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Two Northern Cape towns: two very different tales

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Thursday, 25 April 2024

“And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”

John Masefield

STORY OF THE DAY

Two contrasting towns in Northern Cape’s Joe Morolong Municipality

By Kristin Engel
Joe Morolong in the Northern Cape is ranked as the worst-performing municipality in the country. Two towns within it tell very different stories about contemporary South Africa.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🇺🇦🪖 A day after suspending consular services for military-age men abroad, Ukraine now requires all military-age men to renew their passports in Ukraine. You may get a uniform and complimentary assault rifle bundled in, however.
🇮🇷😶 Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death on charges relating to unrest in Iran in 2022-2023. The US Office of the Special Envoy for Iran criticised the ruling, calling it an example of “the regime’s brutal abuse of its own citizens”.
🇷🇺☢️ Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution reaffirming a global commitment to deploying nuclear weapons in space. At this point, it looks like Moscow is trying to be an evil Bond villain every day of the 2024 calendar year…
💶🚣🏽‍♀️ Any tourist visiting Venice and not staying the night will need to pay a €5 fee online before walking in, in an effort to ease congestion. Starting today, inspectors will make random checks and issue fines to the non-compliant.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Irene Thompson

“The little dog laughed to see such sport as the sheep jumped over the moon!”
KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
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IN NUMBERS

1889

… the year Nintendo was founded.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today is ANZAC Day, for commemoration of Australian and New Zealand victims of war.

Ancient Egyptian archaeology was a career in Ancient Egypt.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
⚽ Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp apologised to fans after a 2-0 loss to Everton in the Merseyside derby that all but extinguished their faint hopes of winning the Premier League title.

🎾 Spain’s Rafael Nadal said on Wednesday that he is not sure if he will be able to play at next month’s French Open after pushing through the pain barrier in his comeback from injury.

🏌🏾 LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman said he is open-minded about the idea of moving to a traditional 72-hole format, though he added that the Saudi-backed circuit would need to evaluate the impact of adding an extra round to its 54-hole, no-cut events.

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