Zuma back in court: ex-SA president (2009–2018) fighting long-running corruption case with Thales, amid fresh graft scrutiny. Nxamalala/Msholozi.
South African authorities have set up an overflow deportation centre near Durban to process thousands of Malawian nationals after large groups camped at Sherwood awaiting repatriation. Police have used rubber bullets and stun grenades against protesters; governments including Malawi, Ghana and Nigeria have organised buses or flights to take citizens home and tensions are continuing across multiple provinces.
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at 91 in Germany after a short illness. A pioneering force in South African jazz, Ibrahim had a career spanning seven decades and helped fuse local traditions with international styles. He devotionalised Mannenberg as an anti-apartheid anthem and performed at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration.