Ramaphosa Tries To Charm Hells Angels And Doubters On North West Campaign Trail – President Cyril Ramaphosa must love a challenge, or someone who dislikes him is in charge of his schedule, because he went into North West for a weekend of elections campaigning just as the party’s list of candidates for the legislatures was made public. Well, ja, at least nobody hurled any missiles. [mav]
Get Ready For Full Day Of Stage 4 Load Shedding On Monday – Eskom – Eskom has announced that South Africans will face a full day of Stage 4 load shedding on Monday as it battles a shortage of capacity. [f24]
Mozambique Cyclone Kills Dozens, Cuts Power To SA – At least 43 people died in central Mozambique and Zimbabwe after a tropical cyclone tore through the southern African nations, knocking out electricity and phone networks and cutting power to South Africa from a hydropower dam. [f24]
New Zealand Mosque Attack: Jacinda Ardern Urges Gun Owners To Hand In Weapons – Prime minister says cabinet has made a decision about gun law reform but details are yet to be announced. [guardian]
The Internet Is Radicalizing White Men. Big Tech Could Be Doing More – Among the many tragedies of the massacre at two New Zealand mosques on Friday is a bitter irony: The terrorist who killed at least 50 people in an Islamophobic attack resembled in many ways a member of ISIS. [cnn]
Black Box Shows Similarities Between Lion Air And Ethiopian Airlines Crashes – The Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 Max crash had similarities to the Lion Air plane that went down off the coast of Indonesia about five months ago, the nation’s transport minister said, as scrutiny of one of the aircraft’s flight control systems continued to build. [bloom]
Facebook Removed 1.5 Million Videos Of New Zealand Attack Within 24 Hours – Facebook said Sunday that it removed or blocked from the social media site 1.5 million videos of a gunman’s rampage on two New Zealand mosques that killed 50 people and wounded dozens more. [usat]
Paris Jackson Resurfaces After Denying Attempted Suicide Report – The daughter of Michael Jackson aggressively protests reports that she was hospitalized Saturday due to self-harm. [vanfair]
For The Second Day In A Row, President Trump Attacks Late Sen. John McCain – President Trump continued his attack on John McCain for a second day, tweeting again about the role the late Arizona Republican senator played in sharing the so-called Steele Dossier with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the media. [time]
Children’s Museum Removes Michael Jackson Items – An official said the museum wants to showcase “people of high character.” [huff]
A Scandal In The Amazon – Where Pilots Are Forced To Lie – Three months ago, eight people disappeared on a flight deep in the Amazon. Small planes are often the only way to get around – but because most landing strips are unofficial, pilots have to lie about where they are flying. And this means that when planes go missing, it can be unclear where to look for them. [bbc]
How Swarming Drones Will Change Warfare – The swarm robots are coming and they could change the way wars are fought. [bbc]
Bottas Rates Melbourne As The Best Race Of His Life – Victory and the fastest lap in the Australian Grand Prix was the best race of Valtteri Bottas’ life, according to the early Formula 1 championship leader. [racer]
Rory McIlroy Holds Nerve To Win Players Championship By One Stroke – Rory McIlroy celebrated St Patrick’s Day in brilliant style with victory in the prestigious Players Championship after a thrilling final round at Sawgrass. [rte]
Ferrari’s Longtime Design Partner Reveals $2M All-Electric Supercar – Any car company worth its salt has its own design department. But when they need extra help, guidance or just inspiration, they turn to firms like Pininfarina. [cnn]
The Top 5 Things To Know About The PwC Report Into Steinhoff And The Questions That Still Remain – Sixteen months after its former CEO Markus Jooste resigned, Stellenbosch-headquartered global retailer Steinhoff [JSE:SNH] published an 11-page overview of a forensic report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the company’s financials. [f24]
George Michael’s Art Collection Sells At Auction For $15 Million – Proceeds will go toward late singer’s philanthropic work which “was hugely important for George during his lifetime and it was his wish that this work would continue after his passing” [rollsto]
Serve This Dessert At Your Next Dinner Party, And People Might Think You’re Sophisticated – Tired of serving the same old ice-cream and chocolate sauce after dinner? We’ve got you covered with a healthier, tastier, and fruitier alternative. [here]
French Couple Barred From Calling Son Griezmann Mbappe After Football Heroes – Celebration of World Cup win is ruled ‘contrary to child’s interest’ as pair settle to call boy Dany Noe instead. [guardian]
Why Dogs And Humans Love Each Other More Than Anyone Else – You speak dog better than you think you do. You may not be fluent; that would require actually being a dog. But if you went to live in a dogs-only world, you’d be pretty good at understanding what they’re saying. [time]
Steve Jobs Made A Bunch Of Predictions In The 80s And 90s About The Future Of Technology — It Turns Out He Nailed It – Today, you wouldn’t leave the house without your smartphone. But back in the mid-1980s and 1990s, a device like the iPhone was still far out of the purview of most tech companies and the average consumer. Modern online media giants like Facebook and YouTube were still at least 20 years away, and Google first became a company in 1998. [busins]
Kim Kardashian Shares A Close-Up Of Her Facial Psoriasis – After partying the night away with old pal Paris Hilton. [dm]
WTF Is Psoriasis? – We also didn’t know. You can read up on it [here] And chat to our buddies at SKIN Renewal to help you with yours 😉
Inside The Impossible Burger – Is the meat-free mega trend as good as we think? [guardian]
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