THE THIRD UMPIRE

MZWANDILE MASINA

The ANC Ekurhuleni chair and former mayor resigned as a councillor and apologised to the party for his role in scuppering a power-sharing agreement with the EFF, negotiated at provincial level, that would have seen an EFF mayor.

PHATHISWA MAGOPENI

The former SABC head of news, controversially dismissed in January, is set to return to the public broadcaster as a member of the board after her name was included in a list of 12 approved by parliament’s communications committee.

JAIR BOLSONARO

The head of Brazil’s electoral court has rejected an attempt by the country’s outgoing president to overturn the results of October’s run-off election, which he lost to former president Lula da Silva, and fined his coalition $4.3m for litigating in bad faith.