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White House defends Cuba sanctions as UN warns of harm

Yesterday at 05:03 AM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – The Trump administration defended its sanctions on Cuba on Wednesday after the United Nations’ human rights chief warned US actions were causing “widespread harm to the population and endangering lives.”

Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zone

Yesterday at 05:00 AM, via Daily Maverick

DAKAR, June 10 (Reuters) – Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, authorities said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline sustained transmission more than three weeks after the epidemic was declared.

SOWETAN | Seize the moment, Bafana Bafana

Yesterday at 05:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

When Hugo Broos arrived in SA in 2021, he inherited a national football team that was low on confidence and struggling for relevance.

CLEAN BREAK (PART 2): Property information withheld — the Cape Town planning tribunal that answers to no one

Yesterday at 04:30 AM, via Daily Maverick

As members of Cape Town’s municipal planning tribunal can now effectively serve for life (as revealed in Part 1 of this series), Daily Maverick interrogates the tribunal’s lack of official employment records, the basis of its apparent property ‘development-above-all-else’ policy, and why it is withholding a critical legal opinion for which ordinary Capetonians have paid.

WHAT NEXT: Here’s how to take Kirstenbosch to greatness

Wednesday at 23:56 PM, via Daily Maverick

This series on the gardens has had, within 48 hours, nearly 80,000 readers, and provoked an unprecedented number of written comments. It’s an indication of both deep love and concern for Kirstenbosch and the way ahead.In researching these stories, we received many suggestions about what a range of people – specialists to tourists – think should be done to make Kirstenbosch better. We...

Human Rights: Amnesty warns of escalating ethnic cleansing as Israel accelerates West Bank annexations

Wednesday at 23:45 PM, via Daily Maverick

Amnesty International has accused Israel of pursuing a state-led campaign of annexation and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, warning that the forced displacement of Palestinian communities has intensified sharply since 2023. The organisation’s latest report argues that international inaction is enabling violations of international law and calls for urgent measures to halt further...

MADLANGA COMMISSION: Witness I accused of cover-up in attempted R286m drug theft

Wednesday at 22:50 PM, via Daily Maverick

Commissioners and evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission challenged Witness I’s claim that he went to the scene of a R286m cocaine bust because it related to a previous investigation. They questioned whether he was there to legitimise an attempt by law enforcement officials to steal the drugs.

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