LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners The wheels of justice are turning slowly regarding the Steinhoff saga. The Reserve Bank has moved to attach the assets of former CEO, Markus Jooste. But nobody knows where he is, so the big question is, will he ever be located and face the world? eNCA's Rofhiwa Madzena reports. #DStv403 CAPE TOWN - The wheels of justice are turning slowly regarding the Steinhoff saga. The South African Reserve Bank has moved to attach the assets of former CEO Markus Jooste.

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WASHINGTON - Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike. The coolant leak forced the last-minute cancellation of a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on Wednesday and could potentially impact a return flight to Earth by three crew members. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos and the US space agency said the leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft did not pose any danger to the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS.

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OpenAI chief Sam Altman spoke out Monday against immediate "heavy regulation" that could hamper the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, but stressed the need for long-term institutional oversight. Altman, whose company created the ChatGPT bot, last month told US lawmakers that governmental regulatory intervention was needed to face the risks of AI. In remarks at Israel's Tel Aviv University, Altman on Monday stressed that his call for oversight was not aimed at "the systems of today".

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners Omar Buddakey estimates he saves the equivalent of a paycheck each year by buying his weed on the black market Omar Buddakey emerges from a nondescript building in Los Angeles with a joint in his hand. Five years after cannabis was legalized in California, black market transactions like this one -- where no one pays any taxes, and the product is not regulated -- remain commonplace.

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CAPE TOWN - Civil society groups are calling for multiple life sentences with no chance of parole for Moehydien Pangaker. The 56-year-old is facing 27 charges, including rape, murder, sexual assault. He was on trial for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk in 2020. At the time he had absconded his parole. 37 state witnesses gave testimony in court during his trial, which included members of his own family. Pangaker hit back saying his accusers are only speaking out because of the attention the case was receiving.

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LAS VEGAS - Allowing the driver of an autonomous vehicle to watch a movie, a dealer to sell automobiles from a "virtual" car lot, or an engineer to simulate how a new part fits: the auto industry is getting a tantalizing taste of the metaverse at the huge CES technology show. One gadget on display in Las Vegas is an in-car television system, developed by French parts maker Valeo, that needs no remote. To change the channel, drivers or passengers wearing a headset make a simple swipe in the air with their hand, and sensors in the car detect the movement.

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MANCHESTER - Chris Eubank Jr has called on boxing to be more inclusive after Liam Smith was accused of homophobia in the build-up to their middleweight clash on Saturday in Manchester. Smith made unsubstantiated claims questioning Eubank's sexuality during a pre-fight press conference on Thursday. Eubank, son of former world champion Chris Eubank, wore a rainbow armband to Friday's weigh-in. He wrote on Twitter: "We don't discriminate... we don't alienate. We want boxing & sport as a whole, to be all inclusive.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners Ukraine says it has been preparing a major offensive to recapture territory lost to Russia AFP/File | Sergey SHESTAK Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday praised his troops for advances claimed near the devastated city of Bakhmut, while Russia said it had repelled a large-scale attack. The contrasting claims came as Pope Francis's peace envoy, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, arrived in Kyiv for two days of talks.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners December is a crucial month for Britain's pubs with an increase in trade due to Christmas. AFP/Justin Tallis LONDON - December represents a crucial month for London pubs, accounting for as much as 10 percent of annual turnover thanks to Christmas parties -- an institution in the UK -- and other social gatherings. After the pandemic ruined the festivities -- and revenues -- over the last two years, pubs, bars and other venues are relying on the coming season to help kickstart their longer-term recoveries.

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DURBAN - 25 athletes have been disqualified from this Sunday's 96th Comrades Marathon. The athletes in question were found to have supplied false qualifying information. They will also be suspended from entering the 2024 and 2025 editions of the race. According to the Comrades Marathon Association statement, the 25 entrants are members of at least 19 various clubs. The CMA has also notified the respective athletes and their running clubs' management of the disqualifications.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners One million fully vaccinated Muslims, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's hajj, a major break after drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic MECCA - The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began kicks off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers expected to circle Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca. One million fully vaccinated Muslims, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's hajj, a major break from two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic.

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WASHINGTON - Warning of "difficult trade-offs" ahead of a feared fall COVID-19 wave, the Biden administration Friday urged Congress to approve $22.4 billion more to maintain key testing and vaccine programs. The request comes as the government readies a new fall initiative for COVID-19 vaccine boosters targeting the Omicron variant after US officials recommended Thursday new Pfizer and Moderna shots. Biden's request for more money faces an uncertain fate on Capitol Hill amid pandemic fatigue and elevated partisanship ahead of the midterm elections.

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PARIS - It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune. Scientists had previously theorised that extremely high pressure and temperatures turn hydrogen and carbon into solid diamonds thousands of kilometres below the surface of the ice giants. Now new research, published in Science Advances, inserted oxygen into the mix, finding that "diamond rain" could be more common than thought.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners A rescuer works at a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico where 10 workers are trapped AFP | Julio Cesar AGUILAR AGUJITA - Rescuers will deploy an underwater drone as part of intensified efforts to save 10 workers trapped for five days in a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico, authorities said Monday. The device provided by the navy has a high-resolution camera and light to identify possible obstacles without putting lives at risk, civil defence national coordinator Laura Velazquez said.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners eNCA's Pule Letshwiti-Jones filed this report. Courtesy #DStv403 JOHANNESBURG - Tempers flared at a meeting to discuss the future of coal and energy transition in the country. Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, had to try to calm angry Nkangala residents down. They accuse him of not consulting communities when developing the Just Transition plan. Their fears, spiraling debt, ghost towns and government paying lip service to their concerns.

