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Zondo: Lock Zuma up for contempt

The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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Zulu land body in limbo: Who becomes Ingonyama trustee?

A lack of precedent has raised concerns about the future of the Ingonyama Trust after the death of the king, its sole trustee

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State’s failure to act leaves Mpumalanga community at land grabbers’ mercy

Land claimants have been failed by state organs, whose officials, despite a court order

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Africa

Tanzania’s John Magufuli: a brilliant start but an ignominious end

Magufuli will be remembered for rolling back Tanzania’s democratic gains, making the country an unwelcome investment destination and denying the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic

Dakar protests: A day at the ‘stone factory’

Africa azil momar lo
The Continent observed the demonstrations outside Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University

Ousmane Sonko’s support highlights waning separatist sentiment in Casamance

Africa james courtright
Until recently, many Casamancaise complained that Senegal would never accept a national political leader from the region – and this complaint fuelled the separatist sentiment

Business

Climate change slightly more of a priority for chief executives, says Pwc survey

But 27% of the chief executives canvassed report being ‘not concerned at all’ or ‘not very concerned’ about climate change

SAA snubs meeting with Scopa and Gordhan

Business Chris Gilili
MPs express frustration at the shoddy work done by the dysfunctional, broke airline and its rescue practitioners, calling their no-show ‘unacceptable’

Carbon tax to curb big polluters

Business tunicia phillips
Other steps to fight climate change include improved reporting, monitoring and laws

Politics

High court reserves judgment on bid to reveal Ramaphosa’s donors

The EFF pleaded public interest, but the Financial Intelligence Centre says releasing the records it provided would breach the law

Ramaphosa can’t separate funding for ANC bid from becoming president, high court hears

Politics emsie ferreira
Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters are seeking to force the disclosure of records showing who bankrolled the CR17 campaign

Local government elections: Covid-19 adds to IEC’s challenges

Coronavirus Eunice Stoltz
The Independent Electoral Commission wants to prevent a repeat of the voting irregularity complaints that occurred during the last LGE

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Education

Portfolio committee on higher education criticises ministry for not taking it seriously

Neither the minister nor deputy minister stayed for the duration of an urgent committee meeting to discuss funding challenges for university students

Testing the ‘glass cliff’ theory at school

Education kathija yassim
Some think that putting women in sticky situations when they reach the top is setting them up for failure, but the opposite could be true

Teargas, bleeding knees and burning tyres: A day in the protest for free higher education

Education Bongekile Macupe
Police shot at students who had been peacefully marching in the streets of Johannesburg during the first day of the national shutdown on Monday

Sport

How Klopp and Mourinho became victims of change

The tides of time are moving at such an exponential rate that they’ve swept up two of football’s maestros

Euro 2020 shrouded in uncertainty 100 days before kick-off

Sport Agence France presse
The tournament is set to begin on 11 June, but Uefa are facing many logistical challenges due to travel restrictions

Simeone is Atlético’s secret weapon

Sport Luke Feltham
El Cholo remains true to himself — consistent, totally committed and prepared to graft — and these values are retained by the team

World

Former French president Sarkozy handed jail term for corruption

The conviction sets a new low-point in the tumultuous political career of the right-winger who remains a dominant political figure in France, admired by fans for his tough talk on crime and immigration

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Health madlen davies & rosa furneaux & ivan ruiz & jill langlois
Pfizer is accused of bullying Latin American governments by demanding they grant indemnity against potential civil claims relating to the vaccine

Governments around the world condemn Myanmar’s military coup

World Agence France presse
The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar's democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians

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