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California Wildfires: Record Two Million Acres Burned As LA County Hits New Temperature Record – Around two dozen major fires are burning through the state as scorching temperatures make the problem worse. [sky]

Iconic Yosemite Landmarks Look Absolutely Apocalyptic As Wildfires Approach – The Creek Fire is raging to the park’s south, burning 135,000 acres in California with zero containment. [huffpost]

Mandela Foundation Slams Trump: ‘He Is Not In A Position To Comment On The Life Of Madiba’ – The Foundation has hit back at disparaging remarks attributed to US President Donald Trump involving the late South African statesman. [news24]

SA’s Covid-19 Recovery Rate Stands At 88,6% – There were 846 new cases recorded over the past 24-hour cycle, raising the cumulative number of infections to 639,362. [timeslive]

Trump Launches Unprecedented Attack On Military Leadership He Appointed – A former senior official confirmed to CNN that Trump referred to fallen US service members in crude and derogatory terms during a November 2018 trip to France. [cnn]

SA ‘In A Good Place’ In Covid-19 Fight, Says Prof Karim – Karim heads up the inter-ministerial advisory committee assisting the government in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. [iol]

Belarus Opposition Leader Maria Kolesnikova ‘Snatched From Street’ In Minsk – Kolesnikova on council calling for a peaceful transfer of power amid post-election protests. [guardian]

You Could End Up In Jail For A Silly, Unintentional Error On Your Tax Return – Submitting a tax return to SARS is always a rather nervy affair, and now a proposed amendment to the law has practitioners worried about the implications. [here]

Brexit Deal Never Made Sense, Boris Johnson To Tell EU – Prime Minister will say Withdrawal Agreement is ‘contradictory’ on Northern Ireland. [telegraph]

ANC’s Anti-Corruption ‘Storm’ – All Sound & Fury, Signifying… Anything? – Some ANC officials have already refused to define the meaning of “step aside”, while no one, as yet, has actually resigned from their position. [dailymav]

Prince Harry: Frogmore Cottage Renovation Cost Repaid – The cost, estimated at £2.4m in 2018-19, was covered by taxpayers through the Sovereign Grant, but the duke and duchess said they would repay it when they stepped back from royal duties. [bbc]

DA Rejects Economic Redress Based On Race – DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has said, following their policy conference, that the party has decided that race should not be used as the measure of economic exclusion. [citypress]

A French Man Chased A Fly With An Electric Swatter And Blew Up His House – The explosion left him with minor burns and his home is uninhabitable, according to local reports. [businsider]

First South African Netflix Original Documentary Launches – South Africa’s very first Netflix Original Documentary, “My Octopus Teacher”, tells the touching story of Craig Foster and his bond with a special octopus. [capetownetc]

After The Drought: Cape Town’s Gushing Water – Berg River’s sluice open, as dams fill up. [groundup]

How A Group Of Punks Scammed ‘Jerry Springer’ And Became DIY Legends – Ahead of a plethora of new releases, San Diego noise lord Justin Pearson revisits the bizarre TV hoax that put The Locust on the map. [vice]

How Keith Richards Is Spending His Quarantine – The guitarist talks about new Stones music, his ‘Goats Head Soup’ memories, and how he hopes they’ll celebrate their 60th anniversary. [rollingstone]

Shakira, 43, Once Again Proves Her Hips Don’t Lie – She shows off VERY pert derrière in string bikini bottoms. [dmail]

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