* President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised concern on the instability in Sudan and South Sudan at the African Union leaders’ summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Peace and security on the continent is topping the agenda of the summit.

* KwaZulu-Natal has unveiled an ambitious plan to vaccinate its entire herd of two-point-four million cattle against Foot-and-Mouth disease. The outbreak in the province is in a critical state, with a prevalence of 70 to 80 percent.

* Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, says she’s concerned about various scholar transport associations that did not attend a meeting where she was supposed to respond to their grievances.

* The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack. The disclosure raises the stakes for the ongoing diplomacy under way between the United States and Iran.

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