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Load shedding stage fright | Pongola tragedy | 'Immoral' Ugandan festival rocks | 'Don’t,' Biden warns Putin | Millions flee typhoon | GOP's immigration stunts escalate | Antiwordle: to win is to lose
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Rolling Blackouts: Waking up to Stage 6, now Eskom execs are fighting to fend off Stage 8 power cuts
The country was moved to Stage 6 as diesel reserves ran low. 2022 has been the worst year for scheduled power cuts. There have been power cuts on more than 100 days in a year that's 259 days old.
Daily Maverick
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The horrific truck crash that killed 19 school pupils and two adults in northern KwaZulu-Natal was bound to happen, local residents have said.
News24
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Science writers says journalists must hold the government and the private sector to account for its role in the climate disaster, and should write more about the systems that produce climate change.
GroundUp News
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Watching Rob Hersov mindlessly spewing bile without displaying an ounce of self-awareness, is galling, writes Bruce Robertson.
News24
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Thousands of revellers gathered for Uganda's Nyege Nyege festival which went ahead despite a threat to ban it because it was a 'breeding ground for sexual immorality and homosexuality'.
BBC News
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World News |
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Biden warns Putin not to use nuclear weapons after a series of military losses. Ukraine drove back Russian forces in a lightning rout last week putting Putin under pressure from nationalists at home.
Al Jazeera
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A 6.8 earthquake shook much of Taiwan yesterday, toppling a three-storey building, trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside. About a dozens quakes rocked the island.
The Guardian
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Authorities urge four million people on Kyushu Island to evacuate as Typhoon Nanmadol bears down on southern Japan. The typhoon landed near Yakushima,packing maximum surface winds of 162km/h.
Al Jazeera
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Florida governor's political stunt to fly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard is a reminder that the GOP’s policies are about gratifying the basest impulses of MAGA voters.
Vox
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Health News |
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SA last published a comprehensive guide for the management of childhood TB in 2013. The guidelines are being updated to recommend a shortened TB treatment regimen for most children with pulmonary TB.
Spotlight
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Sport |
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The basketball legend wore the jersey during the 1998 NBA finals, which would cap the Chicago Bulls' historic championship run in the 1990s. The sale price set a record for game-worn collectibles.
NPR.org
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And Then There's This .... |
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It's a game where losing is the point, and it turns out losing is hard.
Lifehacker
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Predictive Text Typo of the Day'Legendary tennis ace Roger Fedora has announced his retirement' All we can say is: hats off to the Fed Express for an amazing career! |