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Senior officials in South Africa have appealed to ordinary citizens not to take the law into their own hands as vigilante groups form following days of unchecked looting and violent protests across a swath of the country.Thousands of soldiers have been deployed to help police on the streets, but law enforcement agencies still appear unable to stem ongoing attacks by crowds on warehouses, supermarkets, shopping malls, clinics and factories.The country’s defence minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, told parliament on Wednesday that she had requested around 25,000 more soldiers to be deployed on the streets.In many parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the two…

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Our friends at Wilderness Safaris sent through the following update on water levels in Botswana’s Okavango Delta:   The annual inundation is less than previously anticipated due to lower than average rainfall in the Delta catchment area of Angola. However local rainfalls in Botswana this past summer were excellent and way above average. It looks like a normal flood year on the ground with slightly different water flow patterns.   Waters are receding in the north of the Okavango, so boating in the Abu area will likely end in July. On The Jao Reserve, we are still doing normal water…

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In tonight’s edition: The death toll from South Africa’s unrest climbs to 72, with the army sent in to help quell the violence sparked by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma last week. Also, eight months of clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region continue to endanger the lives of civilians. Millions are in need of emergency food assistance. The World Food Programme has managed to deploy 50 trucks to the region, but says many more are needed. Finally, we meet some of those who will be competing in Tokyo under the banner of the Refugee Olympic Team. Source link

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There can be little argument that the world of work in South Africa, and indeed globally, is in the throes of a deep, systemic crisis. There are record levels of socio-economic inequality between those who own the means of production and those who produce. This is threatening to pauperize the vast majority of workers and has only been further catalyzed by the ongoing pandemic. Workers and worker organizations are increasingly divided, ideologically, socially, economically, and organizationally. The trade union movement is disoriented and weak. This has given rise to strategic confusion. Past ideological certainties are no longer able to provide…

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