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IMF Approves $4,3bn Financial Support To SA To Deal With COVID-19 Pandemic – The IMF funding is a low-interest loan that contributes to government’s fiscal relief package while respecting SA’s decision on how best to provide relief. [ewn]

Govt Wants 62 Projects To Take Off In 3 Months. How Will It Keep Tight Controls On Corruption? – Private sector funders have committed R340 billion to 62 of the infrastructure projects announced by President Cyril Ramphosa in June. [fin24]

Trump’s National Security Adviser Tests Positive For COVID-19 – Robert O’Brien’s diagnosis marks the highest-ranking Trump administration official known to have tested positive. It’s unclear when O’Brien last met with Trump. [cnn]

Coronavirus: UK Quarantine Restrictions Unjust – Spain PM – Pedro Sánchez said tourists in most Spanish regions would be safer from coronavirus than in the UK, and he was hoping Britain would rethink its move. [bbc]

Nearly 300 New Deaths Recorded As SA Reports Lowest Daily Rise In Cases Since End Of June – However, the figures are based on a lower-than-usual number of tests: 28,433 tests in the 24-hour period under assessment. [timeslive]

Sinaloa Cartel Used Encrypted Phone Network Hacked By Police, FBI Document Says – A document included in the BlueLeaks hack says “senior Sinaloa leaders were using a highly sophisticated encrypted communications platform, Encrochat.” [vice]

Lockdown Rules – South Africa Vs UK Vs Australia vs New Zealand – Many countries have created COVID-19 alert level systems and staged lockdown restrictions which are imposed depending on the spread of the virus in the country. [mybb]

Some Garmin Services Are Still Offline Days After A Giant Attack Allegedly Shut Them Down –  The company says that “Garmin Connect recovery is underway,” although it did not specify when it expects service will return to normal. [businsider]

Republican Senator Deletes Ad That Made Jewish Opponent’s Nose Bigger – The Perdue campaign called the effect an accident and said they were removing the ad from the social network. [forward]

EFF Trio Expelled ‘Because They Exposed Leaders For Receiving Bribes’ – Last week, the councillors received letters from Dlamini informing them of their expulsion from their positions and the party. [citypress]

Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers Ask Judge To Stop Accusers From Posting Evidence Online – Lawyers don’t want women who claim Maxwell abused them to use evidence from criminal case to boost lawsuits by posting online. [guardian]

It’s Looking Terrible For Trump. Here Are Three Ways He Could Still Win – The president is in a very tight corner again. But he still has some cards to play to try and cheat and win. [dbeast]

The Labia Reinvents Itself – Again – Forget about the giant pay-TV online services like Netflix, the really cool arthouse movies have always been at The Labia in Cape Town. Now they’re streaming to a computer near you for the price of a single ticket. [dailymav]

Two Cracking Winter Recipes That Will Hit The Spot – Live your best winter life with two incredibly decadent recipes involving lamb shanks and short ribs. Need I say more? [here]

Lewis Hamilton Says He ‘Isn’t Against A Vaccine’ After Backlash Over Deleted Anti-Vaxxer Instagram Post – The racing driver, 35, deleted the post and claimed he did not see the original caption. [sky]

Jurgen Klopp Named LMA Manager Of The Year – The German’s award was announced by former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, after whom the trophy is now named. [sport24]

Britney Spears ‘Demanding Attention’ In Odd New Instagram Posts – Britney Spears’ fans are concerned after the star posted a photo of her body covered in symbols, declaring she was “demanding attention.” [newsau]

Distraught Kim Kardashian Breaks Down In Tears As She Meets With Kanye West For Marriage Crisis Talks – After he discussed abortion and accused her of an affair amid controversial Presidential campaign. [dmail]

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