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Tatjana Schoenmaker Storms To Silver In 100m Breaststroke As SA Wins First Medal In Tokyo – Swimming in lane four, Schoenmaker got off to a hot start, as she was the first swimmer to turn at the half-way point. [sport24]

Bianca Buitendag also won silver in this morning’s women’s surfing final, bringing our medal tally to two…

Leaked Documents Reveal Death Threats And Roadblocks In Haiti Assassination Investigation – There was no mistaking the meaning in last week’s anonymous text message: Do what we say or die. [cnn]

SA Hits 70,000 Covid-19 Deaths, With 243 Fatalities Recorded In 24 Hours – In the past 24 hours, 5,683 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, taking the total cases recorded across the country to 2,383,490 to date. [timeslive]

Elon Musk Drops A Bomb – “I will no longer default to doing earnings call,” Tesla’s chief executive officer said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Monday. [mybb]

Scottish Climber Rick Allen Dies In K2 Avalanche – K2 stands at 8,611m (28,251ft) and is the world’s second highest mountain. It is also regarded as one of the most challenging and dangerous to climb. [bbc]

Who’s Behind Australia’s Anti-Lockdown Protests? The German Conspiracy Group Driving Marches – Worldwide Demonstration helped coordinate rallies across Australia, with their message amplified by local anti-vaxx and ‘freedom’ influencers. [guardian]

Win A R1 000 Bar Tab At Cape Town’s Finest Watering Holes – As part of the #siplocal initiative, here’s your chance to win a R1 000 bar tab voucher at 13 different establishments across Cape Town. [here]

Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Might Come With A Titanium Body – Titanium is harder and more resistant to scratches, more resistant to corrosion, and lighter than stainless steel. [mashable]

Everything You Need To Know About Vaccines — Our Only Viable Strategy For Living With Covid-19 – Our only hope for getting the pandemic under control is for as many people as possible to be vaccinated against it as quickly as possible. [dailymav]

Bezos’ $2bn Offer To Get Back In Race To The Moon – Jeff Bezos has offered to cover $2bn (£1.4bn) of Nasa costs in order to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle. [bbc]

Research Shows Ivermectin Has No Significant Effect On COVID – Professor – Stellenbosch University’s Professor Helmuth Reuter explained why Ivermectin’s popularity has grown so much. [ewn]

‘Pablo’, The R70k Blue Sofa Looted During The Unrest In Durban, Has Been Found – According to a police source, the couch was recovered from an informal settlement in Quarry Road, just metres from the location of the store. [iol]

Madcap Adventurer Washes Ashore Inside Giant Floating Hamster Wheel, Trying To Reach New York – The 1,000 mile trip was expected to take 21 days, but Mr Baluchi’s efforts were scuppered after eight hours and he could be taken to court. [tele]

War Of Words Carries On As Controversial Erasmus Tweets Upset Lions – Speaking to reporters on Monday, Lions assistant coach Steve Tandy said Erasmus should rather take his complaints to officials. [sport24]

Raphael Varane: Man Utd Agree Fee With Real Madrid For Defender – Having already signed England international Jadon Sancho for £73m from Borussia Dortmund, the acquisition of Varane would be a further statement of intent from United. [sky]

I’m A Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All A Hoax – Bill’s father has become convinced the shooting his son survived was a so-called “false flag” event and that the shooter was “​​a radical commie actor.” [vice]

Britney Spears Fans Spot Jamie Lynn Spears’ Social Media Snafu – Britney Spears’ fans are lighting up social media after her sister Jamie Lynn Spears’ husband was caught red-handed gawking at one of the pop star’s recent Instagram posts. [newsau]

Alessandra Ambrosio Sets Pulses Racing – In a barely-there bikini for a day at the beach in her native Brazil. [dmail]

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