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Mon, 05 Jul 2021 04:18:36 GMT
Zuma Tells His Supporters He Is Prepared to Fight 'Injustice'
[Daily Maverick] Jacob Zuma reiterated late on Sunday night that he was not scared of going to jail for his beliefs, saying he was prepared to be a prisoner of his conscience, as he had done when he was incarcerated on Robben Island during apartheid.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 05:33:28 GMT
I'm Not Going to Jail, Says Jacob Zuma
[Nation] Former South African president Jacob Zuma says that there is no longer a need for him to be sent to jail.

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:10:05 GMT
Zuma's Self-Made Nkandla Cul-De-Sac
[Daily Maverick] The next few days will bring finality to the question of whether former President Jacob Zuma will go to jail peacefully. Key to this is the question of whether he will call, allow or enable violence to be used to keep him out of jail...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:41:57 GMT
Jacob Zuma's Ill-Conceived Rescission Application Reeks of Self-Pity, Deviance and Delinquency
[Daily Maverick] Jacob Zuma's affidavit shows he is largely the author of his own misfortune because he has accepted bad advice and behaved with the deviance of a delinquent teenager. His generally unapologetic stance is hardly going to endear him to...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:41:28 GMT
ANC Set to Thrash Out the Defiance of an 'Uninvited' Zuma At NEC Meetings This Week
[Daily Maverick] ANC leaders will hold a one-day special national executive committee meeting on Monday to talk about their weekend. Former president and convicted court-order-dodger Jacob Zuma, the man who caused the original weekend meeting to be p...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:31:56 GMT
Conflating the Zuma Judgment With Politics, Illegality and Unconstitutionality Is a Dangerous Shot in the Dark
[Daily Maverick] I am not a prophet of doom, but signs are that those who hold the firm view that the judiciary is politically biased against Jacob Zuma seem prepared to throw out of the window any respect for the judiciary left in their fibre. And t...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:31:03 GMT
Jacob Zuma Enabled By Insurrectionists Desperately Clinging to the Trough of Greed and Malfeasance
[Daily Maverick] Those agitating and mobilising outside Nkandla would have us believe that their show of force is an act of defiance. We know better, and we see their desperate fear for what it is - an intentional affront to our rule of law and the v...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:30:13 GMT
Vaccination Roll-Out Expands and Chinese Vaccine Approved While South Africa Battles 'Worrying' Rise in Third Wave
[Daily Maverick] As the sluggish Covid-19 vaccination roll-out opens for more South Africans, including the over-50s and members of the police service, the regulatory authority has approved a new vaccine while the high transmissibility of the Delta v...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:22:58 GMT
Why Rio Tinto Declaring Force Majeure Over Richards Bay Minerals Is a Significant Event
[Daily Maverick] There are five reasons the decision by global mining giant Rio Tinto to declare force majeure on customer contracts at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a major event in SA's business life, and much more significant than a short-term co...

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:59:22 GMT
All in the Family - How Households Survive the Covid 3rd Wave in Gauteng
[Daily Maverick] The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has ripped through families in Gauteng, the province at the pandemic epicentre, hitting many who escaped the first two waves. Three families describe how they are coping.

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:28:02 GMT
President Must Enforce Lockdown Regulations in Nkandla or Scrap Them - Opposition
[DA] The scenes currently unfolding outside Jacob Zuma's homestead at Nkandla, which have broken almost every lockdown level 4 regulation gazetted, are fast morphing into a dangerous and volatile Covid-19 super spreader event threatening the lives of...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:57:53 GMT
The 2021 British & Irish Lions Series - Strangest and Most Complex of Tours Is Finally Here
[Daily Maverick] After a stressful build-up, the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour is on the go at last. The most compelling storyline might be whether it makes it to the end, on 7 August.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:46:26 GMT
Finally - Proteas Notch Up First T20 Series Win in Two Years in Battle Against West Indies
[Daily Maverick] There is evidently much more work that needs to be done by the Proteas as they build-up to the T20 World Cup. However, their tight series win over the West Indies has some positive takeaways.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:43:35 GMT
Magazine Journalist Shona Bagley - Fly Free, My Remarkable Friend
[Daily Maverick] I count journalist Shona Bagley among the people who have made a significant impact on my career. She was very smart, with a razor-sharp wit, filled with grace and a generosity of spirit.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:55:27 GMT
Gauteng Police Arrest More Than 997 Suspects During Weekend Operations in the Province
[SAPS] Gauteng Acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Tommy Mthombeni was joined by Gauteng MEC for Community Safety Ms Faith Mazibuko, West Rand District Commissioner Major General Fred Kekane and senior officers from various law enforcement a...

