Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Public Protector denied access to her office
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
TikTok is hiring people for seven senior posts, SA Rugby confirms new sevens coach to be announced soon, and much more.
Good Mauling, Tuesday peeps!
Here are five things you need to know before you attack the day...
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Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was denied access to her office at the weekend despite a Western Cape High Court ruling setting aside her suspension by President Cyril Ramaphosa. She was suspended on June 9, a day after announcing an investigation into the President’s Phala Phala farm robbery matter.
Read more: Court finds Ramaphosa acted 'improperly' against Mkhwebane
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TikTok is hiring for seven senior posts based in Johannesburg, some with responsibility for the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. That job can also be done from either Lagos or Nairobi, TikTok says.
Have a look at the hiring posts here.
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3.
SA Rugby confirmed that an announcement on Neil Powell's successor as Springbok Sevens coach is expected sometime this week.
Read more: Ireland shock South Africa in Rugby World Cup Sevens
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Another thing you need to know is that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) says a second death linked to the COVID-19 Johnson and Johnson vaccine has been confirmed.
Read more: China approves world's first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine
5.
Police in Edinburgh have arrested a man who heckled Prince Andrew as he walked behind the Queen's coffin during a solemn procession on the city's Royal Mile. Eyewitness footage showed the man shouting: "Andrew, you're a sick old man".
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