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Q&A Sessions: George Euvrard, the brains behind our cryptic crossword

George Euvrard spoke to Athandiwe Saba about his passion for education, clues on how to solve his crosswords and the importance of celebrating South Africa.
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Poachers in prisons tell their stories

Interviews with offenders provide insight into the structure of illegal wildlife trade networks

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Africa

Tunisia President Saied urges protester restraint on fourth day

Tunisian leader tells protesters in Tunis suburb to not let looters exploit their "poverty and misery"

Starvation crisis looms as aid groups seek urgent Tigray access

Africa Zecharias Zelalem
Humanitarians sound alarm for millions of people in need of emergency assistance in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northern region

Covid-19 on the rise in Zimbabwe

Africa Kudzai Mashininga
The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections

Business

Covid will decide if home refurb boom continues

If herd immunity is reached and life returns to ‘normal’, people may switch spending to things they gave up and the desire to DIY may subside

Bitcoin rules take edge off crypto-nite

Business Sarah Smit
New regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges could boost investor confidence in such assets

WhatsApp panics as users flee to rivals in privacy boycott

Business Agence France presse
The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions

Politics

Niehaus has 48 hours to state why he should not be axed

The MKMVA spokesperson has been asked to give reasons why he should not be fired from his position at Luthuli House after attacking Jesse Duarte last week

The politics of the Zuma-Zondo showdown

Politics emma balfour
Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout

Zuma won’t appear before Zondo commission on Monday, say his lawyers

Politics emma balfour
Last year the commission asked the Constitutional Court to force the former president to appear. Although ruling has not been made, the summons remains valid, but Zuma’s lawyers say they won’t honour it

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F*ck this view, we’re heading north: Reliving ‘Mermaid Fillet’

Mia Arderne’s debut novel is, partly, a homage to place. Flashes of Cape Town’s northern suburbs pop up, offering hazy solace to the characters. Phumlani Pikoli went along for the ride.
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The Portfolio: Nocebo Bucibo

Friday vusumuzi phakathi

‘Joburg Noir’ extract: ‘Weep for Me, Willow’ by Fred Khumalo

Friday Fred Khumalo

Nompumelelo Ebronah Moholo: The first lady of jazz

Friday madoda nethi

Education

Students to receive NSFAS laptops by March

Nearly a year after Nzimande announced that NSFAS beneficiaries would receive laptops as part of the interventions for Covid-19 at higher education institutions, the devices are yet to be delivered

An experiment in what school could be

Education kathija yassim
Two Limpopo principals will be helping to create radically reimagined communities of learning: schools as living systems

Children may benefit when parents share their digital gaming space

Education katie headrick taylor
Digital games can provide forums for diverse groups of people to come together, which is especially important while our physical activities are restricted

Sport

How Zimbabwe’s footballers turned to ‘money games’ for survival

The unsanctioned, illegal matches provide much-needed cash after the cancellation of the regular season due to coronavirus

Can member-owned football clubs succeed?

Sport carlos
Football supporters often fantasise about seizing control of their clubs, sending owners and officials down the tunnel. But evidence suggests that democratic, fan-owned teams are not for glory hunters

African Blogtable: Start of the 2020-21 NBA season

Sport Refiloe Seiboko
Is a Lakers back-to-back a lock? And which Christmas Day game will be the most exciting?

World

Tens of thousands skip India’s Covid vaccination drive

Government confirms two post-vaccination deaths, denies link to jab in one case while post-mortem report is awaited in another

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison

World al jazeera
The Kremlin’s most prominent critic has returned to Russia, five months after collapsing on a plane

‘No one took us seriously’: Black cops warned about racist Capitol police for years

World joshua kaplan & joaquin sapien & propublica
Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building

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