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Western Cape Turns Heat Up On Government To Lift Booze Ban – The DA-led Western Cape provincial government took a firm stance at the weekend, stating that domestic alcohol sales should be allowed immediately, “with smart recommendations in place”.  [buslive]

Court Yet To Decide How Much Zuma Should Pay In Defamation Suit As Hanekom Insists On R500k In Damages – On Sunday Zuma tweeted an apology for claiming on Twitter in 2019 that Hanekom was a “known enemy agent”. [timeslive]

Trump Briefly Leaves Press Briefing After Shooting Near The White House – The Secret Service said in a statement late Monday evening that the incident had begun when a 51-year-old man approached a Secret Service Officer. [cnn]

McDonald’s Sues Ex-Boss Easterbrook Over Alleged Sexual Relationships –  After receiving a tip from an employee in July, the fast food giant started a second investigation, which uncovered “undisputable evidence” of three other sexual relationships. [bbc]

SA Has Recorded 563 598 Coronavirus Cases, Recovery Rate Now At 74% – The health ministry announced 213 more COVID-19 related deaths, which brought that total up to 10,621. [ewn]

Among 14 Types Of Masks Studied, Neck Fleeces Stand Out – For Possibly Making Things Worse – The researchers tested how effective each mask was at reducing the number of respiratory droplets transmitted during speech. [businsider]

Goldman Sachs Comes Up With Tinder For Mergers – Wall Street is building a new dealmaking app for the future of mergers and acquisitions in a social-distanced world. [moneyweb]

Exclusive: Inside The Secret World Of US Commandos In Africa – Investigation reveals the scale of operations of America’s elite combat troops in Africa. [mg]

Fix South Africa Or Fix The ANC – Ramaphosa Can’t Do Both – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s performance has been patchy. Health – good; securitisation – bad; economic relief – decent. He should focus on just one of his two jobs, say analysts. [dailymav]

Coronavirus And South Africa’s Toxic Relationship With Alcohol – South African Medical Research Council’s Charles Parry believes there’s an inextricable link between our drinking culture and our past. [bbc]

PICS: Rare Creature Washes Up On Plettenberg Bay’s Shore – This is only the ninth recorded sighting of the seal species in South Africa since 1946. [citizen]

This ‘How Much Money You Should Have Saved By 40’ Guide Is Hectic – Sometimes it’s tough not to read thesee stories and wince, when you consider how much you really have tucked away for retirement. [here]

Manchester United Seal Semi-Final Spot As Bruno Fernandes Sinks Copenhagen – Clément Turpin, the referee, awarded United’s 22nd penalty of the season and Fernandes beat Johnsson to set up the club’s 17th European semi-final. [guardian]

The 10 Best-Selling Games Of 2020 – Consumer research firm NPD Group has published the ten best-selling games of 2020 to date, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare tops this list. [mybb]

Victoria’s Secret Mogul May Finally Have To Explain His Epstein Ties – Newly unsealed court filings show Les Wexner has refused to hand over documents as part of the legal war between Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and Alan Dershowitz. [dbeast]

Prince Harry And Meghan’s Social Media Dropped From Royal Family’s Official Pages –  Prince Andrew has also had the link to his social media account removed. [newsau]

Carole Baskin Is Mad At The ‘WAP’ Video For Exploiting Big Cats, Or Something – This is the second time this year the ‘Tiger King’ star and Cardi B have publicly beefed. [vice]

Alyssa Milano Claims COVID-19 Is Causing Her Hair To Fall Out – The Charmed star posts a video on Twitter highlighting the effects as she combs her hair. [sky]

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