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1 in 6 leaders has a shady past

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Friday, 5 April 2024

“Evidence will terminate any short or long era of an argument.”

Bamigboye Olurotimi

STORY OF THE DAY

One in six SA political party leaders has a shady past

By Rebecca Davis
Nine of the candidates topping political party lists to contest next month’s general elections have a chequered past. They include a State Capture kingpin and an ANC veteran booted out for sexual harassment.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🌉🚢 The Port of Baltimore should be operational by the end of April, going full biscuits by the end of May. The enormous clearance work by the US Army Corps of Engineering and other teams will involve moving the loaded stricken ship, and then a lot of bridge debris.
🚲🦴 Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard – that guy from Netflix’s Tour de France: Unchained show – has broken his collarbone and several ribs. Vingegaard was involved in a massive crash during stage four of Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday. So stage victory by South African Louis Meintjes was a little overshadowed.
🇺🇸📇 A federal judge has thrown out arguments by Donald Trump that the case accusing the former US president of illegally holding onto classified documents should be tossed out on account of Trump considering them to be personal records. That’s a lot to read, but the tl;dr is: Trump’s 20 May case is still on (though likely to be delayed).
🗽🤖 New York City Mayor Eric Adams has defended an AI chatbot that was used to advise local businesses, except that, if followed, it suggested that they should occasionally break the law.
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PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Gill Green

“Cosmos – herald of autumn.”
On the road to Cathedral Peak, Drakensberg.
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IN NUMBERS

11 years

… the time between the first commercial fax machine and – only later – Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 2063 (fictional Star Trek date), the Vulcans first made their presence known to humans.

Fruit flies were the first living creatures intentionally sent into space.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
⚽ Liverpool reclaimed the lead in the Premier League title race with a nervy 3-1 home victory over bottom club Sheffield United on Thursday.

🥊 Muhammad Ali’s white satin boxing trunks from his epic “Thrilla in Manila” bout with rival Joe Frazier went up for auction on Thursday. They are expected to sell for upwards of $6-million.

🏉 The Blitzboks are hoping to break their Hong Kong hoodoo under interim coach Philip Snyman this weekend. But the odds are against the Springbok Sevens, with a substandard run of form and a poor record.

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Unbundling of Eskom one stage closer with transfer of control over independent power producers

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Gauteng commuters cheer Prasa’s long-awaited reopening of key rail lines

By Bheki C. Simelane

OPINIONISTAS

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By Mbali Ntuli

South Africa urgently needs an Anti-Corruption Commission with real teeth – a Scorpions 2.0

By Glynnis Breytenbach
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