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News24.com | Zondo advocates for strong Proteas defences, application for 2nd Test: 'We've got to find a way'

Proteas batter Khaya Zondo says that the batters will be looking to keep their defences up ahead of the second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/4D0HeV3 via sinceretalk

Hope for South Africa lies in us, not in government or in the interests of shareholders of our major corporates December 22, 2022 at 06:01AM

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We salute our heroes, the people who quietly do what the government does not, who show us that we are not helpless The post Hope for South Africa lies in us, not in government or in the interests of shareholders of our major corporates appeared first on The Mail & Guardian .

Businessinsider.co.za | Sparkles the blow-up unicorn is helping scientists unravel SA’s fiery history

A photo of Sparkles in action at Verlorenvlei won a top prize, and its use has seen the police get involved. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/tEiJnFx via sinceretalk

House January 6th Select Committee releases 34 high-profile witness interview transcripts

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The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack moved the release of its final report from Wednesday to Thursday, but Wednesday evening published the transcripts from interviews with 34 witnesses , including some of the most critical participants and even some who have been indicted and/or convicted on seditious conspiracy charges related to the insurrection. Some of the 34 names are very familiar, including top Trump confidante and advisor Roger Stone , disgraced ex-National Security Advisor Mike Flynn , and coup memo author John Eastman . Transcripts of some others, like former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis and far-right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones are currently listed as a “forbidden” files and not accessible. Some others are likely well-known to those who have been following the daily details of the prosecution of the insurrection investigation, including Oath Keepers founder and disbarred attorney Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted on seditious conspiracy charges....

'People are just so stupid': Candace Owens defends the Confederate flag and equates slavery with owning yachts

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Right-wing commentator Candace Owens defended displaying the Confederate flag and falsely suggested that the American Civil War was waged about some unnamed cause that was not slavery. Owens is wrong. The Civil War between the industrialized Union and the agrarian Confederacy – whose four-year existence ended on May 9th, 1865 – was entirely about the Southern states' desire to continue their economic dependency on human enslavement . But Owens insisted otherwise and then equated slavery with owning yachts. READ MORE: Watch: Candace Owens self-rationalizes 'healthy discrimination' against 'men that paint their nails' "Hi! Thoughts on the Confederate flag. I do not see a problem with people whose family members died fighting for that flag to be able to wave it high. It is historical and the idea that your son or daughter went and marched in a war – that people are just so stupid they think 'they were fighting for slavery' – those people who fought w...

Cora Bailey: A hero helping people and pets on the West Rand December 21, 2022 at 08:22AM

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For more than 30 years, Cora Bailey has dedicated her life’s work to helping poverty-stricken people and their pets in the west of Joburg The post Cora Bailey: A hero helping people and pets on the West Rand appeared first on The Mail & Guardian .

Businessinsider.co.za | Trump thinks Elon Musk's poll about his future as the CEO of Twitter was a good exit strategy

"I think he wanted to step down. I think that's a good way of stepping down, you know, just losing a poll and saying: 'I'm outta here,'" Trump said. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/QNPVD3a via sinceretalk