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Court Approves Steinhoff’s R25bn Settlement. Investors To Get Payouts – Under the settlement proposal Steinhoff will pay out a “pot” of €1.43 billion to verified claimants who have been divided into three classes. [fin24]

Boris Johnson Attended A Gathering For His Birthday While The Rest Of The Country Was In Lockdown – Under Covid-19 restrictions at the time, indoor gatherings were not allowed, with people permitted only to meet outside in groups of up to six people. [cnn]

Ukraine: 8,500 US Troops Could Be Deployed – As PM Warns Russia Plans ‘Lightning War’ That Could Take Out Kyiv – Russia has massed around 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border, demanding that NATO promise it will never allow Ukraine to join. [sky]

TAKE A LOOK | Inside Cape Town’s Newest Members-Only Cannabis Club – Cannibisters in Sea Point opened its doors at the end of 2021 and has already attracted more than 200 members. [businsider]

Specialist Engineer Arrested For ‘Siphoning R103m’ From Absa Bank – Sandton Absa engineer Xolela Masebeni allegedly transferred the money between September and December 2021. [timeslive]

Who Murdered The Lawyer Of Victoria’s Secret Billionaire Les Wexner? – Someone put a bullet in Arthur Shapiro’s head as he fled from a red BMW during a secret breakfast meeting. Almost 40 years later, the ‘mafia-style’ slaying has never been solved. [dbeast]

The Space Telescope That Will Look For Alien Life Is Reaching Its Final Destination – With 100 times the sensitivity of the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb is expected to shed light on a host of exciting scientific mysteries. [vice]

Apple Is Preparing Its ‘Widest Array’ Of New Products For This Fall, Report Says – Later this year we’ll reportedly see the iPhone 14, new iPads, updated MacBooks and more. [cnet]

Tonga Eruption Was So Powerful, Scientists Propose New ‘Ultra’ Classification – The blast shattered an island and was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima. [gizmodo]

Burkina Faso Military Says It Has Seized Power – The announcement was made on state television by an army officer, who cited the deteriorating security situation for the military takeover. [bbc]

Boeremag Family Can Use Laptops To Study While Behind Bars, ConCourt Rules – The three are in prison for the early 2000 plot to violently overthrow the government. [news24]

Rhino Horn Consumers Reveal Why A Legal Trade Alone Won’t Save Rhinos – To stop the rhino poaching crisis, it has been suggested that horns sustainably harvested from live rhinos can be sold in a legal trade to international buyers to meet demand. [conversation]

Amazing Drone Video Of Antipolis Ship Wreck In Cape Town – Once a dive site, this wreck is now visible to those not willing to brave the cold waters of Cape Town. [sapeople]

The Easiest Way To Stick To Your New Year’s Skin Resolutions – New year, new you, right? We shed our entire outer layer of skin every two to four weeks, so technically, from the perspective of our skin, we get to renew our outer selves more often than just once a year. [here]

Dissecting Lewis Hamilton: Will He Really Walk Away From Formula One? – Question still occupying paddock is whether disappearing act could prove to be his final one as a driver. [tele]

Bataclan Survivor Shocked As Surgeon Tries To Sell Her X-Ray As NFT – French woman who survived the 2015 attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris was “extremely shocked” after learning that her surgeon was attempting to sell an X-ray of her injuries. [guardian]

Robert Pattinson Hints His Batman Will Be Violent – The 35-year-old star will play the Caped Crusader in Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie “The Batman” and explained that viewers will see the superhero’s darker side. [iol]

In New Doc, Evan Rachel Wood Claims Marilyn Manson ‘Essentially Raped’ Her On-Camera – “I was coerced into a commercial sex act under false pretenses,” Wood says in documentary Phoenix Rising of “Heart-Shaped Glasses” video. [rolstone]

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