Eastern Cape Woman Saved By Captors’ ‘I’m Alive’ Bungle – Bungling criminals included their phone number. [timeslive]
Baby Reindeer Was Wrongly Billed By Netflix As A ‘True Story’, Judge Finds – Fiona Harvey, the inspiration for Martha, can proceed with defamation lawsuit after judge agrees the show suggested she was convicted for stalking creator Richard Gadd. [guardian]
Manhunt Underway After 17 People Killed In South Africa Mass Shooting – A manhunt is underway after 17 people living on the same street in a South African village were killed in a mass shooting, police said Saturday. [cnn]
‘Our Kids Aren’t Even Safe Playing In Parks’: More Cape Town Children Cut Down By Bullets – Children are among the most vulnerable in gang-related crossfire, especially when bullets are flying over public spaces such as parks. [news24]
New York Film Festival Preview: 10 Movies You Ought To Know About – New movies from Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldaña, Luca Guadagnino, Steve McQueen, and more. [mashable]
US Country Music Star Kris Kristofferson Dies, Aged 88 – Kris Kristofferson, the award-winning country singer and actor who worked with Johnny Cash and Martin Scorsese, has died aged 88. [bbc]
South African Woman Lands At OR Tambo Airport From Brazil With Drugs Packed In Her Stomach – A 21-year-old South African woman has been arrested at the busy OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg for drug trafficking, moments after she arrived from Brazil. [iol]
Kanye West’s Extensive Alterations To Tadao Ando-Designed Malibu Mansion Dubbed ‘Dumb’ By New Owner – ‘He single-handedly destroyed this architectural masterpiece,’ investor says. [independent]
The Ultimate Guide To The Best Cuts Of Steak – Acclaimed chefs, butchers, and purveyors offer their advice on beef. [robbreport]
SpaceX Crew Dragon Arrives At International Space Station Where Boeing Starliner Astronauts Have Been Stuck For Months – SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule arrived safely at the International Space Station on Sunday, where it will eventually ferry the two Boeing Strainer astronauts who have been stuck in space for months back to Earth. [nypost]
Three Children Die After Eating Instant Porridge – Three young children from Mdantsane died on Friday after eating instant porridge, which was reportedly bought from a Spar supermarket. [scrolla]
OpenAI Was A Research Lab — Now It’s Just Another Tech Company – OpenAI launched with a famously altruistic mission: to help humanity by developing artificial general intelligence. But along the way, it became one of the best-funded companies in Silicon Valley. Now, the tension between those two facts is coming to a head. [verge]
Zondo Commission Database Tug-Of-War: Vital State Capture Data At Risk Of ‘Falling Into The Wrong Hands’ – The petabyte of data is at the centre of a wrangle between the Justice Department, which wants controlled access, and the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, which wants open access as it ramps up investigations and prosecutions. [dailymaverick]
McDonald’s And Supermarkets Failed To Spot Slavery – Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found. [bbc]
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