Ramaphosa On MPs’ Salaries, Benefits: ‘They Struggle To Make Ends Meet’ – President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to dismiss the notion that Members of Parliament were “living it up”. He said they often “struggle to make ends meet”. [n24]

Land-Seizure Plans In SA Hit Major Stumbling Block – Plans by the African National Congress to amend the constitution to make it easier to seize land without paying for it have gone awry, because it failed to pin down sufficient support from other parties to push the changes through. [mweb]

Roman Protasevich: Journalist Appears On State Television – Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested in Minsk after being taken off a diverted flight last month, has appeared in a tearful interview on state television. [bbc]

Edgars Gets The Jump On Competition – South African e-commerce grew by 66% in 2020, and has more than doubled over the past two years. Edgars appears determined to make the shopping experience as seamless as possible. [here]

Grade 12 Midyear Exams Scrapped To Make Up For Lost Time – Minister Angie Motshekga says the period will be used for curriculum catch-up. [tlive]

Rand Hits Two-Year High Against The Dollar As It Continues Strong Run – The South African rand rallied to its highest level in more than two years against the dollar on Wednesday, as the local currency continued its strong run on the back of a sustained rebound in global economies and positive US Treasury data. [btech]

Oregon Woman Died Homeless While She Had $884K In Unclaimed Funds – An Oregon woman died homeless last year while $884,000 in inheritance money sat unclaimed in a state bank account, a news report said. [nyp]

Rare Stamps And A US Coin Could Fetch $37 Million At Auction – Two of the most coveted items in stamp-collecting and one of the world’s rarest coins could fetch a combined $37 million when they go under the hammer in New York next week. [cnn]

Pawn Shop Ticket Wins R20m For Lotto Player — And Search Still On For R30m Winner From April – Gauteng lottery player is stepping into the new month R20m richer, but doesn’t know it yet. [tlive]

Britain’s Worst Serial Killers Haunt A City, Decades After Their Grisly Crimes – Police excavations at a cafe in the quiet English city of Gloucester revived a half-century-old puzzle: What happened to Mary Bastholm, a carefree 15-year-old girl who went missing in 1968. [cnn]

How To Stop Being A Tax Resident In South Africa, According To SARS – The decision of whether an individual ceases to be a tax resident in South Africa is based on a number of both objective and subjective factors, says the South African Revenue Services (SARS). [btech]

Utah Girls Aged 4 And 9 Drive Car To ‘Swim In The Ocean’ – Utah police said they got “quite a surprise” when they found a nine-year-old girl driving a car with her four-year-old sister in the passenger seat early on Wednesday morning. [bbc]

United Airlines Will Buy 15 Ultrafast Airplanes From Start-Up Boom Supersonic – The carrier announced Thursday it’s buying 15 planes from Boom Supersonic with the option to purchase 35 more at some point. [cnbc]

McDonald’s Employee Confronts Customer For Eating ‘Chicken Licken’ At Restaurant – A video of a McDonald’s employee confronting a customer for eating ‘Chicken Licken’ at the restaurant has gone viral on social media. [iol]

The Twitter Blue Subscription Service Starts Rolling Out – Twitter has officially announced Twitter Blue, a paid subscription service that offers access to new features like undoing tweets and viewing threads in an easier to digest “Reader Mode.” [verge]

Apple Working On iPad Pro With Wireless Charging, New iPad Mini – Apple Inc. is working on a new iPad Pro with wireless charging and the first iPad mini redesign in six years, seeking to continue momentum for a category that saw rejuvenated sales during the pandemic. [bloom]

Emily Ratajkowski Sazzles In $540 Denim Bra – Leave it to Emily Ratajkowski to make the Canadian tuxedo sexy. [p6]

Amelia Hamlin, 19, Poses In ‘Empowering’ Lace Lingerie While Reading A Book – After telling Scott Disick, 38, she is ‘blessed’ to be with him. [dm] This is huge!

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