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Coronavirus Likely Came From Animal, Not A Lab, WHO Draft Report Finds – The report gives four possible sources for the virus and the most likely scenario is via an intermediate animal host, possibly a wild animal captured and then raised on a farm. [cnn]

Errant ANC members, Including Ace, Must Step Aside In 30 Days – This is a big moment for Ramaphosa; the ANC NEC has finally decided that all members accused of corruption “and other serious crimes” must step aside within 30 days, or be suspended. [news24]

43 South Africans ‘Accounted For’ After Attacks On Mozambican Town – Some of the SA nationals are already back home and others have been moved to safe areas within Mozambique, said Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela. [timeslive]

Suez Canal Reopens After Giant Stranded Ship Is Freed – Traffic has resumed in Egypt’s Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly a week was finally freed by salvage crews. [bbc]

How A Dredger And A Fleet Of Tugboats Helped Free The Ever Given From The Suez Canal – A dredger known as a Mashhour and more than a dozen tugboats helped free the ship. [businsider]

Approval Of Ivermectin Cream Is Not A Licence To Use The Drug To Prevent Or Treat Covid-19 – This warning was issued by the South African Health Products Regulation Authority on Monday, 29 March. However, off-label use is now allowed. [dailymav]

Karoo’s Premier Big Five Reserve Offering Once-In-A-Lifetime Easter Special – Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve, located just two-and-a-half hours from Cape Town in the Karoo, is running a massive Easter weekend special. [here]

Prosecutors Accuse Derek Chauvin Of Killing George Floyd As Trial Starts – Jerry Blackwell told jury that ex-officer used excessive and unreasonable force ‘without regard for Floyd’s life’. [guardian]

Man Photographed In Capitol With Zip-Tie Cuffs And His Mother Win Pretrial Release – A federal appeals court on Friday sided with the two accused rioters’ request for release from jail, drawing a distinction between violent and nonviolent rioters. [washpost]

Ghislaine Maxwell Faces Two New Trafficking Charges – Federal attorneys filed a superseding indictment in a New York court adding counts of sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor, bringing the number of charges Maxwell faces to eight. [tni]

Czech Billionaire Petr Kellner Dies In Helicopter Crash, Leaving Behind Wife And Four Kids – The richest man in the Czech Republic was on a heli-skit tour with five other people on board before something went terribly wrong. [newsau]

SA Lockdown: NCCC To Meet On Tuesday – President Cyril Ramaphosa says an announcement will be made once they’ve received a report from the council. [enca]

Did Volcanoes Kill The Dinosaurs? New Research Says No – New research digs deep into the theory that carbon dioxide from volcanic eruptions in India helped kill off the dinosaurs. [cnet]

‘Proud’ Sergio Aguero To Leave Man City – Aguero joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and has 257 goals in 384 games since, making him their record goal-scorer. [iol]

‘I Would Be Keen’: Steve Smith Wants To Captain Australia Again – More than three years on from the ball-tampering scandal, Steve Smith is keen for another chance to captain Australia, as long as Cricket Australia want him in the job. [smh]

People’s Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why – “There was no history of my ever purchasing it, or ever owning it,” said one confused NFT buyer. “Now there’s nothing. My money’s gone.” [vice]

Rapper Lil Nas X Takes Heat For Launching 666 Custom Nike Human Blood ‘Satan’ Trainers Range – The run of 666 shoes each contains “one drop” of human blood, and were priced at $1,018 when they went sale on Monday. [sky]

Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker Ryan Fischer Readmitted To ER, Had Portions Of Lung Removed – Fischer is opening up about his harrowing road to recovery, just over a month after getting shot while walking the pop star’s dogs. [people]

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