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'Zuma not all bad,' says Mkhize / Ferial Haffajee reflects on the life of Jessie Duarte / Time for ICC to help deliver justice in Africa / Forest fires rage across Europe / Stinging restaurant review

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Mkhize says Zuma years not all bad as his presidential campaign gets a boost

ANC presidential hopeful and former health minister Zweli Mkhize has bemoaned the treatment of Jacob Zuma and has dismissed the notion of the ‘nine wasted years’ under the former president

News24
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Restoring UCT’s burnt archives will take years

'It’s like solving a massive puzzle,' says head archivist

GroundUp News
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Ferial Haffajee reflects on the meaning of the life (and death) of Jessie Duarte 'to women like me'

In the 1970s and 1980s, women like Jessie Duarte and her generation were like beacons in a desert for youngsters like me with big dreams, stuck in a system that kept taking fire hoses to them.

Daily Maverick
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At least nine killed in shootings

Police say they are on the hunt for suspects following the shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape

Al Jazeera
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News From Our Continent

International Justice Day 2022: Time for ICC to flip the script

The International Criminal Court, long accused of using Africa as a laboratory, should now use the lessons it learned in Ukraine to help deliver justice in Africa.

Al Jazeera
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World News

Russia prepares for next Ukraine offensive in face of new Western weapons

As Western deliveries of long-range arms begin to help Ukraine on the battlefield, Russian rockets and missiles have pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.

Reuters
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Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread

Wildfires force France to evacuate some 16,000 people, as Spain, Croatia and Greece are also hit.

BBC News
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Health News

COVID-19: The role of next-generation vaccines in immunity

Indications are the virus that causes COVID-19 is going to continue evolving and escaping the protection against infection people already have. Researchers are working on next-generation vaccines.

Spotlight
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Sport

‘Still a lot to work on,’ says Bok coach after series win against Wales

Lack of cutting edge on attack and an injury concern over Cheslin Kolbe left Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber with a furrowed brow after a 2-1 series win over Wales.

Daily Maverick
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And Then There's This ...

‘The music was bad, the pasta dismal’ – a stinging restaurant review

'It was when they started pumping a soft, lilting chill-out cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart into the dining room that I really began to lose the will to live...'

The Guardian
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