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:47:16 GMT
Police Conduct Crime Awareness Campaign At Northam
[SAPS] Office of the Provincial Commissioner of Limpopo

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Zuma Provokes ConCourt in Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Jail
[Daily Maverick] As armed Zulu regiments marched alongside Jacob Zuma at his homestead in Nkandla on Saturday afternoon, legal minds elsewhere were somewhat flummoxed following the former president's challenge to a ruling from the highest court in th...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:06:35 GMT
Nearly 35 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
[allAfrica] As of July 2 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reachedĀ 5,547,605 while overĀ 34,845,605 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 10:32:32 GMT
Ex-President Jacob Zuma's 11th Hour Legal Maneuvre Delays Jail
[Premium Times] Despite the allegations of corruption against him, Mr Zuma still commands huge followings in South Africa.

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:50:38 GMT
Dear Papa Zuma, When Days Are Dark, Friends Are Niehaus
[Daily Maverick] South Africa fails to appreciate the struggles and sacrifices of a father of an estimated 20 children and the father of the nation. Papa, please let me share your story with them so that they may open their eyes and see.

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:31:31 GMT
Mwenda Mbijiwe's Family Asks U.S., Israel and South Africa for Help
[Nation] Missing former Kenya Air Force Commander Mwenda Mbijiwe's mother has appealed for the international community's help in finding him.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 06:19:15 GMT
Popular South African Actor Mutodi Neshehe Dies
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Another sad day for Mzansi as veteran actor Mutodi Neshehe has died.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:38:41 GMT
Mwenda Mbijiwe's Family Asks FBI, Israel and South Africa for Help
[Nation] Missing former Kenya Air Force Commander Mwenda Mbijiwe's mother has appealed for the international community's help in finding him.

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 18:50:19 GMT
Victory for the Rule of Law - the Warriors Leading the War Against State Capture
[Daily Maverick] The Constitutional Court judgment against former president Jacob Zuma, and the strengthening of key institutions such as the South African Revenue Service and the National Prosecuting Authority, showing early signals of success in th...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 18:37:59 GMT
Turning Point - Zuma Has Dug His Own Grave and Can Expect Little Support, Even in KZN
[Daily Maverick] The ConCourt judgment is a definite demonstration that South Africa has not become a complete banana republic.

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:10:18 GMT
Covid-19 - South Africa Approves Emergency Use for Sinovac
[Nation] South Africa's health products regulator has sanctioned the use of the Sinovac Biotech's coronavirus vaccine as it fights a new wave of the pandemic.

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 10:34:53 GMT
Woe Is Me! Serial Victim Jacob Zuma Now Wants to Indulge the Court
[Daily Maverick] In his latest attempt to thwart Lady Justice, former president Jacob Zuma has tried to portray himself as a pious man whose only vices have been that he may have accepted poor legal advice, is of ill health, and suffers financial con...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:48:35 GMT
South Africa's Vaccine Quagmire, and What Needs to Be Done Now
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's approach to its COVID-19 vaccine programme has been characterised by a large number of missteps. In aggregate it has left the country behind many others on the continent, and essentially left millions unvaccin...

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:45:21 GMT
False Story About Decuplets Was a Low Point for Journalism - How to Fix the Damage
[The Conversation Africa] It is difficult to imagine a bigger journalistic disaster than the recent decuplets story by Pretoria News, based in South Africa's capital city. But it may present an opportunity to think anew about what could be done to ad...

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:15:32 GMT
Excluding Foreign Nationals Undermines the Vaccine Rollout
[spotlight] As the country proceeds with Phase 2 of the vaccine rollout plan, the government has still not addressed how undocumented people will register to receive the vaccine.



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