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Ben Affleck was in favour of Jennifer Lopez’s documentary: Source Ben Affleck was very much in favour of Jennifer Lopez’s documentary about their marriage.Multiple sources spilled to PEOPLE that Affleck “was the one who had control, pretty much,” in the creative process for the Prime Video documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, which was released in February. “Affleck was very much in favour [of the project], and he was a driving force for Lopez to do the movie and the album,” continued the sources.Another insider mentioned, “Affleck insisted on the documentary, where it looked like he was hesitant and…

While EFF leader Julius Malema has acknowledged the ‘tsunami’ caused by Jacob Zuma’s MK party in KwaZulu-Natal, he’s vowed that the party will not be caught off guard again. This article was originally published by a www.dailymaverick.co.za . Read the Original article here. .

Growing up during Apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s, Jay Volek, a member of a typical white middle-class family, with little contact with black people beyond the domestic workers, was inspired to write a semi-autobiographical novel covering a specific period in his young adulthood after completing university. As a voracious reader from a young age, Volek’s political awakening began with books like Andre Brink’s A Dry White Season and Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country, among others. ALSO READ: Sandton Library celebrates why books are cool “I also grew up in Jewish homes and consider myself culturally, rather than religiously,…

© Agenzia Nova – Reproduction reserved The last elephant held in the National Zoo in Pretoria, South Africa, has been released after 40 years of captivity. The announcement was made by the Ems Foundation, an NGO for the defense of wildlife. The elephant, named Charlie, was captured in 1984 in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, when he was two years old (he is now 42), and in the early 2000s he was first assigned to the Boswell Wilkie circus to participate in acrobatic games, then transferred to the South African National Zoo. In a statement, the NGO said “Charlie” was…

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At an intersection seven miles from the presidential villa, frustrated drivers honk as a herd of cattle feeds on the grass beautifying the median strip and slowly marches across the road, their hooves clattering against the asphalt. For the teenage herder guiding them, Ismail Abubakar, it is just another day, and for most drivers stuck in the traffic, it’s a familiar scene unfolding in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.Abubakar and his cattle’s presence in the city center is not out of choice but of necessity. His family are originally from Katsina State in northern Nigeria, where a changing…

From the moment this year’s South African general election was called, through the whole campaign, the main question everyone here was asking was whether the African National Congress (ANC) could extend its 30-year rule. The party of Nelson Mandela, elected in 1994 on a wave of euphoria and hope, has had its difficult moments – notably during the Zuma years of corruption – but its hold on power had always seemed electorally assured. It had brought liberation and taken South Africa forward. But it had not taken all of South Africa forward, and had seemed indifferent to the growing clamour…

While the Automobile Association has predicted a significant drop in petrol and diesel prices in September, the Liquid Fuels Wholesalers Association of South Africa has asked the minister of mineral and petroleum resources to exempt the Nelson Mandela Bay region from lower prices because they are still unable to bring fuel tankers into the Port Elizabeth Harbour after an accident in June. This article was originally published by a www.dailymaverick.co.za . Read the Original article here. .

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(Bloomberg) — After a humiliating setback to its space ambitions, Boeing Co. faces a dilemma that pits its national duty against strained cash reserves. This article was originally published by a www.dailymaverick.co.za . Read the Original article here. .

A child who caught mpox gets treatment at a hospital in the Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Aug. 15, 2024. /Xinhua Read 3 minutesThe Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned of the high burden of mpox cases, limited diagnostic capabilities, and the disease’s high fatality rate as some of the pressing challenges hindering the continent’s mpox response efforts as the number of cases surges across Africa. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, in an update on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa issued Friday, said the…