Geopolitics

Ramaphosa is sick of your noise

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Friday, 16 February 2024

“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”

Shannon L Alder

STORY OF THE DAY

President Cyril Ramaphosa is sick of all your noise

By Rebecca Davis
Appearing before the Cape Town Press Club on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa had the air of a man deeply tired of all the criticism.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🇸🇳🗳️ Senegal’s Constitutional Council has ruled that parliament’s unprecedented postponement of the 25 February presidential vote was not in line with the constitution . Opposition presidential candidates and legislators last week filed a number of legal challenges to delaying the elections to December – a standoff that has fuelled widespread unrest.
🇮🇱🇱🇧 Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town on Thursday in a “preliminary response” to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, what was termed the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of cross-border hostilities.
🇭🇹🧺A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Programme from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of supplies. Conflicts between armed gangs are worsening an escalating humanitarian crisis, which has forced nearly 10,000 people to flee their homes in just 10 days.
🇻🇪🇺🇳 Venezuela’s government has asked staff from the United Nations’ human rights body to leave the country within three days. Venezuela says it will conduct a revision of its cooperation with the organisation, after a UN special rapporteur criticised the government’s food program.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Robert Weiss

“The mighty dragon.”

Drakensberg.
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IN NUMBERS

4-5 months

… the average lifespan of a Labord’s chameleon.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1659, the first cheque is written.

Both Joseph Stalin (twice) and Adolf Hitler won Time’s Person of the Year.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
⚽ Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson is stable and undergoing tests in hospital after falling ill during a training session, the club said.

🏁 Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said it was business as usual, as a company inquiry into undisclosed allegations about his conduct hung over the Formula One champions’ 2024 car launch.

🏏 Proteas legend AB de Villiers was unveiled as one of the coaches for the Titans Cricket Black African Batting Camp, aimed at developing black African batters.

DAILY MAVERICK TODAY

‘The world is topsy-turvy’ — Ramaphosa denies SA’s foreign policy on human rights is unbalanced

By Peter Fabricius

Army training for controversial Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens raises concerns

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Ramaphosa delivers electioneering ‘klap’ for opposition, talks up SA’s progress with Tintswalos in the House

By Marianne Merten

The national political humiliation of America is almost too painful to watch

By J Brooks Spector

Spraying of controversial herbicide on Vaal River water lettuce begins – critics urge caution

By Julia Evans

OPINIONISTAS

SA summer crops in fair condition pointing to a ‘decent’ harvest – but rain next few weeks crucial

By Wandile Sihlobo

ANC’s cadre deployment minutes eagerly awaited – or did the dog eat the homework?

By Paul Hoffman
 
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