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South Africa’s Best And Worst Digital Banks According To Customers – The survey rates each banking institution with a score from -100 to +100, combining two scores from internet and mobile banking. [bustech]

Riots Hit Covid-19 Testing, As Just 380 Cases Are Recorded In KZN In 24 Hours – The NICD said on Wednesday night that there were 17,489 new Covid-19 infections across SA in the past 24 hours. There were also 453 Covid-19 related deaths reported. [timeslive]

Durban Looting Aftermath: 45 000 Businesses Affected, R16 billion In Lost Stock And Damaged Infrastructure – 5 000 informal traders had been severely affected by the criminality, with a further “40 000 formal business also affected”. [citypress]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro In Hospital Amid Concern Over Chronic Hiccups – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 66, may need emergency surgery after suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days, his office says. [bbc]

Cape Town Surfer Injured In Shark Attack In Jeffreys Bay – A shark attacked a 38-year-old Cape Town man after he fell off his surfboard at The Point in Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday. [news24]

Head Of Security At Haiti’s Presidential Residence In Police Custody – Authorities continue to investigate the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. [cnn]

Pro-Onion Faction Triumphs In Spain’s Great Omelette Debate – Nation settles one of its most vexed questions as survey finds large majority of Spaniards prefer tortilla de patatas with onion. [guardian]

Lego Arms: Gun Maker Ordered To Stop Selling Automatic Pistol That Looks Like A Toy – Lego, the Danish company, issued a cease-and desist letter and the maker has since stopped selling the gun. [telegraph]

WhatsApp Has A Secure Fix For One Of Its Biggest Drawbacks – Starting with a beta that launches today, you’ll no longer have to route all your messages through your smartphone. [wired]

Zuma’s Son Duduzane Appeals To Looters: Please Be Careful While Looting And Protesting – Zuma also blamed his father’s arrest and imprisonment and the government’s lockdown for the unfolding civil unrest in the country. [iol]

Fighting To Stay Alive In A Broken Country: No Jobs, No Food Breed Contempt For The Law – I saw two guys pushing a huge ice cream fridge, with “Shoprite Checkers Property” on it. When I asked them where they got it they told me it’s “Christmas at Shoprite”. [dailymav]

Five Financial Planning Tips That Will Pay Off In The Long Run – These financial planning basics are aimed at encouraging saving during a time in which many are feeling the strain. [here]

SA ‘A’ Knock Over British & Irish Lions To Make Serious Springbok Statement – The fact that there were 16 2019 World Cup winners in the match-day 23 made this more of a Test than a tour match in many respects, exemplified by the intensity of the hosts’ play. [sport24]

Lionel Messi: Barcelona Forward Agrees Contract Extension With 50 Per Cent Pay Cut – The 34-year-old has now agreed to stay on at his boyhood club for another five years, meaning he will be 39 by the time his new deal runs out. [sky]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Old Boss Was Caught On Tape Calling Him ‘Crazy,’ An ‘Idiot,’ And A ‘Sick Man’ – Real Madrid’s president called Cristiano Ronaldo an “idiot” in leaked audio from 2012 published this week. [businsider]

Those Who Attack Elon Musk’s Space Tweet Have Made A New Twitter Meme – Either he doesn’t understand the criticism or is willfully ignorant. Neither is great. [mashable]

Netflix Will Start Offering Video Games Next Year: Report – The streaming company has experimented with interactive content like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch in the past, though the content has remained within the realm of film and TV. [dbeast]

Britney Spears Can Hire Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case, Judge Rules – “You’re allowing my dad to ruin my life. I have to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse,” she said. [bbc]

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