Cyril to face MPs | Mobile shower bus launched | Can the opposition get it together in 2024? | Violence in Libya | Pakistan flooding catastrophe | Comrades drama | Club's creep crackdown
Ramaphosa in Parliament to face the music over Phala Phala, immigration and GBV
The president will face MPs in the National Assembly tomorrow. Leading the pack on Phala Phala will be the ATM, which has called on Parliament to set up an inquiry into the saga.
2022-08-29 | News24
Mobile showers for homeless people: 'mother of water' bus launched
'I just cried underneath the water,' say a woman who has been homeless for 30 years. It was her first hot shower in ages. She normally takes a crate, puts a black bag in it and washes herself.
2022-08-26 | GroundUp News
The recent challenges to the DA-led coalitions in Gauteng municipalities point to potholes on the road to a national coalition government. Can the opposition overcome their differences in 2024?
2022-08-27 | Daily Maverick
What we know about Libya’s worst fighting in two years
At least 32 people killed and 159 more wounded in the clashes amid fears of escalating violence in the country divided between rival governments.
2022-08-28 | Al Jazeera
Official Angolan result gives ruling MPLA wafer thin win. On the streets the outcome isn't believed
Yet, even with a thin majority, the loss of the absolute (two-thirds) majority in parliament – and of the capital, Luanda – has to be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
2022-08-27 | The Conversation
Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in 'climate catastrophe'
Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands.
2022-08-28 | AP NEWS
The psychiatrist who warned us that Donald Trump would unleash violence was absolutely right
The vindication of Bandy Lee.
2022-08-29 | Mother Jones
OPINION: Towards women-centred climate change decision-making and budgeting
The climate crisis threatens women and girls' access to healthcare. Matshidiso Lencoasa argues that the crisis is an opportunity to centre the vulnerable and protect women’s right to healthcare.
2022-08-26 | Spotlight
Drama, tears, elation and how the 'Ultimate Human Race' was all SA needed it to be
Both winners - Tete Dijana and Alexandra Morozova - had emotional journeys to the finish line. 11 700 of the 13 200 starters finished the race yesterday.
2022-08-29 | Sport24
Sydney nightclub bans staring as part of crackdown on creepy behaviour
Club 77 says it will have a designated safety officer on duty to protect patrons from unwanted attention, including leering, which the Human Rights Commission defines as a form of sexual harassment.
2022-08-26 | ABC Radio Sydney
This lady at church is eating Maynards so I ask her for some. She drops a few in my hand. Later I ask for more. She lies & says they're finished.... And I am supposed to raise kids with such a person?
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