Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said he would issue a summons compelling Norma Mngoma to testify. The state capture commission said it was disappointed after getting ready and learning that Mngoma had decided to withdraw from testifying. Mngoma was set to testify about her estranged husband Malusi Gigaba’s interactions with the Guptas and their visits to their residence.

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South Africa’s medical experts will be meeting to discuss the implications of the US’s decision to pause the administering of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine following reported cases of rare blood clots. In a joint statement, the US Food and Drug Agency and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recommended pausing the J&J vaccine because of an “abundance of caution”. Six patients developed a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the vaccine.
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has compounded former president Jacob Zuma’s legal woes. It’s upheld an earlier High Court judgment that the state must recover from Zuma at least R15-million. The latest decision was an appeal by Zuma to the SCA after the High Court in 2018 ordered the State Attorney to recover the money spent on Zuma’s legal fees.

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