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- SPORT MILESTONE: 100km in under six hours — SA’s Sibusiso Kubheka stuns the worldKubheka’s run proved that covering 100km in under six hours is possible, as he embodies something essential about South Africa at its best. Read more »
- MINI CROSSWORD: Daily Crossword Quickie – Wed, 29 OctWelcome to Daily Maverick's free mini crossword quickie. Follow the clues and fill in the squares to solve these minis. Read more »
- Newsdeck: Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating US-brokered ceasefireJERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by U.S. President Donald Trump. Read more »
- Newsdeck: Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, turns to CubaKINGSTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. Read more »
- AMABHUNGANE: Revealed: Maziya’s share in tainted IDT oxygen tender ‘left as it was’, contradicting health minister’s promisesDespite public undertakings from the health minister to remove the tainted R836-million tender from the IDT, the Maziya joint venture’s contract remains firmly as it was. Read more »
- THUG LIFE: ‘My job is to shoot’ — guns blaze in Westbury as rival gangs battle for turfIn Westbury, Johannesburg, the police arrived with promises following a shooting last week that left two teenagers dead and five injured. Residents have heard it all before. Read more »
- OPINIONISTA: Higher education crisis exposes a ministry being recapturedSetas, meant to serve South African youth, have been hijacked by bureaucrats, cronies and politically connected networks. This must change urgently. Read more »
- PARLIAMENTARY HEARING: PKTT disbandment ‘surprised’ Deputy Police Minister Cassel MathaleWhen Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale appeared before Parliament in the ongoing police inquiry, an MP said he was ‘sliding like a hot knife through butter’ over his inability to answer pointed questions. Read more »
- DUE PROCESS FAILURE: NMB’s lease of R25m transformer to Coega Steel heads for high courtNelson Mandela Bay’s acting city manager, Lonwabo Ngoqo, has announced that the metro will take a lease agreement for a R25m transformer to the high court for judicial review. The agreement was allegedly concluded without following due process. Read more »