Wonderful to be back in Venice - La Serenissima - after so long!

Another own goal in the making?

What a governance indictment two months before South Africa’s most consequential election since 1994: Failing Water System Is South Africa's Next Crisis dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Great to be back in the eternal city!

Look forward to your prediction, Dawie!

#AlexeiNavalny : Absolutely extraordinary even by #South #Africa ’s lapsed moral compass: a case of putting the fox in charge of the proverbial henhouse?

Shameless beyond irony. Navalny's killing shows what our values mean vs Russia/Iran as in Moscow now 'ANC delegation, led SecGenComradeMbalula participates in the ForumOfStruggleAgainstModernPracticesOfNeocolonialism. ANC honoured to be at gathering ushering freedom of nations. '

What's the top 10 nowadays?

IPSOS poll had it something like this:

ANC
DA
EFF
IFP
ActionSA
MK (blind guess)
FF+
ACT (yup it's in there in the poll at 1.5%)
ACDP
PA (my inclusion)

Notable exclusions: Rise Mzansi, BOSA, UDM, ATM. Who else...? The list is long these days.

King Charles diagnosed with cancer and will postpone public-facing duties while undergoing treatment, Buckingham Palace says bbc.in/3w5G2g6

A potential game changer for Zambia and global critical minerals: Bill Gates-backed mining company discovers vast Zambian copper deposit via Financial Times
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A study in contrasts at today’s Mining Indaba: Zambia under @HaikandeHichilema focuses on the Zambia’s stupendous #green #energy #resource endowment while Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 looks back at the #SA #mining #industry ’s #legacy #issues . State ownership of #SA ’s logistics remains for now

An iconic - if not timeless - masterpiece: I M Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art -

Sunset over Banana Island tonight —

Moonlit view over Simon’s Town tonight —

BREAKING: Angola leaves OPEC

jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/ul…

#Angola #OOTT #OPEC

No surprise there —

Not a very edifying strategy: The ANC hones its strategy for election survival | Article | Africa Confidential africa-confidential.com/article/id/147…

Confirmed by the future Argentinean foreign minister: Argentina will not accept the invitation to join BRICS in 2024.

An extraordinary outcome for Argentina - all bets are off!

I suspect he is in for an unpleasant surprise, Gareth —