FNB Is Yanking eBucks Tiers For Some, Slow Lounge Visits For Others In Big Overhaul – One large chunk of account holders will no longer have the 5-tier rewards system, where earnings and rewards increase for those who use different FNB services. [businsidersa]
Western Cape Top Cop Jeremy Vearey Fired – Over three days between April and May, Vearey was subjected to an “expeditious” disciplinary process on misconduct charges for a raft of Facebook posts. [news24]
China Allows Three Children In Major Policy Shift – China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. [bbc]
Israel’s Lapid Says ‘Obstacles’ Remain In Bid To Oust Netanyahu – Israel’s latest political turmoil comes more than two months after Israel’s fourth inconclusive election in less than two years, and could topple the right-wing leader known as Bibi. [ewn]
The Suez Canal Is Being Widened. Will It Be Enough To Stop Another Ship Getting Stuck? – In an effort to avoid a repeat of the event, in mid-May, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced it had started dredging work to widen and deepen it. [cnn]
DStv Under Siege – DStv is facing threats from international streaming services, local competitors like Openview and PremiumFree, and a Competition Commission investigation.[mybb]
Cybersecurity Attack Hits World’s Largest Meat Supplier – In a statement, JBS, which has its U.S. headquarters in Greeley, Colorado, said the attack affected some of its servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. [usatoday]
QAnon’s Wildest Moments From Their Massively Disturbing Conference – Michael Flynn calling for a military coup and Roger Stone’s social media advisor calling for Hillary Clinton’s execution. [vice]
WhatsApp Reverses Course, Now Won’t Limit Functionality If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy Policy – Earlier this month, WhatsApp said that users would lose functionality over time if they didn’t accept its new privacy policy by May 15th. [verge]
Norma Mngoma’s ‘Secret’ Fiancé Left Her A Large Inheritance, Gigaba Says – When he first met Mngoma, she portrayed herself as a wealthy woman who had inherited a handsome sum of money and assets from her late father, who lived in New York. [iol]
Overconfident Of Spotting Fake News? If So, You May Be More Likely To Fall Victim – Study suggests people who are most sure of their ability to discern fact from fiction are less likely to do so. [guardian]
Baboon Management: City Of Cape Town Shows Its Spiteful Side – The city has reacted to an NSPCA statement by throwing all its toys out of the cot and punishing the public it is supposed to serve by threatening to stop all baboon management. [dailymav]
Cape Town’s Kelp Forest Named One Of New Seven Wonders Of The World – Situated 16 kilometres south of Cape Town, the underwater jungle is larger than the Grand Canyon and is home to millions of creatures. [getaway]
Osaka Withdraws From French Open Following Row Over Media Boycott – Osaka, one of the biggest name’s in women’s sport, went on to say she had suffered from depression since 2018. [timeslive]
Manchester United, Arsenal Tumbled In Value During Pandemic – Europe’s five biggest soccer clubs all lost value in the pandemic’s fallout. [moneyweb]
The Marathon Runner Who Set Out To Defy The World Of Science – Kenyan-born Kipchoge pushed his body to the extreme as he set out to become the first human to run a marathon in under two hours. [sky]
He’s Preachy And Pretentious – But Does Moby Deserve To Be The Most Hated Man In Pop? – Following his self-emolliating memoir with a painful new documentary, the devoutly vegan ‘bald binge drinker’ has never been more loathed. [telegraph]
Kourtney Kardashian shares sex tips post for ‘passion’ in the bedroom – She’s no stranger to PDA, now Kourtney Kardashian is offering up raunchy sex tips for fans who want to “dip into the kink culture”. [newsau]
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