive ‘Markups’ At Heart Of Eastern Cape’s R538m Tablets And E-Learning Deal With Surve-Owned Sizwe Africa IT – The contracts were awarded to Sizwe Africa IT Group, a subsidiary of businessman Iqbal Survé’s AYO Technology Solutions. [mav]

US Surpasses 4 Million Reported Coronavirus Cases As Hospitalizations Near Record – The US on Thursday surpassed 4 million officially recorded Covid-19 cases — and a quarter of that count came in just the last 15 days. [cnn]

Save Big With Exclusive 2OV Discount On Premium Homeware – Vendange, one of South Africa’s premier homeware, gifting and décor stores, is giving all 2oceansvibe readers 15% off their online purchases. [here]

‘Johnny Depp Grabbed Her By The Hair And I Saw Him Punch Her Really Hard In The Head’ – Amber Heard’s sister backs her in court and says actor would call her a ‘fat w****’ and a ‘f***ing ugly c****’ [dm]

‘Deirdre The Dealer’: Village Postmistress Led Secret Life As Cocaine Dealer From Her Shop – Deirdre Jenkins, who sold Class A drugs from her village shop in Wales was eventually caught after a tip-off from a disgruntled customer. [tele]

TikTok Could Be Sold To American Investors To Avert US Ban, Reports Say – US investors are reportedly considering buying the video sharing app from Chinese parent company ByteDance in an effort to save TikTok’s sizeable foothold in America. [cnn]

‘A Handshake Is A Handshake’: Friends Split $22M Powerball Jackpot, Honoring Years-Old Agreement – When Tom Cook and Joe Feeney agreed to split their future lottery winnings years ago, the friends didn’t think their handshake would mark a multimillion-dollar agreement. [usat]

Three Of The Best Training Apps – There are plenty of training apps aimed at ensuring you work up a proper sweat, even when nobody is there in person to bark instructions, so let’s check out some of the standouts. [here]

Russia Just Tested Satellite-Destroying Tech In Space, US Space Command Claims – The Department of Defense believes that Russia may have tested out a new technology in space that could be used to destroy other satellites already in orbit. [verge]

‘It Took Genius To Chisel These Buttocks’ – The Top 10 Bottoms In Art, Chosen By Our Critic – They are ‘the founding curves of the Renaissance’. As Yorkshire Museum calls on collections worldwide to display their best behinds to boost attendance after coronavirus, we name our favourites. [guardian]

Please Tell Elon Musk That Putting An Audio Chip In Your Brain Sounds Terrible – Why would you put an implant in your skull to listen to music when you could wear headphones, buy speakers, or try literally anything else? [vice]

Pictured: Kim Kardashian and Meek Mill’s professional lunch meeting in 2018 – With philanthropist Clara Wu… which upset Kanye West who claimed it was ‘out of line’. [dm]

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