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Wednesday, June 8 2022

THE BIG ISSUES

LEADING THE AGENDA

When, or if, the Guptas are extradited, SA’s case must be airtight

Bearing in mind the dismal failure of the Shrien Dewani case, the stakes are too high for the Guptas to be acquitted

5 min read
Ideas FREE

Interpol red notice: what it means and why SA requested it

It is a precursor to a request for a person’s extradition to stand trial in a country. It is not an arrest warrant

By Bernadine Benson
4 min read

‘Eastern Cape, why have you slashed funds for your poorest pupils?’

Human rights group goes into battle against department for cutting already inadequate funding to poor schools

Prega Govender
Journalist
4 min read
Sport FREE

The Foster-Fourie fight was a first, but not the very first

Boxing did a lot for mixed-race sport in SA, but it certainly wasn’t the frontrunner

David Isaacson
Sports reporter
4 min read

SMART NEWS

IN ONE TAKE

News FREE

Doors close on government employees who quit to dodge disciplinary action

Improved relationship between public service department and SIU will see them having nowhere else to run

Amanda Khoza
Presidency reporter
4 min read

Behind the shops: Somali traders finally tell their story of pariahdom

Book exposes how anti-immigrant groups, police and politicians band together to stir life-threatening prejudice

Tanya Farber
Senior science reporter
5 min read

Chronic pain eased by programme with great potential for SA: study

The six-week telemedicine intervention can overcome the obstacles of in-person treatment and reach more people

Claire Keeton
Senior features writer
4 min read

WORLD

THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR

World FREE

Eye on the world — June 8 2022

Six of the best pictures of the day

0 min read

Kicking HER where it hurts: ‘practice-changing’ breast cancer drug unveiled

Early success of Enhertu bodes well for entire class of medicines that may one day replace conventional chemotherapy

By Lisa Jarvis
3 min read

Fare play: why have airline ticket prices gone sky high?

Travellers are paying top dollar thanks to higher jet fuel costs and flight routes and frequencies being curbed

By Anurag Kotoky
6 min read

Party’s over for ‘disorderly capital’ in China — Marxism is back

Intellectual shift has become evident as policy gets tough on private sector and ‘political economy’ studies burgeon

By Tom Hancock
8 min read

Lettuce be grateful: shortage forces Oz KFC to put cabbage in burgers

Food inflation due to supply chain disruptions and Ukraine conflict has not spared the fast food industry

By Sybilla Gross
1 min read

LIFE

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS

Tech alert: Apple chips away at updates that should bear fruit

Here’s everything the company announced at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference

By Nivedita Balu
2 min read

No cheer without beer: Russians hop for alternatives as supplies dry up

Sanctions are hitting alcohol supplies in the country, forcing the hospitality industry to seek local supplies

By Reuters
3 min read

‘Top Gun’ heirs fly into battle with maverick Paramount

Family of man on whose article original was based says production company failed to reacquire rights for sequel

By Jonathan Stempel
1 min read

SPORT

FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS

Moodie blues: Bulls teen is ‘a phenomenon’

Nineteen-year-old junior Springbok Canan Moodie has been a standout for the Bulls during the URC

Mahlatse Mphahlele
Sports reporter
2 min read

Blast from the past: De Villiers’s Boks tame Lions

Today in SA sports history: June 8

David Isaacson
Sports reporter
3 min read

CROSSWORDS

GIVE YOUR BRAIN SOME EXERCISE