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From protests against gender-based violencel a cross-border skirmish between two nuclear powers; to Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial starting in South Africa, it was a busy week

agreed to reduce tension a week after their worst clashes in more than 50 years at a disputed part of the Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in hand-to-hand fighting. The clash, reportedly fought with fists, clubs and rocks, was the first time troops were killed on their frontier since 1975 and marked a deterioration in ties between the two Asian giants, leading to demonstrations in India.

— In a move that could delay the start of former president Jacob Zuma’s trial by another two years, his corruption co-accused,is preparing to challenge the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to charge it with racketeering. Thales’s advocate Barry Roux told Judge Kate Pillay that the arms company had repeatedly sought answers from the NPA about what material it relied on to issue a racketeering certificate against it, but has yet to receive any real answers from the state.

 

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