Nepal and China have confirmed that Mount Everest is officially higher than previously thought. The joint announcement settles a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s tallest peak that straddles the countries’ shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing each sent surveyors to the summit, and agreed that the official height is 8,848.86 metres, which is 0.86 metres higher than the previous height, agreed upon in 1954.

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Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke today revealed that some directors of companies doing business with government, also applied for and received social grant benefits from the state. Maluleke today said 1,513 social grant beneficiaries were flagged, because they were directors of companies. She says the South African Social Security Agency is investigating the matter.

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