Overnight Clashes At UCT, Other Campuses – Stun grenades and teargas were fired overnight at UCT as students set fires and tried to reoccupy the Steve Biko Students’ Union building. [n24]
Wits To Close Until Monday – The University of the Witwatersrand will suspend its academic programme until Monday. [n24]
Madonsela Grills A Gupta – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has “grilled” one of the Gupta brothers as part of her investigation into the family’s influence on the South African government. [tlive]
Protector Moves To Quiz President – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will interview President Jacob Zuma this week in the final leg of her investigation into “state capture” and allegations that he abused power and allowed friends, the Gupta family, to influence state business. [bdl]
Winners And Losers From The US Vice-Presidential Debate – Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine stood toe-to-toe for 90 minutes in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2016 election. I watched, tweeted and took some notes on the best and the worst of the night that was. There was a lot more bad than good. [washpo]
Trump Backers Realize They’ve Been Played As WikiLeaks Fails To Deliver October Surprise – For weeks, backers of Republican nominee Donald Trump hyped the tantalizing possibility that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks was on the verge of publishing a set of documents that would doom Hillary Clinton’s chances in November. [washpo]
Bill Clinton Calls Obamacare ‘The Craziest Thing In The World,’ Later Tries To Walk It Back – Bill Clinton criticized President Barack Obama’s signature policy reform Monday while on the stump for his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, calling Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world.” But he attempted to temper his criticism at a Tuesday rally. [cnn]
UKIP Leader Diane James Standing Down After 18 Days – UKIP leader Diane James is standing down from her role 18 days after she was elected. [bbc]
Pound At 31-Year Low As FTSE 100 Hits A Near Record High – The UK’s premier share index is benefiting from the slump in the value of the pound versus the dollar following the Brexit vote. [sky]
Yahoo Reportedly Scanned Millions Of Email Accounts For Intelligence Agencies – Yahoo reportedly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts at the behest of U.S. intelligence or law enforcement. The scans, reported by Reuters, allegedly selected incoming messages that contained a string of characters. [time]
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Here’s What Happens When A Town Blocks All Cellphone Signal [Video] – There are a select few who live exclusively without connection to the outside world – but what is their life like? These guys took a journey to find out. [here]
More Celebs Make Video About Voting In America – Leo, Kendall, De Niro, Julia Roberts and co..
The Most Talked About Male Sex Toy In The World Has Just Arrived In South Africa – It may have been on the market for close to 20 years, but is still a taboo subject among many men. I think it’s time we all manned up and took a look. [here]
‘The Greasy Strangler’: Inside The Most WTF Movie Of The Year – Meet the stars of the most bizarre, confounding, and prosthetic penis-filled film in quite some time. [beast]
Supreme Court Discusses Kim Kardashian Jewelry Theft During Argument About Bank Fraud Case – Even the Supreme Court is keeping up with the Kim Kardashian robbery. Justice Stephen Breyer pondered about the reality star’s Paris jewelry theft during a Tuesday argument about an obscure bank fraud case. [nydn]
How Can Celebrities Stay Safe In The Age Of Social Media? – Kim Kardashian West’s attack in Paris has already inspired other stars to beef up their security detail, but could Snapchat and Instagram be the real risk? [vanfair]
Tennis Star Maria Sharapova’s Doping Ban Cut By Nine Months – The 29-year-old Russian says she has missed playing terribly and getting her ban reduced has been “one of my happiest days”. [sky]
Karl Lagerfeld On Kim Kardashian Robbery: ‘Don’t Display Your Wealth’ With ‘No Security’ – Karl Lagerfeld scolded Kim Kardashian for showing her multi-million-dollar jewelry on social media in a new interview following the reality star’s October 3rd robbery in Paris. [usm]
The White Stripes “Disgusted” By Donald Trump “Seven Nation Army” Video – “The White Stripes would like to unequivocally state that they have nothing whatsoever to do with this video.” [pf]
‘Stranger Things’ Star’s Father Demands Cash From Agents To Represent Her (Exclusive) – Robert Brown, father of breakout actress Millie Bobby Brown, is said to have asked for $100,000 up front in exchange for the right to sign his 12-year-old daughter. [hollyrep]
Bad News, Earth: Leonardo DiCaprio Is Going To Mars – Leonardo DiCaprio was the special guest at President Obama’s South by South Lawn summit in D.C. Monday, and shared an amusing detail during a speech by climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. [usat]
Ben Stiller Reveals Prostate Cancer Diagnosis, Says Controversial Test Saved His Life – Actor Ben Stiller has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago and said a controversial test saved his life. [abc]
My Scientology Movie Review: Louis Theroux’s Giddy, Pythonesque Jab In The Ribs – Louis Theroux versus the Church of Scientology. It’s a near-irresistible contest: the very face of deadpan scepticism, up against that many-headed hydra of indecipherable rage. [tele]
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