Geopolitics

ANC, the megachurch, and R200m vanished

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Tuesday, 30 April 2024

“John Muir, Earth — planet, Universe
[Muir’s home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal].”

John Muir

STORY OF THE DAY

The ANC, the megachurch and the mystery R200m money flows

By Tebogo Tshwane
How huge sums, some ‘syphoned’ from a supposedly broke ruling party’s bank accounts, were channelled to a charismatic pastor in Eswatini – and then disappeared.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🇾🇪⚓ Houthis have attacked four ships in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Maritime security firm Ambrey reported that one Malta-flagged ship was targeted by three missiles.
🇮🇱🇵🇸 Egypt is (somehow) hopeful that this round of talks could result in a truce between Israel and Hamas. Egyptian officials were waiting on a response from representatives of both countries. One begins to wonder if the negotiators just really enjoy staying at the Cairo Four Seasons.
🇫🇷🤨 French actor Gerard Depardieu will stand trial in October for two alleged sexual assaults committed during a 2021 film shoot. Depardieu faced police questioning for most of Monday, but has consistently denied all accusations.
🥊🏅Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul will show down on 20 July. Their fight will be a sanctioned, professional affair counting towards their records. The 31-year age gap between the fighters is the biggest in the history of professional boxing.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Rebecca Davis

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IN NUMBERS

100-years-old

… the age of the current chief presidential legal counsel to the Philippine president.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide inside the  Führerbunker, Berlin.

People in Messi’s Argentinian home town Rosario are forbidden from naming their children ‘Messi’.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
🏃🏿‍♂ Norwegian police said on Monday they have pressed charges against Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Olympic 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, for alleged physical abuse.

🎾 Rafael Nadal survived a second set wobble to defeat Pedro Cachin 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the Madrid Open third round on Monday.

💉As the global sporting community reacted with shock to a mass doping case in China, the Asian nation’s swimmers shrugged off the furore at Olympic trials to post a series of eye-catching times in the lead-up to Paris.

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DAILY MAVERICK TODAY

Job Security — Ramaphosa’s presidential hot seat might soon get even hotter

By Stephen Grootes

SAA clings to hope that its private sector investment plan will fly

By Ray Mahlaka

Eskom offers signs of hope that the power crisis has turned a corner

By Victoria O’Regan

Signature fraud claims against Zuma’s MK party may imperil poll legitimacy

By Lerato Mutsila

Election Alignment: ANC-EFF coalition pact for Gauteng government is a given

By Ferial Haffajee

OPINIONISTAS

South Africa faces a dire water deficit, but new technology and improved laws can save us

By Sabine Dall’Omo

State vehicles in central Cape Town occupy space that could be used for housing

By Buhle Booi and Nick Budlender
 

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