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Not quite a shoot-out, and not quite the OK Corral

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There was an attempt by the Hawks, accompanied by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra), to confiscate drugs being smuggled into the country

Eskom is in a death spiral – IRR

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The news last week that Eskom wants South Africans with solar panels to pay more for electricity ‘is a cry for help from a power

Twitter slaps 12-hour ban on Vegter – for debunking fake news

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Daily Friend columnist Ivo Vegter’s satire, ‘Inside the vaccine conspiracy: a confession’, published last week, earned the writer a 12-hour Twitter ban for purportedly propagating

China says Taiwan declaration of independence would mean war

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China has warned Taiwan that any moves towards independence would result in war. The warning by the Chinese minister of defence comes after a Chinese

Fogging the funds

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Gauteng Premier David Makhura must hold MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi accountable for the R431 million spent on sanitising, deep cleaning and decontaminating schools, says

New Delhi stand-off continues

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Since September 2020, when Indian Prime Minister Modi enacted three new laws to reform India’s agricultural sector, tens of thousands of Indian farmers have gathered

Florida man on sex-crime charges turns to GoFundMe to bankroll flight from justice

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A Florida man out on bail for alleged child sex abuse set up a crowd-funding campaign to pay for his efforts to evade the law.

Storming of police station reflects frustration over inept policing – IRR

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The storming of a remote police station in the rural Eastern Cape by villagers frustrated with ‘useless and unreliable’ policing highlights the need for urgent

Sibongile Khumalo dies

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Veteran singer Sibongile Khumalo has died at the age of 63. Khumalo had been ill for a long time as a result of complications arising

God will protect Tanzania from Covid – Magafuli

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John Magafuli, the bombastic president of Tanzania, has dismissed the idea of lockdowns and vaccines to protect his country from the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that