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‘You Will Regret This’: Japan Crime Boss’s Chilling Threat To Judge After Being Sentenced To Death – Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the Kudo-kai yakuza group which has some 220 active members, denied accusations he masterminded the grisly crimes. [sky]

ANC Staff Set To Down Tools From Thursday Over Unpaid Salaries – Workers claim the management made numerous verbal and written undertakings to address some of their demands by the end of August. [news24]

Terror Threats Hamper Afghanistan Evacuation As Biden’s Deadline Looms – US diplomats in Kabul early Thursday local time suddenly warned American citizens to “immediately” leave several gates into the airport, citing security threats. [cnn]

SA Records More Than 500 Covid-19 Deaths And 13,200 Cases In 24 Hours – The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal (27%, or 3,627 cases), followed by the Western Cape (25%, or 3,338 cases). [timeslive]

Delta Airlines Imposes $200 Monthly Surcharge On Unvaccinated Staff – It will also only pay sick pay to Covid sufferers who have been double-jabbed but still get infected. [bbc]

OnlyFans Drops Planned Porn Ban, Will Continue To Allow Sexually Explicit Content – On Wednesday, the company said it “secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community,” suggesting that it has new agreements with banks. [variety]

This Map Shows The Best And Worst Run Municipalities In South Africa – Using these metrics, 64 municipalities (24.9%) are considered high-risk and dysfunctional, while 111 municipalities are considered medium-risk (111). [bustech]

Tim Cook’s Apple, 10 Years Later – Looking back at a decade without Jobs — Apple’s biggest decade ever. [verge]

‘Drag Me, I’ll Drag You’, Warns Van Damme In Scathing Tweets To DA Leader John Steenhuisen –  She hit back at the party and said. “I am SO glad my name is no longer associated with the joke the DA has become under your leadership.” [iol]

The Legend Of The Karoo’s Wild-Haired Goddess And Her Brandy – Chances are you don’t associate brandy with women, but there is a connection to be found in the mystical valley between the Swartberg and Langeberg mountain ranges. [here]

Rolling Blind: What Happens When Dung Beetles Get Lost? – Dung beetles rely on the Milky Way for direction at night, but new research shows how light pollution is causing them to lose their bearings. [mg]

Cristiano Ronaldo: Man City Interested In Signing Juventus Forward – City are willing to offer Ronaldo a two-year contract, with a salary of £12.8m-per-season (€15m), and would like to sign the Portugal captain for free. [sky]

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Kgothatso Montjane, South Africa’s Wheelchair Tennis Hope – In July, she became the first black South African to play at Wimbledon reaching the final this year. [bbc]

Porn Actor Ron Jeremy Indicted On Over 30 Sex Assault Counts – The indictment includes allegations that Jeremy raped a 19-year-old woman during a photo shoot in 1996, raped a 26-year-old woman at a nightclub in 2003 and raped a 17-year-old girl in 2008. [ap]

Spencer: First Poster Released For Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana Film – Ahead of Venice premiere of Pablo Larraín’s biopic, teaser poster appears to show Diana weeping into enormous dress. [guardian]

Princess Charlene Of Monaco Shares VERY Awkward Hug As She Reunites With Prince Albert And Her Children – After three months apart as her family fly out to South Africa to be with her while she recovers from a mystery operation. [dmail]

Harry And Meghan Saw Bullying ‘Smears’ As Vindication Of Decision To Quit The Royals – The hotly anticipated new chapter of “Finding Freedom” says that Harry and Meghan saw all that was wrong with their former life when palace operatives briefed against them. [dbeast]

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