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What Is Wednesday’s National Trade Union Shutdown All About? – Protest action is planned for most of the provinces, with thousands expected to join marches calling for government intervention in the cost of living crisis. [dailymav]

Twitter Whistleblower Raises Security Concerns – Peiter Zatko also claimed that Twitter underestimated how many fake and spam accounts are on its platform. The accusations could affect a legal battle between Twitter and billionaire Elon Musk. [bbc]

Trump Stash Retrieved From Mar-A-Lago Runs To Hundreds Of Classified Files – Records show US government has retrieved highly sensitive materials from former president on three separate occasions. [guardian]

Paul Pelosi, Husband Of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pleads Guilty To DUI Charge – Pelosi was arrested on May 28 after a nighttime collision with another driver in Napa, California. Earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty. [cnn]

Five Cases Of Monkeypox In SA But Vaccination Not Yet Required, Says Expert – Health expert and member of the People’s Health Movement Professor Louis Reynolds has cautioned over acting with haste at the expense of crucial health programmes. [iol]

‘Gunslinger Of Tarragona’ Dies In Spanish Prison After Court Upholds His Request To Be Euthanised – Eugen Sabau, 46, shot three of his colleagues at the security services firm where he worked in the northeastern city of Tarragona. [sky]

‘The System Is Going Through A Phase Change.’ Why Even China Tech Bulls Are Dumping Alibaba And Tencent – In the months of April, May, and June, China’s rival internet giants, Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings, did something unprecedented: They shrank. [fortune]

Iqbal Survé’s Newspapers Take The Side Of The Lottery Crooks – In July, GroundUp reported how the golf estate home of Lottery boss Thabang Mampane was paid for with a grant that was supposed to rebuild a Limpopo school. [groundup]

Inside The QAnon Queen’s Cult: ‘The Abuse Was Non-Stop’ – “QAnon Queen” Romana Didulo has threatened to arrest police and execute anyone who crosses her. Now, some of her followers are speaking out. [vice]

Don’t Be Fooled. KFC’s ‘Hiring Of A PI’ To Track Down Fake Food Inspector Is A Marketing Stunt – The alleged inspector was apparently soliciting free food from KFC stores across South Africa. [businsider]

Nuclear Plant Crew Warns Of ‘Another Chernobyl’ Under Putin – Employees at the Zaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine risked Putin’s wrath to reveal what’s really going on in Europe’s largest nuclear facility. [dbeast]

Let’s Talk About Chilling Your Red Wine – It’s important to know the style and characteristics of your wine, how long to chill the bottle, and the ultimate time to sip it after cool-down. [here]

You And Your Doppelganger Might Have More In Common Than Just Looks – Unrelated people with eerily similar appearances seem to share many genetic variations, a study has found. [gizmodo]

Wimbledon Fan Sues ‘Reckless’ Nick Kyrgios After Being Accused Of Having ‘700 Drinks’ – During the final that he eventually lost to Novak Djokovic, Kyrgios flew into a rage halfway through the third set, saying he had been disrupted by noise made by the crowd. [inde]

‘I Watched Anxiously As A Cobra Went Into Our Tent’: Readers Reveal Their Camping Mishaps – An outdoor staycation with all the luxe frills or a bare bones brush with nature… Which side of the fence do you fall on? [tele]

Meghan Markle Reveals Fire In Archie’s Nursery While She Was In Nyanga On Tour In South Africa – Meghan says despite what had happened, she soon had to get onto her next royal engagement. [ch24]

Tommy Lee Finally Explains Why He Posted Full-Frontal Instagram Pic – The musician, who was seemingly posing from a bathroom, simply captioned the X-rated selfie: “Ooooopppsss.” [newsau]

Hugh Hefner’s Ex Holly Madison Says Having Sex With Playboy Founder Was ‘Gross’ And A ‘Chore’, Revealing He Often Wouldn’t MOVE – And made everyone ‘call him Daddy’ in the bedroom. [dmail]

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