Could A Reddit War Come To The JSE? – Following the jaw-dropping events on Wall Street this week, where a large army of small investors banded together to wreak havoc on large hedge funds, short-sellers in South African could be forgiven for a degree of nervousness. [busins]

GameStop Short Seller Citron To Stop Advising Traders To Short Companies – Citron Research, one of Wall Street’s most famous short sellers, says it will no longer publish short reports and focus on more optimistic long positions. [vice]

Myanmar Military Launches Coup Against Aung San Suu Kyi – Army arrests civilian government as US warns it will ‘take action’ against those responsible. [ft]

Donald Trump Hires New Impeachment Defense Team After Lead Lawyers Quit – Lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L Castor will head up new legal team after Butch Bowers clashed with Trump over strategy, according to reports. [guardian]

Russia Detains More Than 5,000 At Protests Backing Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny – Riot police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, detaining more than 5,000 people who had braved the bitter cold and the threat of prosecution to demand he be set free. [reuters]

Six Indian Nationals Arrested At OR Tambo With Ivermectin, Other Medicines Worth R6m – Six Indian nationals have been arrested for attempting to smuggle unregistered medicine – including ivermectin – worth R6 million into South Africa. [n24]

Covid Vaccines To Land In South Africa On Monday – We Break Down What Will Happen Once They Arrive – The one million Covishield vaccine doses South Africa is getting are produced under licence from AstraZeneca by the Serum Institute of India. Another 500,000 will arrive later this month. [mav]

South Africa Set To Receive Another 20 Million ‘Surprise’ Covid-19 Vaccine Doses – South Africa is set to receive an additional 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. [btech]

Portugal To Send Coronavirus Patients To Austria As Infections Surge Leaves Hospital ICUs Full – Only seven of 850 ICU beds set up for virus cases on the country’s mainland were available. [sky]

DA Calls For Answers On R260m Invoiced By SANDF For ‘Emergency’ Cuban Drug – ‘These are the people in charge of SA’s security — a frightening thought indeed’. [tlive]

Captain Sir Tom Moore In Hospital With Coronavirus – Captain Sir Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus, his daughter has said. [bbc]

A Humdrum Start To ‘The Real Housewives Of Durban’ – It’s mellow. So mellow that it is prosaic. The calm start ended in a small storm. But that was the only exciting thing. [iol]

Facebook’s Next Product Frontier Is Reportedly Newsletters – Facebook is gearing up to snatch a piece of the newsletter pie. [mash]

Austrian Man Leaves Fortune To French Village That Saved His Family From Nazis – An Austrian man who died in December has left an undisclosed fortune to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to thank residents for hiding his family from Nazis during World War II. [cnn]

Why It’s Worth Following A Weight Loss Plan Designed By Experts – If you’ve decided it’s time to make better choices, eat healthier, and get in shape, remember that going it alone can be tough. [here]

SA Architects Design A Floating Villa – Selling For R450 Million – Two South African firms have designed a new line of luxury floating villas, that will cost around R450 million each. The villas should be ready to take to the water at the end of 2021. [busins]

Silver Surges As Reddit Army Turns To Commodities – Silver prices leapt to a five-month high on Monday on social media calls to buy the metal and emulate the frenzy that drove up GameStop shares. [bbc]

Ethan Hawke: ‘It’s Just A Petrifying Time To Speak About Male Sexuality’ – The Oscar-nominated actor on his new novel set during a production of Henry IV, dealing with bad reviews and art’s role in examining all human behaviour. [guardian]

Kristen Stewart Transforms Into Princess Diana – As she sports her iconic blonde locks while appearing on the set of Spencer for the first time. [dm]

Meghan Markle’s Name Was Removed From Archie’s Birth Certificate But Not At Her Request – Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son Archie’s birth certificate was edited to remove his mother’s name and only include her title, but she was not the one who requested the change, her rep says. [eol]

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