Criminal Charges Laid Against Mandla Mandela Over Graves – Criminal charges have been laid against Mandla Mandela over the exhumation and reburial of former president Nelson Mandela’s three children, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. [timeslive]

Malema Apologises For Giving SA ‘A President Like Zuma’ – Julius Malema has said sorry to SA for supporting Jacob Zuma ahead of ANC’s 2007 elective conference, where former president Thabo Mbeki was unseated. [mail&guardian]

Snowden’s Asylum Options Dwindle – Edward Snowden’s hopes of finding asylum from U.S. prosecution on espionage charges appeared to dim Tuesday as country after country denied his request or said he would have to find a way to travel to their territory to apply. [cnn]

Bolivian Minister: Evo Morales’ Plane Rerouted On Suspicion Snowden On Board – The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, the country’s foreign minister said. [washpo]

Winklevoss Twins Plan First Fund for Bitcoins – Bitcoin has been promoted as an alternative crypto-currency that exists outside the realms of governments and central banks. Now, two backers of the digital money are seeking to bring bitcoin into the investing mainstream — if they win the approval of the United States government. [nytimes]

Pope John Paul II Is A Ball Hair Away From Being A Saint – POPE John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint, awaiting just the final approval from Pope Francis and a date for the ceremony that could come as soon as December 8. [theaus]

Google Tells Congress It Won’t Change Privacy Policy For Glass – Google’s privacy policy won’t be altered for Google Glass, according to a letter sent by the company to US Congressman Joe Barton on 7 June. The statement came in reply to an open letter posing eight questions concerning Glass and privacy from the Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, of which Barton is co-chair. [wired]

Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About R500 Million – Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically. [allthingsd]

Abramovich Quits Politics Over Foreign Assets Law – Billionaire Roman Abramovich has stepped down as the chairman of the legislature of the remote Russian region of Chukotka in order to comply with the new law that bans Russian officials from owning foreign securities and bank accounts. [rt]

Consumers Impressed: Streaming Radio Only Uses 20mb/hour – 2oceansvibe’s new news and radio app launched yesterday and users who used the radio portion were impressed to learn that it only used around 20mb per hour data when streaming radio. Compared to the size of emails these days, it’s refreshingly light on data. Get the app [here]

DID YOU KNOW
The radio portion of our app is extremely light on data
and only uses 20mb / hour data when you press play

Egypt’s Mursi Defies Army As It Plots Future Without Him – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi vowed to stay in power and defend constitutional legitimacy on Wednesday as generals worked on plans to push the Islamist aside within the day and suspend the constitution. [reuters]

Kris Kross Rapper Died Of Drug Overdose: Coroner – A medical examiner’s investigator says Chris Kelly of the ’90s rap duo Kris Kross died of a drug overdose. Investigator Betty Honey said Monday that a toxicology screening showed the 34-year-old Kelly had a mixture of drugs in his system when he was pronounced dead on May 1. [smh]

FW de Klerk Had A Pacemaker Fitted Yesterday – Former president FW de Klerk’s operation on Tuesday to have a cardiac pacemaker fitted was a success, the FW de Klerk Foundation said. [news24]

Dennis Rodman Is Genuinely Expecting A Nobel Peace Prize – “My mission is to break the ice between hostile countries,” Rodman says. “Why it’s been left to me to smooth things over, I don’t know. Dennis Rodman, of all people. Keeping us safe is really not my job; it’s the black guy’s [Obama’s] job. But I’ll tell you this: If I don’t finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something’s seriously wrong.” [sportsil]

North Korea: US Must Accept Offer Of Talks Unconditionally – North Korea’s top diplomat has said the US must unconditionally accept its offer of dialogue if it wants to ease tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, adding that hostile policies by Washington against his country make war a possibility. [guardian]

Avril Lavigne, Chad Kroeger Have Super Secret Wedding For Some Reason – Avril Lavigne and the guy from Nickelback got married this weekend in France at a location so undisclosed, not even the invited guests could rip the clothes off that location and discover where it was the day before they were due to be there. [gawker]

Pierce Brosnan’s Daughter Dies Of Ovarian Cancer Age 41 – Pierce Brosnan has paid tribute to his daughter Charlotte, who has died of ovarian cancer, aged 41. In a statement Brosnan said his “darling daughter Charlotte Emily passed on to eternal life” on June 28. [bbc]

A Massive Whale Hunt On The Faroe Islands Turns The Sea Red Every Summer – It’s about the time of year when hunters on Faroe Island, an archipelago in the North Atlantic, are gearing up for the annual whale drive, when several hundred pilots whales are slaughtered for their meat and blubber as part of a 1,000-year-old tradition. [busins]

Tiffany Exec Pocketed $1.3 Million In Stolen Jewelry – As vice president of product development, Lederhaas-Okun had authority to “check out” jewelry from Tiffany to provide to potential manufacturers to determine production costs. Authorities allege that after she left Tiffany in February, the company discovered she had checked out 164 items that were never returned. [nj]

Captain Jack’s Back: Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 To Start Filming This Year – Pirates of the Caribbean 5 will start filming at the end of this year. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed the Disney franchise is due to set sail once more in a few months’ time following the appointment of Norwegian directors Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg. [thesun]

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Naas Creative Agency At 12h00 – Naas collaborative creative agency keen to work with you on films, photography, radio interviews, music, design, events and anything else you can imagine. Their aim is to contribute to build up all of the creative industries in Cape Town and the country to a point where we are all the world leaders in culture and art and design and the promotion of such industries. [justjosie]

Bass Instinct With Candice Heyns, 20h00-22h00 – Candice is one half of the unstoppable musical duo Blush ’N Bass – two South African females that bring a tasteful, yet sexy, music experience to electro nightclubs in SA. Candice promises a professionally delivered show with music that will tantalize anyone’s ears. She takes you through a musical journey and without you even realizing it, you will be off your couch, tapping your feet, clapping your hands or dancing in front of your mirror singing to yourself! [bassinstinct]