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Money for school pays for Lottery boss’s golf estate home
Lottery grant was meant to rebuild a Limpopo school that burned down during protests. Instead some of the money was used to buy a R3.6-million house in a golf estate for Thabang Mampane.
2022-07-28 | GroundUp News
ANC averts full-blown strike by staff as policy conference starts ....
... But the party now faces a bigger battle to ensure that it emerges united from this conference, despite contrasting views on issues such as its step-aside policy.
2022-07-28 | City Press
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa focused on what the party achieved since its 2017 policy conference, when he addressed a smaller than usual crowd of business elite at the party's gala dinner.
2022-07-28 | News24
Court orders that Brian Molefe's R8.5m bushveld home be auctioned, rates bill R500k in arrears
The property was set to be sold as a sale in execution, which typically happens when an asset has been repossessed by a bank.
2022-07-28 | Fin24 | Paywalled
'A dirty game': Young Kenyans shun election hype
As a campaign jingle brings the Kenyan crowd to their feet, Hellen Atieno joins her compatriots and sways to the catchy tune at a political rally. Just don't expect the 23-year-old to vote.
2022-07-28 | News24
Pink diamond found in Angola believed to be largest in 300 years
The 170-carat ‘Lulo Rose’ was found at the Lulo diamond mine. 'Only one in 10,000 diamonds is coloured pink. So you’re certainly looking at a very rare article,' said the company's CEO.
2022-07-28 | Al Jazeera
Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan in two-hour call
US president reiterates opposition to undermining peace in Taiwan amid tension over potential Pelosi trip.
2022-07-29 | The Guardian
Ukraine war: Russia hits Kyiv area as Ukraine seeks to retake south
Russia carries out deadly strikes in Ukraine, as Kyiv seeks to cut off Russian troops in the south.
2022-07-29 | BBC News
Poor vaccine coverage risks measles outbreak, experts say
A survey found that only 76.8% of children surveyed received their childhood vaccines. Elri Voigt asks whether a recent measles outbreak in Gauteng may be a harbinger of worse outbreaks to come.
2022-07-28 | Spotlight
Rilee rampant as Proteas emphatically square T20 series
The Proteas righted every wrong from the previous night in Bristol as they squared the T20 series against England with a 58-run victory in Cardiff last night.
2022-07-28 | Sport24
Irvin Jim. NUMSA is in chaos under his leadership. Defying an interdict against the congress going ahead, he's accused of driving a factional purge and has shown contempt for the courts and the press.
Saudi Arabia’s new mirrored city looks like a huge dystopian wall in the desert
Mohammed bin Salman plans to develop a huge city in the desert which will have every futuristic technology you can think of: from vertical farms and cloud seeding to robot cage fights and a fake moon.
2022-07-26 | The Verge
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