Nick Mallett Will Earn R12 Million If He Gets England Job – Stuart Lancaster, who was appointed interim head coach after Johnson’s departure in November, and former South Africa and Italy coach Nick Mallett had their second and final interviews on Thursday. It is understood the successful candidate can expect to receive a financial package worth around £350,000-a-year for three years. [telegraph]

Coroner Report: Whitney Houston Drowned Following Cocaine Use – Singer Whitney Houston appears to have suffered a heart episode before accidentally drowning in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel suite, according to coroner’s officials who listed cocaine use as a contributing factor. [latimes]

Assad’s Wife May Face EU Travel Ban – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s wife Asma, a Western-educated former banker and style icon, faces an EU travel ban and asset freeze along with other members of Assad’s family, diplomats said Thursday. [vanguard]

French Killer Jumped Out The Window, Guns Blazing – That’s how the French killer went. The cops stormed the 2nd-floor apartment he was in and he came running out the bathroom, firing his weapon. Then he jumped out of the window to his death. Mellow. [skynews]

French Killer DID Film It All With A Go Pro – Prosecutor Francois Molins, who is overseeing the investigation into the seven killings, said Merah filmed his gun attacks in their entirety with a camera attached to a chest harness. He added that police have viewed the footage which he said was recorded on a GoPro camera. Merah, a French citizen of Algerian descent, told police he had posted the footage on the internet, according to Mr Molins. [skynews]

French Killer Was Already On A US No-Fly List – A senior US official has confirmed to ABC News that Mohamed Merah, the 23-year-old suspect in three French terror attacks, was on the FBI’s “no-fly” list, and said that French authorities would be aware that the US had placed Merah on the list as a terror risk. [abcnews]

Lauryn Hill To Perform At Cape Town International Jazz Festival – Multiple Grammy Award-winner Lauryn Hill has been confirmed to perform at this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Her performance will take place on Saturday March 31 at the famous Kippies stage. [mail&guardian]

“Radio Is Losing Its Intelligence” – “Next week I start listening to entrants in the MTN Radio Awards for the third year. The awards themselves have vastly improved but I doubt if the content quality will indicate the same. The verdict? ‘Radio has lost its intelligence.'” [bizcommunity]

Top TV Pushing For That Porn ‘Bouquet’ – TOP TV will on Friday argue that Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) regulations give it the right to launch its satellite TV porn channels next week. TopTVs parent company On Digital Media faces an Icasa application for an urgent interdict preventing it from launching Adult XXX, Playboy Europe and Private Spice on it newest bouquet. [businessday]

Fleck Happy With Taute At 13 – The Stormers are happy that Jaco Taute is not part of the Lions’ back trio, but instead at outside centre for their Super Rugby clash in Johannesburg on Saturday night. Robbie Fleck believes the Lions could miss Taute’s attacking exploits at the back. “He is exceptionally good at fullback and I believe they’ll miss him for his ability to launch counter attacks.” [news24]

The 2ov Super 15 Bet Multiple Gets You 75 Times Your Money – The guys at bet.co.za have given us a special bet of our own called the ’2oceansvibe Multiple’ which you will find in their Super 15 betting menu). It has been put together by the 2oceansvibe team and if you put down R135, you will win back R10,000. [here]

New Landmark For Cape Town – The Cape Town International Convention Centre has appointed a team of architects to turn it into a leading global destination. CEO of the convention centre Rashid Toefy said the project, “which will change the face of Cape Town”, would cost R690-million over the next three years. [timeslive]

Sperm Hunting Women Prowl Zimbabwe Highways – Susan Dhliwayo was stunned when she pulled her car over recently to pick up a group of male hitchhikers and they refused to get in. The reason? They feared being raped. Sensational reports of gangs of beautiful women picking up male travellers to have sex and harvest their sperm in condoms have gripped Zimbabwe in a dizzying mix of taboos, rituals and the downright bizarre. [afp]

Ricky Martin And His Sons On The Cover Of Vanity Fair – Adorable – He didn’t let being a single man get in the way of his dreams of becoming a parent and welcomed twin boys in 2008 with the help of a surrogate. And three years on Ricky Martin is proudly showed off his adorable sons posing with them on the cover of the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair’s April issue. [dailymail]

R2.2 Billion Jackpot TODAY – Buy Tickets Online! – There was no jackpot winner in the March 20th USA Mega Millions draw. The winning numbers were 1-4-6-11-14 and Mega Ball 30. The USA Mega Millions Jackpot today is now estimated at US $290Million. That comes to R2.2 Billion and you can buy tickets online. [here]

Is Rihanna Tapping Ashton Kutcher? – Rihanna paid a late-night visit to Ashton Kutcher at his LA mansion in the small hours of yesterday morning. The singer was snapped knocking on the Two And A Half Men star’s door at 12am in a pair of denim hotpants. She then popped in and stayed for four hours. She must have forgotten her toothbrush. [thesun]

Porn Star Claims He Slept With Lohan With Dad In Same Building – Porn star Alex Torres, a.k.a. Voodoo, claims to have had a wild night of sex with Lindsay Lohan while her father, Michael Lohan, was asleep in the same house. Torres talked with The Jim Richards Show on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto on Friday when he divulged his A-list romp after being told MiLo would be on the show. [hollygoss]

LATEST 2OV RADIO PODCASTS

The Rolling Stone Chart Show – This week’s show featured the local Kwaito chart! [podcast]

Wine, Harry And Song With Harry Haddon – Raised by Bacchus and suckled on Chenin, Harry Reginald Haddon hates kak wine. He thinks you should hate it too. Life’s too short. Once a week he will help guide you – along with Richard and Lindsay – through the world of wine with a steady hand (after the first glass of bubbly, that is) and introduce a few wines that are not kak. [podcast]

Financial Report – Yesterday’s Financial Report discussed SA consumer inflation unexpected slow-down. [podcast]

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