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Zuma Granted Leave From Prison To Attend Brother’s Funeral – Zuma’s brother, Michael, died shortly after Zuma started his prison sentence in Estcourt. [news24]

SA Passes 68,000 Covid-19 Deaths, With More Than 500 Fatalities Confirmed In 24 Hours – According to the NICD, the majority of new cases were again from Gauteng (32%, or 5,219 cases), followed by the Western Cape (21%, or 3,471 cases). [timeslive]

Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty To LA Sexual Assault Charges – He appeared in court in a wheelchair after being extradited from New York, where he is serving a 23-year jail sentence for similar crimes. [bbc]

UCT Unveils ‘Most Affordable’ Online Secondary School Coupled With Public Access Curriculum – Fees cost R2,095 a month, and applications are open with classes begin in January 2022. [dailymav]

Team USA Chiropractor Sorry For Comparing Covid Protocols To Nazi Germany – The post, sent to her Instagram and Facebook accounts last week, was flagged by both social media platforms for spreading misinformation. [guardian]

Eskom Under Pressure And A Backlog Of LP Gas Deliveries Make For A Colder Week In SA – Eskom is already urging South Africans to lower their electricity usage for fear of load shedding. [businsidersa]

Fiercest Billionaire Space Race Is Bezos Vs Musk – If Jeff Bezos has been feeling upstaged by rival space entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Sir Richard Branson, he certainly was not showing it. [ft]

‘It’s Too Late’: Doctor Says Dying COVID-19 Patients Are Begging For Vaccines – “They thought it was a hoax,” said Dr. Brytney Cobia of Alabama as she implored people to get vaccinated while they can still protect themselves. [huffpost]

Researchers Identify 14 Living Descendants Of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Family – The research is part of the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project, which aims to confirm remains thought to be his and to “better understand his extraordinary talents”. [cnn]

Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccines To Be Manufactured In South Africa From 2022 – Pfizer and BioNTech said they expect that Biovac’s Cape Town facility will be incorporated into the vaccine supply chain by the end of 2021. [bustech]

What R29m Buys You In Camps Bay These Days – There was no winner in Tuesday’s R137 million PowerBall draw, meaning the jackpot rolls over to this Friday. Let’s start spending our hypothetical fortune. [here]

NASA Shares Epic Shot Of The Moon’s Creepy Shadow During June Eclipse – The image makes it look like the annular “ring of fire” eclipse scorched the North Pole. [cnet]

Transgender Weightlifter Is Set To Make History At Tokyo Olympics – But Does She Have Unfair Advantage? – The 43-year-old New Zealander – who transitioned from male to female in 2012 – will represent her country in women’s weightlifting. [sky]

Lewis Hamilton ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ In Max Verstappen Move, Says Mercedes Tech Chief – Verstappen accused seven-time world champion Hamilton of being “dangerous, disrespectful and unsportsmanlike” following their collision at Silverstone. [iol]

Ugly Inheritance War Pits Tycoon’s Son Against ‘Mistress’ – A Los Angeles socialite says she is owed millions from the estate of a late Dallas real-estate developer. The Texas billionaire’s son is accusing her of extortion. [dbeast]

Prince George Marks His Eighth Birthday With A Beaming Smile – It’s become a royal custom to release a photograph on a child’s birthday, and in return the paparazzi will leave the Royal family alone. [tele]

Bachelor SA’s Marc And Marisa Call It Quits – “It’s over…. again. Both Marc and Marisia have confirmed that it’s been over for some time now,” said Bachelor Nation South Africa in an Instagram post. [channel24]

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