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South Africa: Dear Mbokodo - We Did Not March So Women Could Carry the Nation

[Daily Maverick] This imagined letter places a composite speaker inside the thirty-minute silence of 9 August 1956. It draws on the events of the Women's March and the demands articulated by the Federation of South African Women.

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Oil Prices Fall Ahead of US, Iran Sanctions

Oil prices fell more than one dollar on Monday as investors took profits and awaited expected new U.S. sanctions on Iran. Brent crude futures fell $1.16, or 1.23 per cent, to $93.23 a

  • Oil prices fell over a dollar Monday ahead of US, Iran sanctions
  • Brent crude slipped $1.16 to $93.23 per barrel, WTI fell $1.55 to $85.51
  • US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to announce new Iran sanctions

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