THE THIRD UMPIRE

DONALD TRUMP

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war, as Winston Churchill said. But is it wise to legitimise an unhinged despot by meeting him without preconditions? For the record, that’s the question the US president, not Kim Jong-un, should be asking himself.

ACE MAGASHULE

The City of Johannesburg has obtained a writ of execution against the ANC after it failed to pay more than R300,000 arising from a court costs order against it. The party has until Friday to pay before property to that value will be seized from Luthuli House.

BUSISIWE MKHWEBANE

Just when you thought the public protector couldn’t embarrass herself any further, out she comes with a finding on Helen Zille’s colonialism tweets that reveals a shocking ignorance of the Constitution and her role.