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Farmgate fallout / Lottery contractor gave millions to ex-board chair’s mansion / Mali suspends UN peacekeepers / Italy lurches into crisis / The death of 'Boris' the clown / Banyana reach semis

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Phala Phala farmgate fallout — Major-General Wally Rhoode replaced as presidential protection head

National Police Commissioner appoints another cop to oversee the Presidential Protection Services. This comes during political fallout relating to the ‘unreported’ robbery at Ramaphosa's farm in 2020.

Daily Maverick
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Lottery contractor gave millions towards ex-board chair’s mansion

A private company that was paid millions for providing services to the National Lotteries Commission contributed R2-million towards the luxury mansion of Alfred Nevahutanda.

GroundUp News
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Ship of fools

Zapiro sails into the parliamentary impeachment inquiry of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Daily Maverick
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News From Our Continent

Mali orders suspension of UN peacekeeping mission rotations

Mali's military-led government suspends troop rotations by UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, days after arresting 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast who it said had arrived in the country without permission

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In Kenya, elections have lost their shine

'Election fever is riding high in Kenya, but there is little hope that the upcoming polls will bring about real change.'

Al Jazeera
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World News

Russian cruise missiles strike Vinnytsia, killing at least 23 people, say Ukrainian officials

President Zelensky urges international community to recognise Russia as a terrorist state and calls for the confiscation of Russian assets in all countries to compensate victims of Russian terror.

CNN
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Italian PM Mario Draghi offers resignation after coalition falls apart

'Super Mario' resigns after populist coalition partner Five Star withdrew its support in a confidence vote, but the president refuses to accept it.

BBC News
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Books

‘For me, the truth is important because we have been fed so many books with lies’ — an interview with author Terry-Ann Adams

The Johannesburg Review of Books editor Jennifer Malec chatted to Terry-Ann Adams about writing, representation, and their new collection of short stories, White Chalk.

The Johannesburg Review of Books
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The Weekend Read

The death of 'Boris' the clown

All of a sudden nothing worked. The audience began to jeer. Yes, for the first time in his career, the crowd were booing.

New Statesman
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Sport

Banyana slay Tunisia to reach Wafcon semis and 2023 World Cup

Banyana Banyana qualified for their second Fifa Women’s World Cup and kept their 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations dream alive with last night’s 1-0 quarterfinal win.

TimesLIVE
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Tweet of The Week...

Goes to @MooseAllain for this gem: My wife thinks I over-analyse our marriage, which, to be frank completely contradicts the findings of my report.

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