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Zuma plots to unseat Cyril | Jagersfontein trail of destruction | Ukraine's gains | West Africa's unprecedented levels of violence | Polio emergency | Emmys 2022 | Gorilla's 'snough'

Zuma tells Magashule-led delegation to support NDZ against Ramaphosa

Zuma summoned ANC NEC allies to Nkandla and instructed them to campaign for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be the next ANC president. A strategy to unseat Ramaphosa is expected to by finalised on Thursday.

2022-09-12  |  News24

Jagersfontein Disaster: Trail of destruction after Free State diamond mine dam burst leaves destitute residents searching for relatives

Residents devastated by the mine dam burst stood around in shock yesterday, looking at the destruction. 'When I came home from work, there was nothing left of my house. I could not find my family...'

2022-09-12  |  Daily Maverick

Khoisan settlement faces eviction from prime forestry land

Some residents of Knoflokskraal in Grabouw want to negotiate with the government for the land to be given to them. Residents wan to reclaim the land based on their rights as indigenous Khoisan people.

2022-09-12  |  GroundUp News

News From Our Continent

Cocaine trade changes routes in West Africa to avoid armed conflict - report

Cocaine traders in West Africa have switched to coastal routes to avoid a rise in conflict between militia groups inland. 'West Africa is experiencing unprecedented levels of armed violence.'

2022-09-12  |  The Mail & Guardian

Uganda pays first installment of $325m war reparations to DRC

The DRC asked the International Court of Justice to force Uganda to pay reparations for the deaths, looting and economic damage caused by Uganda’s military occupation of parts of the DRC in the 1990s.

2022-09-12  |  Al Jazeera

World News

Ukraine continues Kharkiv offensive despite apparent Russian retaliation

Ukraine’s forces have continued to press their Kharkiv counterattack, seeking to take control of almost all of the province, as Russia launched air and missile strikes in retaliation for Ukraine gains

2022-09-12  |  The Guardian

Pakistan rushes to protect key power station as flood threat rises

Floods from record monsoon rains and glacial melt in the mountainous north have affected 33 million people and killed almost 1,400, washing away homes, roads, railways, livestock and crops.

2022-09-13  |  The Guardian

The Catholic Church is bankrolling a nationwide assault on women's rights

Most Catholics support the right to choose but diocese are funding campaigns for state-level abortion bans. Catholics are left-of-centre on issues of sexuality but church leaders are fringe hard-right

2022-09-12  |  Rolling Stone

Health News

Patients paid the price as colostomy bags ran out at Gauteng hospital

From around March to June there was a shortage of colostomy bags at Soweto's Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. This meant public sector patients were sent home with too few or the wrong bags.

2022-09-12  |  Spotlight

New York declares state of emergency over polio to boost low vaccination rates

There's evidence the virus is spreading in communities. It's been detected in sewage samples from four counties in the New York metro. 'On polio, we simply can't roll the dice,' health official warns.

2022-09-09  |  CNBC

Emmys 2022

Emmys 2022: the full list of winners

Succession, The White Lotus and Ted Lasso all grab awards at the 74th Emmy awards ceremony

2022-09-13  |  the Guardian

Sport

Mark Boucher’s sudden resignation stumps Cricket SA: 'I didn’t think the journey was over'

Cricket South Africa CEO Pholetsi Moseki Moseki says Proteas coach Mark Boucher’s resignation came as a shock to the organisation, which doesn’t have a succession plan in place.

Sport

And Then There's This ...

Zoo gorillas use a weird new call that sounds like a sneezy cough

Sukari the gorilla can grunt. She can hum. She can grumble. Now, scientists report, she’s got a new way to express herself. Sukari can 'snough', which may help her attract human attention.

2022-08-10  |  Science News

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