The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (12 August 2034)

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From Khayelitsha shootout to courtroom misfire – why an open-and-closed case was scrapped from the roll. Later, a worsening scholar transport crisis is putting our children at risk. Then, xenophobic bullies take aim at a Miss SA contestant, while xenophobes in the UK wreak havoc. And an Olympics of a different kind as space geeks unite in Cape Town. But first, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party continues making headlines for all the wrong reasons – this time for its seemingly out-of-the-blue decision to oust at least 15 of its MPs. The party says: this was always the plan, but others warn this has the makings of an aggressive takeover.
12 Aug English South Africa News · News Commentary

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