Ramaphosa says he hasn't done anything wrong. He reckons it was about $580,000 from the sale of 20 buffaloes to a Sudanese businessman and that the sale took place on Christmas Day in 2019. Ramaphosa: It was a better option than putting it in the safe because other staff members might have had access to the safe.
South Africa’s leader says a pile of cash stashed in a sofa represents no wrongdoing. The outcome of an investigation could be the undoing of his presidency and his party. We examine Britain’s hydrogen-economy plans as representing the tradeoffs that many countries will face. And remembering Jay Pasachoff, the world’s foremost expert on and exponent of eclipses.
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