Ramaphosa’s nomination was unopposed Thursday in the 400-seat National Assembly after the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters walked out of the chamber, arguing that early elections should be called and the president’s appointment would be illegal. “Corruption, how we can straighten out SOEs and how we deal with state capture is on our radar screen,” Ramaphosa said after Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng had declared him the president, referring to state-owned companies. Source Bloomberg
More details have emerged about a quadruple stabbing in south London that left one child with his intestines hanging out. Witnesses have described seeing a group of around 30 youths involved in a fight on the estate in Camberwell, south London, last night. Two of the four children, aged 15 and 16, suffered injuries to their torsos while another had cuts to his arm and the fourth was injured on the leg. Source Metro
China’s military “is likely training for strikes” against US and allied targets in the Pacific, a Pentagon report warns. Source: BBC
Catalan separatists unveiled a giant banner against Spain’s King Felipe VI on a building in the Barcelona square where he is due to attend a ceremony on Friday in honour of the victims of last year’s deadly jihadist attacks in the city. Source: The Local
