Why Ramaphosa Made A U-Turn On Announcing His Resignation – It took nearly half the working day on Thursday for president Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies to convince him against resigning as head of state. [m&g]

Kanye Says He ‘Likes Hitler’ In Disturbing Rant To Alex Jones – Ye, who has been on an antisemitic meltdown over weeks, appears to have hit a new low in a bizarre, hours-long interview with the conspiracy theorist. [vice]

Elon Musk Confirms Kanye West’s Twitter Account Suspended After Posting Swastika – The rapper claimed on Truth Social that he had been temporarily blocked from tweeting. [hollyrep]

R4m Fine Art Attached From CEO’s Home In JHB’s Wealthiest Street – At least R4m worth of fine art was attached from a home once occupied by DNG Energy founder and CEO Aldworth Mbalati, 40, in the second richest street in SA, Killarney Road in Sandhurst, on Thursday. [tlive]

Trump Probe: Court Halts Mar-A-Lago Special Master Review – A unanimous federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret government information. [ap]

SA Post Office Parcel Test Yields Ridiculous Result – You have to be an optimist (or desperate) to use the SA Post Office these days, given the speed and reliability of the services on offer. [here]

World’s Most Expensive Cities: New York And Singapore Top List – The world’s most expensive cities are jointly New York and Singapore, according to the annual Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey. [bbc]

World Cup 2022: Back-To-Back Humiliation For Germany – And The Recriminations Will Linger – Back-to-back humiliations after never previously leaving the tournament so early. And only eight years after winning a fourth world title. The recriminations will linger, long after the wild night of football in the Gulf. [sky]

Jay-Z Offered Bacardi $1.5 Billion For Ownership Of D’Usse, Got Rejected – Jay-Z made Bacardi an offer he thought it couldn’t refuse — he was willing to spend $1.5 billion to buy full ownership of D’Usse, but still got rejected. [tmz]

Germany: Woman Arrested For Shutting Roommate’s Ventilator – A 72-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly switched off a hospital roommate’s ventilator – twice – because she was annoyed by the sound it made, authorities in Germany said Thursday. [ap]

GoodLuck And Get Lucky Summer Are Bringing The Heat – After eight years of sold-out events, and annual numbers of 21 000 attendees, the 2022 season returns. [here]

Lamborghini’s New Off-Road-Ready Huracán Sterrato Looks Like 602 HP Of Fury – It’s a supercar that you don’t have to worry about keeping on the pavement. [rr]

Here’s What We Know About The British ‘Drug Lord’ Arrested In Dubai – British citizen Ryan Hale is accused of being the boss of a so-called super cartel which trafficked a third of Europe’s cocaine. [vice]

Cheers And Boos For Prince William And Kate – As they take in some NBA action amid royal race row. [you]

Leonardo DiCaprio Parties On Starry $150M Yacht During Art Basel Miami – Leonardo DiCaprio is living it up in Miami, and was seen partying on Wednesday night on a Swedish billionaire’s yacht. [p6]

The Men — And Butts — Of “The White Lotus” – Bare with me as I present to you my well-rounded argument as to why there’s so many butts on this cheeky show. (Warning: Spoilers ahead!). [bfn]

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