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- CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: KZN police in deadly shootouts with suspected criminalsMore than 40 suspected criminals have been killed in shootouts with KZN police in the last three months. These shootouts come in the wake of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) recently raising a concern that cops needed to avoid ‘short-circuiting the criminal justice system’. Read more »
- In Pictures: Paris trains hit by sabotage ahead of Olympic opening, and more from around the worldMoving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the last 48 hours. Read more »
- ANSWERED PRAYERS: Grade 6 learner back at school – and on the bus after he was made to get off and make his own way homeThe 11-year-old learner who walked home earlier this week after a bus driver refused to allow him to board is back at school and still commuting the nearly 50km from home to school using the bus. He is one of many learners in Cape Town and other parts of the… Read more »
- SEMIS SUCCESS: From struggling season to potential Olympic medallists, SA Sevens turned their season around in one eveningThe SA Sevens team last made the last four of a Sevens World Series leg in December last year – there have been seven legs since. But on the biggest stage, they have shone brightest. Read more »
- Newsdeck: US Replaces Africa as Global Oil Swing Supplier, Consultant SaysAmerican crude grade WTI Midland has replaced West African oil as the swing supplier for markets between the Atlantic Basin and Asia, according to consultancy Renaissance Energy Advisors. Read more »
- Newsdeck: Paris Sticks to Olympics Opening Event Plans After Rail SabotageParis plans to proceed with its 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, after a “massive attack” on the country’s super-fast rail network disrupted trains and cast a shadow over the event. Read more »
- Newsdeck: Nigerian Leader Pushes Back Against Calls for National ProtestsNigerian President Bola Tinubu sought to diffuse calls for nationwide protests over the country’s cost-of-living crisis, while slamming the organizers for fermenting “anger.” Read more »
- REPRESENTING SA: Gayton McKenzie and deputy jet off to Paris – Delegation ‘kept to a minimum’, insists departmentWhen the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics starts on Friday evening, new Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie will be in the crowd. His deputy Peace Mabe will be in Paris to support the Paralympic team at the opening ceremony later in August. Read more »
- COURT RULING: Motsoaledi slams response to medical certificates of need high court ruling as ‘propaganda’ against NHIMinister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, said he was deeply concerned about the high court ruling declaring a part of the National Health Act unconstitutional. The relevant sections deal with plans by the government to regulate where doctors can work and hospitals can operate. Even more so, Motsoaledi said, he… Read more »
- THE CONVERSATION: Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the Paris Olympics is going green – and what it’s missingThe Paris games are shaping up as the greenest games yet. But some critics say even more needs to be done. Read more »