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Rumoured tension even among the Glazer camp adds an extra layer of uncertainty. Joel and Avram Glazer, the club's executive co-chairmen, are reportedly less willing to part with the English giants than their four other siblings. Avram Glazer was at Wembley last weekend to see United lift their first silverware since 2017 by beating Newcastle 2-0 in the League Cup final. - 'Glazers out' - But the return of success on the field has not quelled the fury directed towards United's owners by the fans. Chants of "We want Glazers out" echoed around Wembley during the League Cup final and in the victory over Barcelona at Old Trafford in a heavyweight Europa League tie late last month.

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WARSAW - Polish authorities on Thursday said toxic algae was to blame for mass fish deaths in the Oder river, ruling out industrial pollution as the cause. The conclusions presented at a press conference by scientists and government officials come from a preliminary report to be released Friday, weeks after the environmental disaster unfolded.  The authors of the report said nearly 250 tonnes of dead fish were recovered from the Oder river that runs through Poland and Germany.  Various factors "led us to conclude that the fish deaths were probably caused by the toxic effects of an algal bloom", said Agnieszka Kolada from the Polish Institute of Environmental Protection.

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LONDON - Bolstered by one of their "best nights", Liverpool will look to pile fresh misery on Merseyside rivals Everton this weekend. Surprise leaders Arsenal travel to Manchester United aiming to extend the only perfect record in the Premier League this season, while Thomas Tuchel searches for answers to Chelsea's struggles. Liverpool revival gathers pace What a difference a week has made for Liverpool as the angst sparked by their three-match winless run has been replaced by the more familiar sight of Jurgen Klopp punching the air in front of a jubilant Kop.

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The "man of the hole" was first spotted in 1996 by a documentary team traveling with officials of the National Indian Foundation, a government agency that was probing a massacre committed against his tribe. Proving the presence of indigenous people in the Tanaru forest area was necessary in order to grant the area legal protection. The footage was featured in a documentary called "Corumbiara" in 2009. In it, the man's eyes are seen peering out from inside a straw hut. A spear pokes out at one point, as if to scare visitors away.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse briefs the media. JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse remains in office, for now. The motion of no confidence against her has been removed from the Council's meeting agenda. READ: ANC guns for mayor Phalatse The motion was meant to be tabled on Thursday. Phalatse briefs the media on developments in Johannesburg.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners Smoke billows over the Sudanese capital on Wednesday as persistent fighting undermines efforts to firm up a truce between the country's warring generals The UN chief on Wednesday said "we failed" to stop war from erupting in Sudan, where persistent fighting between rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. "The UN was taken by surprise" by the conflict, because the world body and others were hopeful that negotiations would be successful, Antonio Guterres told reporters in Nairobi.

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LIVE VIDEO: MPs grill Public Protector Malema addresses striking miners Plastic container maker Tupperware could be nearing the end of its shelf-life following a sharp drop in its stock price. William Denselow reports from New York. #Question #Think #Act #dstv403 UNITED STATES - Plastic container maker Tupperware could be nearing the end of its shelf-life following a sharp drop in its stock price. For over 75 years the brand has been synonymous with preserving leftovers but a crowded marketplace and shifting consumer behavior has left Tupperware out in the cold.

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SUNSHINE HOSPITAL With a severe shortage of healthcare workers and a surgery backlog of 175 000, state hospitals are bleeding and in a state of collapse. Patients, entitled to this Constitutional right, suffer the consequences. Over the past 21 years, Sunshine Hospital, a private hospital in Gauteng treated thousands of motor vehicle accident patients without medical aid.  The hospital received their payment through claims submitted to the Road Accident Fund. But, at the end of April, Sunshine closed its doors due to protracted legal battles with the RAF, who, over the years stalled payments despite numerous court orders.

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PARIS - The most precise measurements ever made of the universe's composition and how fast it is expanding suggest "something is fishy" in our understanding of the cosmos, the astrophysicist who led the research said. The comprehensive new study published in The Astrophysical Journal further confirmed that there is a significant discrepancy between two different ways to estimate the speed at which the universe is expanding.  The study said that around five percent of the universe is made up of what we might think of as normal matter, while the rest is dark matter and dark energy -- both of which remain shrouded in mystery.

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"The magic that we need is to unleash those trillions of dollars that are looking for good investments, but they're looking for bankable investments," Kerry said.But at the same panel, Ecuadoran climate activist Helena Gualinga said profit was being placed above the health of the planet."When I hear a lot of these conversations I think it's very business first, and then we'll deal with climate and then we'll deal with biodiversity loss," she said. "That needs to be reversed."- US-EU spat -Other disagreements returned to the fore in Davos.

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PARIS - Best quotes from a year in sport that included a World Cup, a Winter Olympics, iconic retirements, emerging stars and controversies and disputes. "What more could there be after this?" -- Lionel Messi after winning the World Cup. "I am not an Arab, I am not African, I am not gay, I am not disabled. But I feel like it, because I know what it means to be discriminated against as a foreigner in a foreign country. As a child I was bullied – because I had red hair and freckles." -- FIFA President Gianni Infantino defending World Cup host Qatar.

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Mikel Arteta said Arsenal's 4-2 win at Brighton proved the Premier League leaders have the "desire" required to lift the title for the first time since 2004. Arteta's side will go into the new year with a formidable seven-point lead over second-placed Manchester City after they powered to a fifth successive league victory. Goals from Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Eddie Nketiah set the Gunners on course to cement their unexpected status as serious title contenders. Kaoru Mitoma reduced Brighton's deficit before Martinelli raced half the length of the pitch to finish off Odegaard's sublime pass.

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