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#paybackthemoney, court tells Zuma | Pakistan monsoon on steroids | Gorbachev dies | Ukraine reclaims territory | Medical xenophobia challenged | What Serena gave us | Madiba's message (sort of)

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ANC MPs shield Ramaphosa over Phala Phala during heated Parliament Q&A

Just as the ANC defended former president Jacob Zuma in the dying days of his presidency, ANC lawmakers again stood battle ready to shield President Cyril Ramaphosa from the Phala Phala scandal.

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It’s #paybackthemoney for Nkandla time: Court rules VBS can seize Jacob Zuma’s assets

VBS Mutual Bank can now seize Zuma’s cattle, furniture and other assets to repay his R6.5-million loan for his Nkandla homestead. This on the back of a high court order in VBS’ favour yesterday.

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This is not a broken bus. This is a classroom in an Eastern Cape school.

“This is an underperforming school and the Department of Education … are doing nothing about it'.

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News From Our Continent

Madagascar police fire on mob attacking station; 11 killed

At least 11 people were killed in Madagascar when police opened fire on a mob demanding they hand them four suspects held for allegedly kidnapping a child with albinism and killing the mother.

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World News

Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died yesterday at the age of 91,

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Ukraine wages counterattack to reclaim Russia-occupied Kherson

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Moscow’s troops to flee from an offensive launched by Ukraine’s forces near the southern city of Kherson, saying they were taking back their territory.

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Pakistan floods are ‘a monsoon on steroids’, warns UN chief

More than 1100 deaths as the UN launches an aid appeal. 'Let's stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. Today, it's Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.'

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Israeli court sentences director of Gaza charity to 12 years in prison

An Israeli court has sentenced the Gaza director of an international charity to 12 years in prison on allegations of funnelling aid money to Hamas, the end of a high-profile case mired in controversy.

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Health News

TAC tackles health minister on medical xenophobia

'We cannot keep silent,' TAC’s Sibongile Tshabalala tells Joe Phaahla.

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In-depth: Fewer meds stockouts at SA clinics, but contraceptives often not available

South Africa is seeing fewer medication stockouts than in previous years but contraception shortages continue to be a problem in the country, according to a new report from the Stop Stockouts Project.

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Sport

What Serena Williams Gave the World

The greatest female athlete of all time — check that: perhaps the greatest athlete of all time — has been thinking a lot about the reason she’s vowed to hang up her racket for good.

Time
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And Then There's This ...

'The spirit of freedom is the spirit of courage' - Mandela (sort of)

Journalist Andrew Trench asked an artificial intelligence model to write a letter from Nelson Mandela to South Africans of the future. This is what it thought the great leader would have told us.

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