British rioting surges

Keith Preston

2 years ago

Monday, 5 August 2024

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STORY OF THE DAY

Mafia State: Richards Bay Minerals pushes back

By Greg Ardé and Sam Sole for amaBhungane

Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) pays annual taxes of R1-billion and estimates its economic impact at R8-billion a year, with R1.5-billion going to local businesses in 2021. This huge pot of cash exercises an extraordinary pull on good and bad actors in the surrounding community.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

🇬🇧💥 A new wave of rioting has swept across several British cities, following the murder of three girls in Southport. The riots sprang up after false information on social media spread that the suspect was a radical Muslim migrant (he was British).

🇸🇩🤬 Sudan’s government has denied any famine conditions existing in North Darfur’s Zamzam camp. The camp has resulted from the world’s biggest group of internally displaced people. The war has left an estimated 25 million people – half the country – in need of humanitarian aid.

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine has confirmed that US-made F-16 fighter jets are flying in the country. The aircraft had been on Kyiv’s Russian-defeating wishlist for a while. Now the race is on to train enough pilots on the system.

🏃🏾‍♂🇿🇦 South Africa’s Akani Simbine finished fourth for the second consecutive Olympic Games, as Noah Lyles claimed the gold medal in the men’s 100m sprint.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Dennis Hammar

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Sea Point, Cape Town.

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IN NUMBERS

17,500

… miles per hour. The speed of the International Space Station.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1861, flogging is abolished in the US.

Hugh Laurie filmed his House audition tape from a bathroom in Namibia.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

🤸🏿 Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour became the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal when she secured the gold with a breathtaking routine on the asymmetric bars.

🎾 Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam at last as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a magnificent Olympic men’s singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.

🏃🏾‍♂ An explosive 10,000m Paris 2024 final saw South Africa’s Adriaan Wildschutt produce a stunning performance that would have been good enough to win every previous Olympic final. But not this one.

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By Ian Urbina, Pete McKenzie and Milko Schvartzman

Kamala Harris & the world — where does the presidential candidate stand on foreign policy?

By J Brooks Spector

OPINIONISTAS

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By Chris Pappas

Honour memories of dead politicians by removing Nigeria’s taboos on discussing death

By Azubuike Ishiekwene

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