227 Rhinos Killed By Poachers So Far This Year – South Africa has lost 227 rhinos to illegal hunting activities since the beginning of the year, the department of environmental affairs says. The latest statistics indicate the Kruger National Park has lost 137 rhinos, which accounts for more than half of the total rhino killings that have taken place this year. [timeslive]

The Goodman Gallery Is Sorry – The Goodman Gallery regrets hurt caused by the display of a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with exposed genitals, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile said on Monday. [news24]

ANC Vows To Continue Court Action Over Painting – Decision by City Press newspaper to remove image of Brett Murray painting from its website not enough, says ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu. [businessday]

Priorities: A penis painting vs. rhinos – our African heritage…

Blair Feared Fight With Britain’s Media Barons – British leaders have no choice but to court powerful media barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage press attacks which are “full on, full frontal, day in, day out,” former Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry on Monday. [reuters]

China And Japan To Trade Yuan And Yen – Not Dollar – China will allow direct trading of the yuan and the Japanese yen, in a move aimed at promoting trade between Asia’s two biggest economies. This means the two countries will not be using the US dollar as an intermediary. [bbc]

Eric Clapton Gets His Own One-Off Ferrari – Ferrari has built a one-off special edition model for Eric Clapton. The SP12 EC (SP for “Special Project” and EC for “Eric Clapton”) is described as being “created as homage to Clapton’s career and his long lasting experience as a Ferrari owner”. The car is based on the 458 Italia but features styling cues from Clapton’s favourite Ferrari model, the 512 BB of the 1970s. [telegraph]

Vatican Denies Cardinal’s Involvement In Scandal – The Vatican denied reports on Monday that an unnamed cardinal is suspected of being a leading mole behind leaks of confidential papal documents, but confirmed many people were being questioned. The comments came as the Vatican struggled to contain rumours in the media about the so-called “Vatileaks” scandal. [afp]

NASA Outlines ‘Heritage’ Sites On The Moon’s Surface – NASA is somewhat nervous about its own lunar history. The agency recently released a set of guidelines that aim to preserve important heritage locations such as the Apollo landing and Ranger impact sites. The report, available since 2011 to members of the private spaceflight community, was publicly posted at NASA’s website and officially accepted by the X Prize foundation on May 24. [wired]

New SuperYacht Becomes ‘World’s Biggest’ – Project Azzam, one of the superyacht industry’s most closely guarded secrets of recent years, and expected to become the world’s largest luxury yacht when it is launched, has been unveiled in photo form. Currently in construction at the Lürssen yacht building facility in Germany, the floating behemoth is rumoured to come in at over 180m, topping the current largest yacht, Eclipse, which measures 164m. [luxuo]

Qatar Shopping Mall Fire Kills 19 – Nineteen people, including 13 children, died Monday in a fire that raged through an upscale shopping mall in Doha, Qatar’s Interior Ministry said. Local reports confirm that South African citizens were caught in the fire. [nytimes / news24]

Federer Equals Connor’s Record – Like so many of his opening round matches at major championships, Roger Federer’s win over Tobias Kamke was comprehensive, but it secured the 16-time grand slam champion another record. The 30-year-old’s 6-2 7-5 6-3 win over the German was his 233rd at major championships and drew him level with Jimmy Connors all-time record. [cnn]

Kim Kardashian Accuses British Airways Of Theft – Kim Kardashian has urged bosses of a British airline to step up security after some of her belongings allegedly went missing from her suitcase. In a series of posts, she writes, “Very disappointed in British Airways for opening my luggage & taking some special items of mine! Some things are sentimental & not replaceable.” [starpulse]

Justin Bieber Wanted For Questioning After Paparazzi Fight – Bieber has been named a suspect in a criminal battery case in Los Angeles after he got into a fight with a photographer who “stepped over the line.” One paparazzo in particular didn’t move as Bieber tried to get into his car, which resulted in a physical altercation between Bieber and the pushy paparazzo. [gossthis]

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The Bailey Schneider Show – From 14h00-15h00 today, Bailey catches up with R&B sensation, Denim, then Karolina Sky joins her from 15h00-17h00 for the BFF Show.[bffshow]

Leila Benelli Show – Wolgang Riebe and Eleftheria Kakambouras joins us in studio – they are both very passionate about the topic of self mastery and love and have integrated this in the work they teach and share. [leilabeneli]

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Acoustic Session with Juke Royal – Cape Town band, Juke Royal, joined Just Josie for the weekly acoustic session on her show. Check out the podcast where they play their current radio hit, Mosquito, followed by some of their new material.[podcast]