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Elon Musk Becomes The World’s Fifth $100 Billion-Dollar Man – Tesla stock soared Monday after a stock split, lifting Elon Musk’s net worth to $102.9 billion at the market close. [forbes]

Mbalula Too Focused On Being ‘Celebrity Minister Of Twitter’ – Transport Dept Staffers – In a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, a group of “ANC comrades” in the transport department have lashed out against Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. [news24]

Trump Defends Supporters Accused In Deadly Clashes – He suggested a teen accused of killing two in Wisconsin last week and Trump fans involved in clashes in Oregon on Saturday were acting in self-defence. [bbc]

Elite Cops Arrested For Corruption, Extortion And Kidnapping In Durban – Three police officers from the National Intervention Unit (NIU) — one of the SAPS’s elite units —  have been arrested for corruption, extortion and kidnapping. [timeslive]

Ron Jeremy Faces 20 More Sexual Assault Charges – Porn star Ron Jeremy is facing an additional 20 counts of forcible rape, sexual battery, sodomy and more, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. [cnn]

Covid-19 In SA: 121 More Deaths, 1 985 New Infections – The number of new infections has slowed considerably, as has the rate of testing in the past week, and daily deaths are also starting to slow. [iol]

Twitter Labels Trump Campaign’s Doctored Joe Biden Clip As ‘Manipulated Media’ – The Trump campaign blamed Biden for being “dumb enough to say this on camera” and called journalists who pointed out the deception “triggered.” [dbeast]

Ace Magashule Put On Mute As ANC Fightback Camp Gets Zoomed Out – After almost 1,000 days as ANC president, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally took the political wheel of the party after a special ANC meeting to deal with corruption. [dailymav]

Former McDonald’s Boss ‘Lied About Sexual Relationships’ – McDonald’s says chief executive lied “multiple times over” to hang onto to $37m in share options. [telegraph]

Discovery Employees Fired Over WhatsApp Group Messages – Discovery Health has dismissed 10 employees for contravening the company’s social media policy and acting maliciously against the company, based on the messages in a WhatsApp group. [bustech]

You Can Now Get A Covid-19 Antibody Test For R230, With Results In 24 Hours – Three of South Africa’s leading private pathology labs are now offering Covid-19 antibody tests. [businsidersa]

Cape Town Restaurant Receives Backlash Over Offensive Name – Initially called “Floozies Flip and Dip”, the burger and pizza restaurant was called out for choosing to use the derogatory term for sexually active women. [capetownetc]

It’s Official – These Gins Were Declared The Best In The World – The International Wines & Spirits Competition has spoken, revealing some of the finest gins from across the globe. [here]

5 Wild Stories From The New Tell-All Book About Melania Trump – The first lady’s former aide shares juicy tales of backbiting, inauguration chaos, and why Melania wouldn’t use Michelle Obama’s bathroom. [vice]

‘Hotel Rwanda’ Inspiration Paul Rusesabagina Held On Terror Charges – Rusesabagina’s role saving refugees during 1994 genocide inspired award-winning film. [guardian]

Cricket SA’s Highly Anticipated Annual General Meeting Postponed – CSA were to elect a new president to replace Chris Nenzani, who resigned earlier this month, at Saturday’s AGM. [timeslive]

Lionel Messi Fails To Attend Barcelona Pre-Season Training – The news comes after the 33-year-old failed to show up for a coronavirus test at Barcelona’s training ground on Sunday, casting further doubt on his future at the La Liga powerhouse. [cnn]

Dave Grohl Accepts 10-Year-Old’s Drum Battle Challenge: ‘You’re An Incredible Drummer’ – “I’m really flattered that you’ve picked some of my songs to do for your videos and you’ve done them all perfectly,” the rocker said. [people]

Miley Cyrus Strips Down To A String Thong And Sheer Black Top – Behind the scenes snaps from MTV VMAs. [dmail]

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