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Teffo quits in a huff / 'Build our houses or face court action' / Sri Lankan president flees / 'Wild' Trump tweet incited attack / Twitter sues Musk / Covid variants rapidly evolving / Cricket con
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The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education hosted a discussion last night to commemorate the first anniversary of the riots in KwaZulu-Natal that left more than 300 people dead.
Daily Maverick
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Defence lawyer advocate Malesela Teffo, who is representing four of the five men accused of murdering Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana skipper Senzo Meyiwa eight years ago, quit in a huff yesterday.
City Press
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The HDA bought 700 hectares of land near Malmesbury just outside Cape Town eight years ago. But the agency says it was only officially appointed as implementing agent for the project in March.
GroundUp News
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One driver said that over time when Uber flooded the market with thousands of cars his daily trips were cut in half. What happens then is drivers end up taking more risks and working longer hours
EWN
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News From Our Continent |
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Ukraine supplies a tenth of global wheat exports and about 95% of those left the country through the Black Sea ports. Russia has blocked these ports, which could result in famine in parts of Africa.
Daily Maverick
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World News |
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Yesterday’s wide-ranging hearing attempted to link Trump to far-right groups that stormed the Capitol. 'Trump's notorious "Be there, will be wild!" tweet was catalyst for violent protests.'
Al Jazeera
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives yesterday, hours before he was due to step down amid widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.
Reuters
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Twitter has sued billionaire Elon Musk in an effort to force him to follow through with his deal to buy the social media company.
CNN
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Health News |
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Omicron and its sub-variants have dominated surges of new infections around the world. Why are they taking off at such a fast pace? Because each variant is rapidly evolving to outsmart the last.
Spotlight
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Sport |
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Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has made several changes to his team for Saturday's third and final Test against Wales in Cape Town.
Sport24
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And Then There's This ... |
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Four people were arrested for running a fake cricket league in a small village in Gujarat. Putting up a near-perfect con, the accused aimed to dupe Russian punters into betting on the matches.
India Today
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