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National Guard goes to NYC’s subway

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Thursday, 7 March 2024

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Mary Oliver

STORY OF THE DAY

Ramaphosa defends Zondo appointment

By Dianne Hawker
Documents submitted by President Cyril Ramaphosa reveal that Justice Zondo was the least favoured candidate in interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🗽🪖 New York has announced the deployment of 750 National Guard soldiers to its subways to help police check commuters’ bags. The decision followed a series of assaults taking place underground.
🚢🔥 Three sailors have been killed in the first fatal attack by Houthi missile strikes. The Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence was hit 50 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast.
🇸🇩⛑️ The UN Security Council is considering calling for a truce in the ongoing war in Sudan. With Ramadan starting next week, the conflict has left nearly 25 million needing aid and eight million displaced.
🫀 Italian researchers argue that microplastics lodged in fatty deposits in your arteries could increase risks of heart disease, strokes and death. Of 304 patients undergoing heart surgery, 58% were found to have microscopic and nanoscopic “jagged-edged” plastic pieces in the plaque lining the blood vessel. Lovely…

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Benine du Toit

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IN NUMBERS

1/3

… the portion of the Russian budget that vodka sales comprised at the height of the czarist empire.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the “telephone”.

Carrie Fisher’s ashes were buried in an urn shaped like a Prozac pill.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
🏉 The Hurricanes rugby side have apologised to the New Zealand government after their women’s team used a traditional haka dance to slam the government as a “redneck” coalition.

⚽ Manchester City and Real Madrid both advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals after comfortable two-legged victories over Copenhagen and RB Leipzig respectively.

🏏 England have made one change to their XI for their final Test against India, with Mark Wood replacing Ollie Robinson. Both Jonny Bairstow and Ravichandran Ashwin will be playing their 100th match.

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Once again at the centre of pre-election attention — the ANC’s electoral lists

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How Google and Facebook are killing local news publications

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OPINIONISTAS

Big hype around upstart parties contesting elections, but hype is not votes

By Wiseman Zondi

ANC’s failed step-aside rule a dead letter destined for the dustbin of history

By Paul Hoffman
 
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