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Ramaphosa Closes Lid On Off-Site Booze Sales Ahead Of Spiritual Weekend Observations – The sale of liquor for off-site consumption will be banned for four days, covering the long weekend, to prevent a surge that could lead to a third wave. [fin24]

Donald Trump Launches A New Website After Social Media Bans – The site features a lengthy biography for the former president that starts, “Donald J. Trump launched the most extraordinary political movement in history”. [cnn]

Covid: Australia Falls 85% Short Of Vaccine Delivery Goal – The 85% shortfall comes two days after Brisbane entered another snap lockdown to combat a small outbreak. [bbc]

Ace Magashule Has 30 Days To Bend Reality In His Direction – Not An Easy Task – There is still much turmoil to come, and there is a high risk it could affect the future of the party and possibly South Africa. [dailymav]

White House Says Biden Dog Was Involved In Another Biting Incident – Major, President Joe Biden’s younger dog, reportedly bit someone while out on a walk on Monday afternoon. [businsider]

Not Pretty – What The Average SA Credit Card User Owes – Debt is an ugly four-letter word, and something that many South Africans are familiar with according to our credit card stats. [here]

Who Pays For Suez Blockage? Ever Given Grounding Could Spark Years Of Litigation – Ship likely to be centre of protracted legal battle over what caused it to run aground in the Suez and who is to blame. [guardian]

Off-Duty Firefighter Said The Cops Wouldn’t Let Her Give George Floyd CPR – Standing just feet away from the unresponsive Floyd, she begged officers to help him and explained how to do it. [vice]

One Of World’s Greatest Hidden Fortunes Is Wiped Out In Days – Bill Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the centre of one of the biggest margin calls of all time. [bloomberg]

Volkswagen’s Name Change Of U.S. Operations To ‘Voltswagen’ Was April Fool’s Marketing Prank – German automaker Volkswagen will not be changing the name of its U.S. operations to Voltswagen of America after all. [cnbc]

Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump For Directing Mob That Attacked Them – The two officers are seeking unspecified damages for the physical and emotional distress they suffered. [dbeast]

‘One Who Causes Fear’ Dinosaur Was A True Meat-Eating Terror – The newly discovered Llukalkan aliocranianus has a fittingly frightening name. [cnet]

This Is SA’s Biggest Pumpkin – All 867kg Of It – Wilem Le Grange won the first prize of R175,500 and an additional R50,000  for breaking the SA record at the Giant Pumpkin Festival. [timeslive]

Portugal Survive Scare, Belgium Hit Eight, Seven For Dutch – There were also victories for Croatia, Serbia and Norway while Slovakia shocked Russia and Wales got their campaign up and running with a late winner against the Czech Republic. [iol]

Game Of Thrones Is Heading To Broadway With A New Prequel Play – The goal is to stage the Game of Thrones play starting in 2023, with plans for productions in New York City, London’s West End, and Australia. [verge]

Britney Spears: ‘I Cried For Two Weeks’ Over Documentary – The pop star makes her first direct comment about the recent documentary that covered her rise and fall in the music world. [sky]

Armie Hammer: A Timeline Of Events Leading Up To The Sexual Assault Investigation – More and more women have publicly spoken out against the Call Me By Your Name actor, accusing him of abusive behaviour. [independent]

Kylie Jenner Puts Her Curves On Display – Wears Pierre Louis Auvray alien inspired jumpsuit and matching jacket for dinner in LA. [dmail]

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