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The odds are stacking up against Jacob Zuma

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Thursday, 28 November 2024

“Chocolate is the great love of my life.”

Genna Rulon

STORY OF THE DAY

The odds against the Third Coming of Jacob Zuma are stacking up

By Stephen Grootes
Jacob Zuma’s own weaknesses and choice of strategy make it almost impossible for him to again win mass support across the country.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
🇺🇸💣 Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration picks have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting” (when a false crime is reported to trigger a heavy, armed police response at someone’s home) this week.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 Lebanon’s Hezbollah has vowed to continue its resistance and to support Palestinians, a day after a ceasefire deal between the group and Israel was announced. Making no direct mention of the deal, Hezbollah said its fighters are monitoring the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon “with their hands on the trigger”.
🇵🇰🚨 Nearly 1,000 supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan have been arrested after they stormed the capital to demand his release. A top Khan aide said “hundreds” had sustained bullet wounds. At least six people were killed in the protests before the overnight clashes.
🫁🩺 Take a deep breath: a new drug could revolutionise asthma treatment. AstraZeneca’s Fasenra, an injectable treatment for severe asthma, has been found to be more effective during attacks than the oral steroid that has been the standard of care for 50 years. A study showed it cuts the need for further treatment by 30% – a game changer for patients.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

📷 Musawenkosi Dhlamini

“Fast cars & sunsets 😍.”
Johannesburg.
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IN NUMBERS

0.2mg

… of gold is present in the average human body.

FACTS OF THE DAY

Today in 1893, women in New Zealand vote in a general election for the first time.

After his death, a message from physicist Stephen Hawking was broadcast toward 1A 0620-00, the nearest black hole.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
🏉 The method behind the supposed madness. When you break down selecting 50 players and changing the starting XV regularly, you start to understand Rassie Erasmus’ brave selections in a landmark year.

🏏 Only 20.4 overs were bowled in the first day of the opening Test match of the South African cricket summer against Sri Lanka before floodgates opened up in Durban. The Proteas were 80-4.

⚽ Liverpool took top spot in the Champions League table on Wednesday with a dominant 2-0 victory over holders Real Madrid thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo.

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OPINIONISTAS

Julius Malema and his Wild Bunch are shuffling deckchairs on the EFF Titanic

By Ismail Lagardien

A plan to make 16 Days of Activism count and really mean something

By Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster
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Sarah Hoek

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