US Couples Clutching AR-15 Rifles Renew Wedding Vows – Hundreds of parishioners gathered at a Pennsylvania church Wednesday to exchange or renew their wedding vows — some clutching unloaded AR-15 rifles, according to CNN affiliate WFMZ-TV. [cnn]

Secret Documents From Russia’s Election Trolls Leak – An online auction gone awry reveals substantial new details about how the Kremlin-backed troll farm ginned up IRL protests and targeted specific Americans to push their propaganda. [beast]

Trump To Impose Sweeping Steel And Aluminum Tariffs – President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent. [nyt]

A Deal Is Reached to Sell The Weinstein Company – Earlier this month, a deal between deep-pocketed investors negotiating to purchase The Weinstein Company nearly cratered several times, putting the company at high risk of declaring bankruptcy. [vult]

India Is Bursting Into A Thick Plume Of Colours Today! – Spring is no spring in India if it isn’t heralded by a nationwide burst of colours. And today (March 02) is that day. [qz]

This Black-Owned Investment Fund Went Big On JoJo Tanks Before Drought Became Big Business – While much of the investment community was still clawing their way back from the financial crisis in 2012, the then four-year-old Pan African Private Equity (PAPE) Fund Managers was considering what water scarcity would mean. [busins]

Cape Town’s Restrictions Force Homeless To Beg For Water – “If the toilets were locked, then I went to the beach, but now there is no water in the showers, so I just use the sea… It’s better than nothing.” [huff]

Rassie Plans Quick Bok Recovery – New Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus believes that it won’t take long for the national team to rise back up to the top of the world rankings. [n24]

Petra Ecclestone’s Ex-Husband James Stunt Slams Her Dad Bernie As A ‘C-List Celebrity Dwarf’ – But Sister Tamara Hits Back – The couple were married for six years before being granted a quickie divorce last October after an acrimonious split. [sun]

Easily The Coolest Thing We’ve Seen Found Inside A South African Barn – I don’t know what you’d expect to find tucked away at the back of a farm’s barn, but I’m thinking rusty tools and owl droppings. This is quite the find. [here]

Declassified Spy Papers Reveal A 1981 Attempt To Assassinate Queen Elizabeth II In New Zealand – Declassified intelligence documents released Thursday reveal that a mentally disturbed teenager attempted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II while she was visiting New Zealand in 1981. [time]

‘Jesus Was The First To Decriminalise Sex Work’ – Banner At Cape Town Church – Reverend Alan Storey of the Central Methodist Mission, together with members of the Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work, on Thursday hoisted a banner over the church steeple in support of the decriminalisation of sex work. [n24]

Dragons’ Den Goes Mobile – Pitch Your SA Business Idea To Big Name Experts Via Instant Chat – The problem with running your idea past your mates, is they’re not going to tell you it sucks. Only by the time you’re R50 000 down will you realise the glaring error you missed at the start. [here]

Robbie Williams Opens Up About His Mental Health Struggles – Robbie Williams has opened up about his mental health, stating that he feels like he has a “disease that wants to kill me […] in my head”. [huff]

Yes, SMILF Means Exactly What You Think It Does – If you had to hazard a guess at what SMILF means, you would probably be right. How about the new series showing the struggles of a single mom? [here]

Bobby Brown Doesn’t Think Drugs Killed Whitney Houston – Six years after Whitney Houston’s death, her ex-husband says he doesn’t think drugs played a part in the superstar’s accidental drowning, which a coroner ruled also owed in part to the effects of “cocaine use.” [cnn]

Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump Came To Washington Seeking Power And Glamour. They’ll Leave With Neither – Jared and Ivanka are just the latest in a long line of presidential family members who didn’t exactly bowl Washington over. But they’re also the lamest. [beast]

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So These Guys Are Apparently The Top SA Winery Of The Past 10 Years – You’ve tasted Chocolate Block, right? Of course you have, somake sure you arrive at every dinner party with a bottle of the best. [boekenhout]

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