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Ramaphosa speaks to the UN

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Wednesday, 25 September 2024

“Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

Samuel Johnson

STORY OF THE DAY

‘South Africa is in a new era’, Ramaphosa tells UN General Assembly

By Victoria O’Regan
President Cyril Ramaphosa is in the US, leading a large government delegation to sell the Government of National Unity reforms and South Africa to the world at the United Nations this week.
 

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🇹🇭🏳️‍🌈 Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian country to allow same-sex marriage. The law will come into effect in January 2025, having received royal endorsement. Thailand is the third country in Asia to do so, following Taiwan and Nepal.
🥥🌴🍊 Kamala Harris is leading Trump 47-40 in a latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. It would be prudent to stress here that this is a nationwide poll, and that America’s bizarre electoral college, state-by-state voting system is not necessarily reflective in these numbers.
🕹️🪧 Video game actors have called a strike against Formosa Interactive, the company behind the massively-popular League of Legends. The actors accused Formosa of moving an in-development game out of studio, seeking only “non-union” actors.
⛳🏌️ With zero LIV golfers eligible to lean on, the International Team are firm underdogs at this week’s President’s Cup. “Golf’s golf, and there are going to be challenging matches no matter what,” said International captain Mike Weir.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Geoff Louw

“At the end of the tunnel.”
Wilderness, Garden Route.
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IN NUMBERS

96%

… is the water content of lettuce. Meaning it essentially has no nutritional value.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1969, Hansie Cronje was born.

The Beatles never learned to read or write music.
 

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
🏉 Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has opted to start flyhalf Manie Libbok for the Rugby Championship decider against Argentina in Nelspruit with Handré Pollard on the bench.

⛳ Yes, Team USA are once again heavy favourites entering this week’s Presidents Cup in Montreal. The US are 12-1-1 in the biennial competition that began in 1994, having lost in 1998 and settled for a tie in 2003.

🤺 Former Hungarian fencer László Csongrádi has been left so distraught by the theft of his Olympic gold medal that he has offered to leave it to the thief in his will if it is returned.

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