In today’s edition, ย the City of Bulawayo issued a statement urging property owners to make sure that weep holes in boundary walls are open and functional to prevent floodingย as some residents resist to comply to drainage measures. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated that lives should not be placed at danger amid a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners trapped underground in a disused mine shaft, and that the miners should be safely extracted. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a warning to the United States on Tuesday, lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike just days after Joe Biden’s administration apparently permitted Ukraine to launch American missiles deep into Russia.
