Khanyi Dhlomo Says NEF Funding Was Above Board – Ndalo Media and Ndalo Luxury Ventures chief executive said the National Empowerment Fund’s (NEF) loan for her luxury boutique Luminance was not helped along by her name and that stringent commercial terms set by the funding institution were followed. [mail&guardian]

Khanyi’s Loan: Minister Wants Answers – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has asked for a detailed report on how the National Empowerment Fund could have granted businesswoman Khanyi Dhlomo a R34-million loan. [timeslive]

Student Awarded R40 Million After Left In Cell For Four Days – A California university student who was left handcuffed in a holding cell for almost five days without food or water has reached a $US4.1 million settlement with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), his lawyers said. [smh]

Facebook Ends The Day Just Barely Missing Its Original IPO Stock Price – Facebook’s stock came very close to hitting its original $38 IPO price today, closing at $37.62. [busins]

Nigella Lawson Ends Marriage To Charles Saatchi – TV chef Nigella Lawson and art collector Charles Saatchi will today take the first formal step towards ending their marriage following the bitterness sparked by his throat-grabbing attack. [express]

Zimbabwe Election: Robert Mugabe Vows To ‘Surrender’ If He Loses As Voters Go To Polls – Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe says he will quit after 33 years in power if he loses the country’s election, as rivals claimed they had evidence of vote-rigging. [abc]

India Bowler Sreesanth Charged Over Cricket Spot-Fixing – Indian cricketer S Sreesanth has been charged with 38 other people over a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League. [bbc]

NY Mayoral Candidate’s Spokeswoman Calls Former Intern a ‘Slutbag’ in Epic Rant – People on Anthony Weiner’s campaign are frustrated these days. Perhaps understandably so, given the endless onslaught of embarrassment. [nymag]

Bradley Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy, Guilty of Espionage – In the closing arguments, the court martial of Bradley Manning came down to a debate over the meaning of a selfie—a digital photograph the young former intelligence analyst had taken of himself in a full length mirror, smiling while wearing makeup and a bra just days after releasing classified material to Wikileaks. [time]

Thai Oil Spill Spreads To New Bay On Resort Island – Workers in white suits used buckets to scoop up globs of crude oil blackening the once white sands and emerald waters of a tourist island in Thailand’s eastern sea on Tuesday, as the oil slick continued to spread three days after leaking from a nearby pipeline. [npr]

Last Chance To Get Tickets For Tonight’s R2.3 Billion Lottery Draw – Are you really going to ignore this chance to shell out a smidgen of cash in return for the chance of becoming one of the wealthiest people in South Africa? Get tickets [here]

How Dropbox Scaled From 2,000 to 200 Million Users – When Dropbox launched to the public in 2008, the service grew seemingly overnight from just a few thousand users to hundreds of thousands — and then millions. [mashable]

Diana’s Relationship With Hasnat Khan, Detailed In The New Vanity Fair – Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison reports in the September issue on Princess Diana’s 1995-to-1997 relationship with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. [vanfair]

20 Songs You Can’t Even Believe Are 20 Years Old – Remember that dancing bee girl from Blind Melon’s “No Rain” video? She’s 30. That won’t mean much to incoming college freshmen, who weren’t even alive during Kurt Cobain’s lifetime. [rollingstone]

Kebble Murder Case Forensic Detective Hosts Murder Mystery Weekend – Any armchair detective would be crazy to miss the murder mystery weekend in Stanford, with SA’s top forensic Scientist, David Klatzow. Klatzow is most famous for his case-breaking testimonies in famous SA trials, including the Helderberg and the Kebble murder. He is currently involved in the Pistorius case. [info]

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The Animation School CT On The Bailey Schneider Show, 2pm – Bailey chats to Nuno Martins, regarding the upcoming African-American animated film, Khumba before its release. A number of students and a lecturer from The Animation School were involved in the animation of the film produced by local company, Triggerfish Animation Studios. The Animation School, is one of the only facilities in South Africa which equips young animators with the skills to create major animated motion pictures and video games. [baileyschneider]

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