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Limpopo social development lambasted for not supporting Mbilwi school after suicide of Lufuno Mavhunga

The department appeared before the commission hearings on issues of bullying and corporal punishment in schools

Bongekile Macupe

Public works, SIU declare war on infrastructure tender corruption

Hlophe recuses himself from Mkhwebane case

State paid R49-billion to Gupta entities in dodgy deals, researcher testifies

Odi: The life and death of a legendary football stadium

Odi Stadium, a unique behemoth that once held 60 000 fans, is clinging to its existence

National

Sassa chief executive ignores R45m jobs-for-pals claim

Totsie Memela-Khambula has known about allegations of a nepotistic tender for months but taken no action

Court dismisses bail appeal of murder accused Zane Kilian

National

Masuku’s statement about SIU ‘misleading’

Coronavirus

SA can now keep Pfizer jabs in a bar fridge for a month

Politics

Van Damme dumps Democratic Alliance

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Opinion

Government does not have the right to ignore rural citizens

Proposed changes to the Traditional Courts Bill to remove the possibility to “opt out” and use magistrate’s courts instead are probably unconstitutional, and definitely play into the hands of traditional leaders instead of their communities

Wilmien Wicomb

Mantashe living in “alternative universe” as he ignores international warnings on climate change

Alex Lenferna

African enterprises: build your boat now before the next tsunami hits

cathy smith

We have become spectators in our own democracy

Andile Zulu

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Africa

Why are African countries undermining the rights bodies they created?

African states are starting to withdraw from rights bodies when rulings go against them

Covid-19: Vaccinate, but don’t stop testing

Testing and isolating the infected are still the most effective response to the pandemic

Rewriting colonial narratives? You might want a new font

Osmond Tshuma’s ‘Colonial Bastard’ typeface shakes the canon of typography in Africa

Business

SA needs to gear up for clean energy

Exploration and beneficiation of minerals will reduce the country’s carbon footprint

Sakeliga has a ‘secret agenda’

But Afriforum’s business wing says the finance minister is playing the race card

Firm attaches Post Office’s digital migration decoders

Thousands of decoders and satellites gather dust at a Polokwane property while the embattled Post Office struggles to settle alleged rental arrears

Politics

ANC NDC lambasts PEC in ruling reinstating Masuku, Diko

In April the M&G reported that the two were ordered to step aside from all party positions and to desist from speaking on behalf of the organisation until the SIU investigation has been concluded.

KZN to leverage on Zuma’s popularity in this year’s election

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it has plans to leverage Zuma’s popularity when it starts its election campaign for this year’s local general elections

NPA says Zuma is trying for another delay in arms deal trial

The former president’s application to remove Billy Downer as prosecutor comes as he runs out of road in more than one legal battle

Environment

Covid may stop SA presence at COP

The United Kingdom, this year’s climate change conference host, wants an in-person event, but Covid factors such as travel restrictions and vaccinations may stop people from attending

Penguins can’t get enough to eat

Decolonising environmentalism and climate change

‘We want to breathe fresh air’

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Arts & Culture

Pope Zille speaks her truth: Go woke stay broke

Helen Zille decries using ‘lived experience’ in woke arguments, but does so herself in her latest book, says Shaun de Waal

Shaun De Waal

Women stand-up comedians in Zimbabwe talk about sex – and patriarchy

what life; i insisnt on dying here

[BR]OTHER: Xenophobia born of dreams deferred

Education

Abusive teachers still slip through system, council for educators admits

The council told the Human Rights Commission that “systemic gaps” and weak controls mean teachers found guilty of offences could still be found in the system

Kaluke Mawila: The university campus principal who leads from the heart

It was people’s warmth towards Kaluke Mawila that set the tone for how she manages the George campus of Nelson Mandela University

Principals put lid on learner abuse

The Human Rights Commission inquiry into bullying and sex at schools in Limpopo has heard that some principals don’t report cases of a sexual nature that involve teachers and learners

Sport

School contact sports suspended due to rise in Covid-19 cases, cluster outbreaks

Education department implements the ban with immediate effect and will monitor the situation until outbreaks cease

Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 to be held in Cape Town

The competition, which will run between September 9-11, 2022, will be held at the Cape Town Stadium, with a capacity of 57 654.

Tokyo doctors association calls for Olympics cancellation

With less than 10 weeks until the Tokyo Games begin and as Japan battles a surge in infections, public opinion remains strongly opposed to the event going ahead this summer.

World

Pretoria prevaricates on Israel

Cyril Ramaphosa may have signalled a hardening of tone but, like his predecessors, he is unlikely to break the mould on the Palestine-Israel two-state solution

Cali protests herald brewing class war

Colombia’s general anti-tax strike has turned into a mass protest movement and become violent, writes Laura Brown

‘Indignant ones’: The Spaniards who launched ‘occupy’

Fuelled by social media, the protests were horizontal in structure, decentralised with no identifiable leader, and took shape without the involvement of unions or political parties.