Allan Gray Passes Away – Allan Gray, the founder of the asset manager that carries his name and one of South Africa’s greatest philanthropists, passed away from a heart attack over the weekend in Bermuda. He was 81 years old. [moneyweb]

Allan Gray: Death Of A Gentleman – In a world that often feels dominated by venal, power-hungry and self-centred people, it is telling that a man who dies quietly on a Caribbean Island half a world away will leave behind a legacy that will live on for generations. [dailymav]

Australia On Alert As ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Threat Looms – The states of Queensland and New South Wales have both declared a state of emergency. Sydney is at especially high risk. [cnn]

Shooting Of Top Hawks Cop May Affect, Delay Major PetroSA Corruption Cases – Colonel Christelle Stemmet, who was shot and killed at her home in Table View, was leading probes into major corruption scandals at state-owned company PetroSA. [news24]

BEE Is Not Working: Capitec CEO – Speaking in an interview with 702, Capitec’s chief executive officer (CEO), Gerrie Fourie, said that this is because the system has only helped a select few. [businesstech]

Sweden’s 100 Explosions This Year: What’s Going On? – Swedish police are dealing with unprecedented levels of attacks, targeting city centre locations too. The bomb squad was called to deal with 97 explosions in the first nine months of this year. [bbc]

Mistress In Alleged Love Triangle With Mantashe And Mboweni – Pretoria-based student Lerato Makgatho (26) claims that Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe, a married father of three, is still her boyfriend. [citypress]

Donald Trump Jr.’s Series Of Unfortunate Book Tour Events – “Triggered” was supposed to take MAGA-world by storm. Instead the storm has come from Junior. [dailybeast]

‘Vape At Your Peril’, Doctors Warn As They Reveal Teenage Boy Contracted Life-Threatening Condition – Ewan Fisher was put on life support aged just 16 after suffering from an allergic inflammatory reaction which could have cost his life. [telegraph]

Napoleon Expert Admits To Killing Lover After Arms Found In Bag – Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old professor at St. Petersburg State University’s history department, was arrested after he was pulled alive from the freezing waters of the city’s Moika canal. [abc]

Amazon Is Opening Its Own Grocery Store In 2020 – It will be different than Whole Foods and Amazon Go. [verge]

Instagram Influencer Used Secret Account To Hit Back At Her Critics – Clemmie Hooper, who is behind Mother of Daughters, says she wanted to change people’s views after reading comments about her family. [guardian]

Uber Faces Boycott Threats After CEO Calls Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder A “Mistake” – Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is under fire for calling the murder of a Washington Post columnist a “mistake,” despite his attempts to curb the damage from his comments. [cbs]

Melanistic Serval Spotted In The Serengeti – A regular serval is high on the bucket list of many avid safari-goers but spotting them is tough. They’re shy, secretive cats that tend to live in tall grasses — the perfect combination for staying unnoticed. [getaway]

24 Tiny Design Features That Show Apple’s Incredible Attention To Detail – Apple’s fascination with detail presents itself in subtle ways throughout the company’s product line, from the Mac to the iPhone and Apple Watch. [businsider]

Aweh Ma-Se-Bokke! – To the cynics, the naysayers, the realists, the non-dreamers, this is the time to stop reading. For the dreamers, the optimists, the believers, the sports nuts, keep reading. [dailymaverick]

Bok Trophy Tour Bus Breaks Down Briefly On N2 – The world champions were left stranded atop the bus on the N2 outbound, with traffic piling up all around it. [timeslive]

You Can Now Pimp Your Vespa With These Superb Graphics – If gold rims don’t sound good to you, you’ve clearly never seen them on a Vespa. The company is reinventing style with their 2020 graphics. [here]

Making Friends As An Adult Is Hard. Would You Pay $720 For Help? – “You know those friends who are always late?” Noreen Butler says while waiting for her potential new friend to show up. “You end up letting them drop off.” [washpost]

Neil Young Says His Marijuana Use Has Stalled Citizenship Application – Young expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of becoming a U.S. citizen at age 74, in time to vote in the 2020 presidential election. [latimes]

Charlize Theron Dazzles In Strapless White Gown – She leads the red carpet at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in NYC with Brooke Shields and Busy Philipps. [dmail]

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