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Curated by Jonathan Ancer
Why Babita Deokaran was murdered | National shutdown | Survé sides with the crooks | Angolan youth seek change | Ukraine braces for attacks | Ex-Malaysian PM jailed | Woman 'speaks' at her own funeral
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Babita, a whistleblower within the Gauteng health department, was assassinated last year. News24's 6-month extensive investigation reveals what she uncovered in the days before her murder.
News24
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Cosatu and Saftu have called on all non-essential workers to strike today. Protests are planned for most of the provinces, with thousands expected to join marches calling for government intervention.
Daily Maverick
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Survé has used Independent to publish inaccurate, often downright false, stories to further his own interests. Now IOL has gone further, establishing itself as the voice that defends state capture.
GroundUp News
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News From Our Continent |
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Despite nearly 50 years in power and billions of dollars worth of oil pumped, the MPLA-led government has failed to lift Angola’s overwhelmingly young populace out of poverty.
Al Jazeera
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A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights over what it said was colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment.
News24
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World News |
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The sense of dread deepened in Ukraine yesterday because of warnings that Russia may try to spoil the country's Independence Day holiday and mark the war's six-month point with intensified attacks.
AP NEWS
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Najib Razak begins a 12-year jail term after losing his appeal against his conviction. The ruling caps the stunning downfall of Najib, who until four years ago governed Malaysia with an iron grip.
BusinessLIVE
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One of the most famous portraits of Winston Churchill is missing from the Château Laurier's Reading Lounge after apparently being replaced with a copy, but how long ago it disappeared is a mystery.
CBC
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Health News |
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In 2021 around 0.3% of sexually active people in the Western Cape took antiretroviral medicines to prevent HIV infection - substantially lower than the national estimate of 1%. Spotlight asks why.
Spotlight
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Sport |
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Liverpool have made their worst start to a Premier League season failing to win their opening three matches for the first time since 2012‑13 and were leapfrogged by 'crisis club' Manchester United.
The Guardian
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And Then There's This ... |
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Conversational video tech allowed the late Marina Smith to answer mourners' questions via recordings. Those attending her funeral could listen to her respond to their questions about her life.
BBC News
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