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Cape Town Fire Contained But ‘Not Out Of The Woods Yet’ – Flare-ups overnight lead to road closures, and firefighters on high alert. Live updates here. [news24]

Part Of SA History And Heritage Goes Up In Flames – Rare books, historical documents, collections and even a 1535 Dutch Bible are lost in UCT blaze. [busday]

Spiked Drugs Suspicion In Deaths Of Pretoria Property Developer And Colleagues – “A lot of alcohol and large quantity of narcotics and prescription drugs were recovered from the house. The narcotics include crystal meth.” [timeslive]

Jury Concludes First Day Of Deliberations In Derek Chauvin’s Trial In The Death Of George Floyd – The court did not say when the 12-juror panel is expected to resume deliberating Tuesday morning. [cnn]

Suez Canal Bosses Say The Excavator Operator Who Helped Free Ever Given Is Getting A Bonus – Officials at the SCA, which is owned by the Egyptian government, praised his work as “above and beyond” his obligation. [businsider]

NASA Puts Its Money On SpaceX For A Massive Lunar Lander – The space agency announced that it awarded the private rocket company a $2.89 billion contract to develop a “commercial human lander” with the goal of putting two people on the Moon. [mashable]

Planning For Retirement? Consider These Numbers – If you want to retire in relative comfort, here are three ‘guesstimates’ to work out how much you will need to have tucked away. [here]

Police To Search Tesla After Vehicle Crash That Killed Two People – Two men died in the crash in Texas during the weekend but neither of them were found in the driver’s seat, police say. [sky]

Suspected Poacher Trampled To Death By Elephants In South Africa – Three people were attempting to poach rhinos, park rangers say. [cnet]

New Zealand Airport Worker Tests Positive Day After Bubble Opens – Thousands of passengers flew between the two nations on Monday for the first time in more than a year. [bbc]

Tokyo Sexwale Was Fooled By A Common Internet Scam – Billionaire oligarch Tokyo Sexwale appears to have been duped by a ‘common scam’ and was acting at the behest of a mysterious foreign donor of the ‘White Spiritual Boy Trust’. [dailymav]

Nathi Mthethwa Gives CSA Presidents One Last Chance, While Players Blast Board – South Africa’s cricketers apologised to sponsors for the actions of CSA’s administrators, saying officials have “undermined and betrayed your commitment to the sport.” [iol]

2oceansvibe Weekend Sports Wrap – The ‘Special One’ was given the boot, capping off what has been an action-packed and controversial weekend of sporting action. [here]

European Heavyweights Face Criticism Over ‘Cynical’ Super League – 12 of football’s most powerful clubs faced accusations of greed on Monday as they announced a breakaway European Super League that could have far-reaching implications for the game. [mg]

‘The Putin Regime Is Trying to Kill Him.’ Alexei Navalny’s Ailing Health Is Worrying The World – Navalny has been moved into a prison hospital, after doctors warned he was in extremely poor health and could have only days to live. [time]

Byron Bay Residents Call On Netflix To Scrap Byron Baes TV Series – Locals fear ‘docu-soap’ about social media influencers will gloss over issues including the environment and lack of housing. [guardian]

No Man-To-Man For Prince Charles And Harry As Duke Heads Back To US – Duke of Sussex set to return to California without securing one-to-one time with his father to clear air after bombshell Oprah interview. [telegraph]

Prince Philip Secretly Planned Bizarre Detail Of His Own Funeral – Prince Philip personally arranged for a photographer to hide inside a fake church pillar to get up-close shots of his funeral. [newsau]

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