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THE THIRD UMPIRE

THANDI MODISE

The defence minister, together with her deputy Thabang Makwetla and minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele were held hostage by “military veterans’’ last week before being freed by special forces. Another reason to worry about our democracy.

DAVID AMESS

What does it say about democracy if an MP can be killed while trying to do his job? The British MP was stabbed to death while meeting constituencies. He died after being stabbed several times at his Essex constituency surgery.

VERA SONGWE

A Google search would have given the UN economic commission for Africa exec a sense of UK health secretary Matt Hancock’s record. His appointment as special envoy to help Africa recover from the pandemic has since been withdrawn on a technicality.

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