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River Club developers in 'willful contempt' / Covid jab refusers dismissed / Mkhwebane impeachment / Maasai may lose their land – again / Ukraine updates / First full-colour image of distant galaxies

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Work on River Club development in 'willful' contempt of a court order, say picketers

Developers say the matter will be decided by the Western Cape High Court today

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Old Mutual, Standard Bank have now fired 89 people for refusing Covid-19 jab

Old Mutual has dismissed 49 employees for incapacity. Standard Bank has dismissed 40 and has placed many others on special leave pending their incapacity hearings.

Fin24 $Paywalled$
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Top Lottery exec to face fresh corruption inquiry

NLC serves its chief operating officer Phillemon Letwaba with a notice of intention to suspend him - for the third time

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Blow by blow account of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's impeachment hearing

Parliament's hearing against Mkhwebane started yesterday. Suspended Public Protector is the first head of a Chapter 9 institution to be impeached

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News From Our Continent

In Tanzania, the Maasai may lose their land – again

In the shadow of Serengeti National Park, 70,000 people may lose their home. They’re Maasai, an indigenous semi-nomadic people who the government says are threatening a precious eco system.

Al Jazeera
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World News

Ukraine update: 'Iran to send Russia armed drones'

The US says it has information that Moscow is turning to Tehran for military aid to use in the war with Ukraine.

Al Jazeera
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The Uber whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie

Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about the rideshare company to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’

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News From Outer Space

James Webb Space Telescope's stunning first full-colour image revealed

The image is said to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the universe to date, containing the light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach us.

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Sport

Tour de France leader Pogacar: I'm not a Cannibal

Slovenian confident heat won't be an issue in mountainous second week

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And Then There's This ...

Pregnant Texas woman says unborn baby should count as a car passenger after receiving a ticket for driving in a high-occupancy vehicle lane

She told the officer that with overturning Roe v Wade, her unborn child was recognised as a living person. She plans to fight the $215 ticket arguing her in-utero baby should count as another occupant

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