Deputy President Jacob Zuma owes fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik R3,2-million, or over half the value of his pension, the Durban High Court heard on Monday. Shaik gave R1,2-million to Zuma and forensic auditor Johann van der Walt told the court an equal amount, if not more, would have to paid in interest if a revolving loan agreement between the two parties was taken into account.

United States warplanes unleashed two air strikes and ground fire on the restive city of Baquba on Monday, in a morning of violence that left about 20 insurgents dead. Violent clashes also erupted in the town of Buhruz, and a convoy of aid from Iraq’s Red Crescent withdrew from the main hospital on the outskirts of Fallujah.

Labourers from the fertile farms of South Africa’s northernmost province regularly take their grievances to a modest office in Musina’s Nancefield township, just south of the Zimbabwe border. Most labourers tell of abuse by farm owners, ranging from physical violence to illegal evictions. But behind every labourer’s dispute is a single issue: land.