News in a nutshell
Curated by Jonathan Ancer
Wednesday of discontent | Inflation high | Mkhwebane's legal woes pile up | Ethiopia truce over | Ukraine update | I just want some fun - Finnish and klaar | MEC wins Twit crown | Dogs' tears of joy
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'People can barely survive. The cost of living is beyond reach of the working class. We're getting deeper and deeper into levels of poverty. This democracy is failing the masses,' says union leader.
GroundUp News
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Consumer inflation accelerated to 7.8% in July, up from the already-high 7.4% in June, driven mainly by fuel and food prices to reach another 13-year high.
BusinessLIVE
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Constitutional Court orders Mkhwebane to pay the costs of her last-ditch attempt to seek the rescission of the ruling that the impeachment inquiry process against her was lawful.
News24
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Municipal water has not been restored to Tongaat’s 40,000 residents since the April floods. Tongaat Civic Association says despite being declared a disaster zone government has abandoned them.
GroundUp News
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MEC’s rant is a distraction from the root issue: the ANC never acted on the implementation of strategic frameworks to regulate cross-border healthcare agreements back in 1994.(See Twit of the Week.)
Daily Maverick
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News From Our Continent |
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The fighting marks the end of a ceasefire observed since March and could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Tigray region
Al Jazeera
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World News |
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Kremlin propaganda has shifted in frightening ways. What you hear, incessantly, is talk of a struggle of civilizations. 'This is a fight for the soul of Russia, for its rightful place on the planet.'
Grid News
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Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower
CNN
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Leader defends work ethic and describes week in which she has been forced to defend her private life as ‘quite difficult’.
'The Guardian
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Health News |
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The director of clinical trials at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute speaks about what set her off into a career in science, the significance of the ASPIRE trial, and motherhood.
Spotlight
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For the first time in a decade, polio has appeared in the US. The first case popped up in July and the virus has also been detected in wastewater. Those who haven't had the polio vaccine are at risk.
Slate Magazine
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Sport |
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The Blitzboks are on the brink of a fifth HSBC World Sevens Series title with the final leg in Los Angeles playing out this weekend.
Daily Maverick
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It's only Thursday but the Twit of the Week (possibly Twit of the Year) Award goes to ... Limpopo health MEC Phophi RamathubaThis Twit berated and humiliated a vulnerable Zimbabwean woman awaiting surgery. Instead of performing for social media, Dr Ramathuba should brush up on the Hippocratic Oath she once took. |
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Research suggests dogs cry tears of happiness when reunited with their owner after a period of absence. The tears may help cement the bond between human and dog.
CNN
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