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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\"><strong>Fort Hare: Centenary “celebrations” </strong><br />South Africa is so steeped in fuel for revolution, one spark is enough to ignite protests across the nation. On Friday, the University of Fort Hare's centenary celebrations forged ahead despite protests, and in the wake of <a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-14-fort-hare-students-arrested/#.Vz7VopN94_U\">one burnt building and 14 arrests</a> the previous evening. Heavy security accompanied the main acts: President Zuma and Zimbabwean President Mugabe, the latter obviously carefully picked as a choice role-model for aggrieved students. </td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\"><strong>In this week’s episode of parliamentary mayhem…</strong><br /> EFF representatives were <a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-18-chamber-support-officers-zumas-securocracy-protected-by-the-bouncers/#.Vz7Q05N94_U\">forcibly removed</a> from parliament on Tuesday after<a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-punch-and-julie-show-parliament-tries-to-sort-out-aftermath-of-eff-eviction/#.Vz7JVZN94_U\">allegedly smuggling in a bodyguard</a>. The EFF is insisting that disciplinary action be taken against Zuma before he be allowed to National Assembly. Given the ANC’s acceptance of Zuma’s “apology”, ANC Secretary-General Gwede<a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-20-piercing-zumas-bubble-mantashe-and-gordhans-grim-tasks-on-state-capture-and-nkandla/#.Vz7H5pN94_U\">Mantashe’s investigation into allegations of Gupta state capture</a> is not inspiring much confidence of proper handling. </td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\"><strong>Girls brought back </strong><br />Two years after Boko Haram kidnapped 219 schoolgirls in Chibok in northeast Nigeria<strong>, </strong>two were rescued this week. <a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/section/wired-world/article/2016-05-20-second-chibok-girl-found-as-nigerian-president-meets-first-rescued-student/\" target=\"_blank\">Sani Usman was among 100 hostages rescued on Thursday</a>, while Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki was found on Tuesday in Sambisa forest, with her four month old baby. Authorities are hopeful that more rescues will follow.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\"><strong>Sleuthing for economic clues </strong><br />Ratings agency Standard & Poor was in the country this week, <a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-20-with-gdp-growth-revised-downward-sa-markets-brace-for-downgrade/#.Vz84epN95-U\" target=\"_blank\">sniffing for signs of economic growth potential </a>and policy stability ahead of its review of our international credit rating next month. The rand took a knock this week with<a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-imminent-arrest-of-pravin-gordhan-and-undermining-of-legality/#.Vz85-JN95-U\" target=\"_blank\">rumours of Finance Minister’s Gordhan’s ‘imminent arrest’</a> still circling. Economists (and markets) predict a downgrade by year-end.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\"><strong>Sixty-six killed in suspected terroism crash</strong><br />A plane carrying 66 people <a style=\"color: #f33e3e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-19-egyptair-flight-crashes-in-mediterranean-with-66-on-board/#.Vz84t5N95-U\">crashed into the Mediterranean on Thursday</a> in what authorities suspect was an act of terrorism. The debris of EgyptAir Flight 804 has since been found 290km from Alexandria.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<br />\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%; background-color: #e0e1e7;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 7px 18px;\"><br />\r\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: #eaeaea;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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