* An emotionally charged President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to South African men to lead the fight against gender-based violence and femicide ravaging the country.

* The African Christian Democratic Party and the African Transformation Movement have called for severe punitive measures to stop repeat offenders. They emphasised that extreme crimes against women and children demand the highest possible level of state retribution and deterrence.

* A senior International Relations official says U.S. Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell the third has been demarched for a third time in nine months over what the official calls “undiplomatic conduct.”
The official says the outstanding issues between Pretoria and Washington remain under discussion, with both sides committed to resolving them.

* Iran is again threatening the region’s oil infrastructure just as mediators try to revive negotiations with the United States. Tehran says no country in the region would be able to export oil if Iran was prevented from selling its own energy.

* The English Premier League has come out and said that Manchester City have been found guilty of serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period between 2009 and 2018

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