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‘Tembisa 10’: Piet Rampedi Pens Apology To Independent Media Staff For Baby Saga – Rampedi said, although he stood by Sithole, he could have done more to verify some of the facts. “Quite honestly, I never treated the decuplets story as an investigation at all. I used no investigative tool or checklist.” [news24]

SA Records Nearly 300 Covid-19 Deaths In 24 Hours – The NICD said on Tuesday that there were 297 deaths and more than 11,000 new Covid-19 infections reported in the past 24 hours, at a positivity rate of 23.7%. [timeslive]

Senate Republicans Block Democrats’ Election Bill – The huge bill – which sought to make it easier for Americans to vote – ended up deadlocked 50-50 along party lines. [bbc]

A Boat Captain Found A 95-Year-Old Message In A Bottle In Michigan And Track Down The Writer’s Daughter – She has a small collection of bottles and other odds and ends she’s collected while diving, so the old-fashioned green bottle caught her eye. [cnn]

Why SA Hasn’t Had Load Shedding In More Than A Week – The consistent electricity supply can be attributed to Koeberg nuclear power station on the West Coast generating power at full capacity. [citizen]

China Says The Wuhan Virus Lab Deserves A Nobel Prize, As US Tries To Work Out If It Leaked Coronavirus – The lab leak theory was once dismissed by many experts, but has recently gained new traction. [businsider]

‘Nobody Really Knows’ What Happened To R5.5bn At SA’s Worst-Run Municipalities – AG – The 22 municipalities were characterised by “relative chaos” with no commitment to any financial transparency. [news24]

‘Redneck Rave’ Descends Into Throat Slashing, Impalements, And Mass Arrests – By the end of the five-day bash, Edmonson County authorities had arrested 14 people and charged four dozen people from five states. [dbeast]

Dead Man Found On Lion’s Head Jumped Off The Edge Like He Was Jumping Into A Pool – Bystander – The body of a man was retrieved near a recent blaze on Sunday evening, at Lion’s Head. [iol]

Do Killer Whales Have Close Friends? Drone Footage Reveals Their Secret – Recent drone footage from a study published in the Royal Society revealed that killer whales or orcas have social lives with friendships strikingly similar to our own. [getaway]

Aston Martin Sues Dealer Over £2.5m Valkyrie ‘Hypercar’ – Carmarker claims Switzerland’s Nebula Project did not pay all customer deposits for orders of sports vehicle. [guardian]

Bitcoin Falls Below $30,000 After China’s Crackdown: Everything You Need To Know – Ethereum and DogeCoin also drops significantly. [cnet]

Let’s Look Forward To When We Can Enjoy A Cocktail Again – I know it’s not exactly Piña Colada drinking weather, but the sun will come out at some point, and so too will the cocktails. [here]

Proteas Reignite Their Fight Around A Fire – Shortly before two South African rugby players were burning themselves around a fire pit in Ireland, the Proteas cricket squad sat around a fire in Pretoria. [dailymav]

Raheem Sterling The Match Winner For Gareth Southgate’s Side As Three Lions Top Euro 2020 Group D – 19-year-old Bukayo Saka was a standout performer on his first start of the competition, and Harry Kane was denied by a good save. [sky]

Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Mess Is Even Worse Than You Thought – Britney Spears says she can’t even refinish her kitchen cabinets without approval from her father. [vice]

Billie Eilish ‘Appalled And Embarrassed’ By Resurfaced Video Containing Anti-Asian Remark: ‘I Want To Barf’ – An edited compilation of several videos that was posted on TikTok last week appears to show the singer mouthing an Asian racial slur. [variety]

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