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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Thursday, 2 May 2024</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-2" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" 
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From aesthetic mortuary vehicles to books and solar panels, government has thrown itself into a spate of launches, handovers and cutting of ribbons to highlight the ANC’s delivery record as the 29 May poll approaches.</p><p id="player" style="margin:0"></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0">
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<strong>WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING</strong></h1></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:5px"><div 
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<strong>&nbsp;</strong>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed that the <strong>US cannot endorse a planned Israeli offensive in Rafah</strong> without a humanitarian plan. The <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtYmxpbmtlbi1zYXlzLXVzLWNhbm5vdC1zdXBwb3J0LXJhZmFoLWFzc2F1bHQtd2l0aG91dC1odW1hbml0YXJpYW4tcGxhbi8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B09c17b6c" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0068a5;" rel="noopener">statement</a> following a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, who repeated Israel’s intent to carry out the offensive regardless of warnings.</p></div></td></tr>
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<strong>⚖️️ </strong>A week after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned, it was announced that<strong>&nbsp;Harvey Weinstein will face a retrial</strong>&nbsp;in New York.<strong> </strong>Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtaGFydmV5LXdlaW5zdGVpbi13aWxsLWJlLXJldHJpZWQtaW4tbmV3LXlvcmstYWZ0ZXItcmFwZS1jb252aWN0aW9uLW92ZXJ0dXJuZWQtMi8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B473382ac" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0068a5;" rel="noopener">said</a>, “We believe in this case and will be retrying this case.”</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-4" 
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<strong> Arizona’s Senate has voted to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on abortion</strong>. Two Republican senators <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDItYXJpem9uYS1zZW5hdGUtcmVwZWFscy0xODY0LWFib3J0aW9uLWJhbi1nb3Zlcm5vci1zZWVuLXNpZ25pbmctcXVpY2tseS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B22ae5184" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0068a5;" rel="noopener">crossed</a> party lines to enable its passage. When Republicans agree with Democrats, you know your policy stinks.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="paragraph_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 
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<strong> Almost 300 protesters at two New York college campuses have been arrested</strong> by NYPD officers.<strong> </strong>Mayor Eric Adam <a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0068a5;" rel="noopener">justified</a> the arrests as being due to elements of antisemitism, and agitators infiltrating peaceful demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.</p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr>
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style="margin:0;color:#222;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998px"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">... the estimated number of micro-naps adult Chinstrap penguins take in a day.<br></span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-10" align="center" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Today in 2000, Bill Clinton announces that GPS technology <strong>would no longer be restricted to US Military use</strong>.<strong><br></strong><br><strong>Human skin is toxic </strong>to earthworms.<br></span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-11" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td>
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 <strong>Motor racing fans</strong> and politicians gathered at Italy's Imola circuit on Wednesday to pay tribute to triple world champion Ayrton Senna, who was killed in a high-speed crash 30 years ago during the San Marino Grand Prix.<br><br> Twenty-two time Grand Slam champion <strong>Rafa Nadal fell 7-5 6-4 to Czech Jiri Lehecka</strong> in the fourth round of the Madrid Open, marking his final appearance at a tournament he has won five times.</p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr>
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtc2xvd2x5LWJ1dC1zdXJlbHktc2VwYXJhdGlzbS1pcy1iZWNvbWluZy1hbi1lbGVjdG9yYWwtaXNzdWUtcG9zc2libHktYXMtZWFybHktYXMtMjAyOS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C2043157e" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="2e5b4a87-d047-48b4-a136-c5a095aab477" data-position="60-0-2" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Slowly but surely, separatism is becoming an electoral issue — possibly as early as 2029</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-5" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtc2xvd2x5LWJ1dC1zdXJlbHktc2VwYXJhdGlzbS1pcy1iZWNvbWluZy1hbi1lbGVjdG9yYWwtaXNzdWUtcG9zc2libHktYXMtZWFybHktYXMtMjAyOS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23D2043157e" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0a0a0a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="bc021530-58e2-4258-8b5b-c2cdf2f4e18d" data-position="60-0-3" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Stephen Grootes</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-6" 
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style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" alt="I'm an image" title="I'm an image" height="auto"></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtc2Fwcy1wcm9iZXMtYWxsZWdhdGlvbnMtdGhhdC1tay1wYXJ0eS1mb3JnZWQtc2lnbmF0dXJlcy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Cc9ab3889" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="ae7c3658-3f6b-408a-aa6f-0a3082567382" data-position="60-0-5" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">SAPS probes allegations that MK party forged signatures</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-8" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtc2Fwcy1wcm9iZXMtYWxsZWdhdGlvbnMtdGhhdC1tay1wYXJ0eS1mb3JnZWQtc2lnbmF0dXJlcy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Dc9ab3889" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0a0a0a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="a1dd2e8b-70a3-466f-8dba-c8fb195ed63b" data-position="60-0-6" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Victoria O’Regan</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-9" 
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style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" alt="I'm an image" title="I'm an image" height="auto"></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-10" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtcGFydHMtb2Ytam9oYW5uZXNidXJnLWNiZC1pbi10aGUtZGFyay1hZnRlci1maXJlLWluLWlubmVyLWNpdHktdHVubmVscy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C2e698a2b" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="c4471b92-5fb9-42b3-87b4-dde59bf7226c" data-position="60-0-8" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Parts of Johannesburg CBD in the dark after fire in inner-city tunnels</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-11" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35231159.104661/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDEtcGFydHMtb2Ytam9oYW5uZXNidXJnLWNiZC1pbi10aGUtZGFyay1hZnRlci1maXJlLWluLWlubmVyLWNpdHktdHVubmVscy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1maXJzdF90aGluZyZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23D2e698a2b" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0a0a0a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="276928bc-cfb9-4f17-8051-3708a45c956c" data-position="60-0-9" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Bheki C. Simelane</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-12" 
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