Tembisa tensions mount | Artisanal gold mining is out of control | Mdluli's assets frozen | Ethiopia urged to restore services in Tigray | Win for abortion rights in Kansas | Proteas defeat Ireland
Phillemon Letwaba earned nearly R4-million and Lotteries boss Thabang Mampane more than R4.5-million in the 2020/21 year
2022-08-03 | GroundUp News
Tensions mount in Tembisa again as families mourn their dead
Protesters block off township with rocks and rubbish. They said they were angry because Ekurhuleni mayor Tania Campbell would not address them before Friday.
2022-08-03 | GroundUp News
Artisanal gold mining is out of control
Reports on turf wars between rival gangs and shootouts between illegal miners and security officers are common, but recent incidents point to a spike in the scale of illegal activity and conflict.
2022-08-03 | The Conversation
Assets worth R13 million belonging to Richard Mdluli and co-accused frozen
The Asset Forfeiture Unit has successfully frozen assets to the tune of R13 million belonging to former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and his co-accused in the 'slush fund' corruption case.
2022-08-03 | News24
EU, US envoys urge Ethiopia to restore services in Tigray
The northern region has been struggling to cope with food shortages and no access to basic utilities since June 2021.
2022-08-02 | Al Jazeera
Kansas just showed the US how to win the fight to protect abortion rights ....
... And revealed the shrewd anti-abortion playbook Democrats face in the fall. A primary election marked the first time US voters had a chance to directly weigh in on abortion since Roe was scrapped.
Mother Jones
China to begin series of unprecedented live-fire drills off Taiwan coast
Island accuses Beijing of planning to breach sovereign territory in wake of controversial visit by Nancy Pelosi
2022-08-03 | the Guardian
UN secretary-general skewered global energy companies, saying itâs âimmoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisisâ spawned by the war in Ukraine.
2022-08-03 | Daily Maverick
Conjoined twins fused at the brain separated with help from virtual reality tech
Itâs the sixth operation of its kind successfully performed and the first to be carried out in Latin America.
2022-08-02 | IFLScience
High-flying Proteas claim victory in opening T20 after Ireland scare
Reeza Hendricks hit his fourth successive Twenty20 fifty as South Africa defeated Ireland by 21 runs in their series opener at Bristol yesterday.
2022-08-03 | Sport24
Bandit the 'guard cat' thwarts robbery
When people tried to break into a home in Mississippi last week, the cat did everything she could to alert its owner.
2022-08-02 | HuffPost
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