THE THIRD UMPIRE

LINDIWE SISULU

Summonsed to attend a portfolio committee meeting after missing four in a row since September, the tourism minister has opted to take legal advice rather than just do the job she’s paid to do. Some princesses are simply more equal than others, you see.

YANIV BEN SIMON

The international fugitive, a close associate of jailed Israeli crime boss Yitzhak Abergil who is wanted for ordering hits on rivals, was arrested near Johannesburg on Thursday. R700,000 in cash, five assault rifles and seven handguns were confiscated.

VICKY BOWMAN

The former UK ambassador to Myanmar, who was running an NGO in Yangon when she was arrested by the military regime earlier this year, has been released along with a Japanese filmmaker and Australian adviser to the country’s elected civilian leader.