EDITOR’S NOTE

PRINCE Harry came out to get married looking all ragged and unshaven. And he confused royal pundits and punters by still dressing in military attire. But wasn’t the new Duchess of Sussex just exquisite in her wedding dress?

If you couldn’t be bothered to watch on the telly, you missed out on the affirmation of the power of love over race, class and everything.

Visit our social media platforms to see how some locals celebrated the occasion.

To feel part of the real thing, some Durbanites hosted their own British royals.

A Sunni woman lets us in on what it’s been like for her, her friend who is Shia and others in the local Muslim community after the attack on the

Imam Hussain Mosque in Verulam (page 4).

Pages 6 and 7 are devoted to another ugly side of our society, a serious public health and safety challenge: intimate partner violence. This includes a piece about local Gqom music star Babes Wodumo.

Want to try out a restaurant with a completely “robotic kitchen”? Well, a group of twenty-somethings has opened one. And the chefs are really fast (see page 15).

Our editorial comment is on the hot-potato issue of Israel and Palestine. Our view is that South Africa will be all right in the end if it sticks to its national values on human rights, to which our foreign policy is being returned (page 16). Our foreign editor gives us her views.

A“co-ordinator” of Gaza’s Great March of Return says he has no regrets, despite the bloodshed. His story is on page 17. The Israeli side is presented by Monessa Shapiro, who “cannot and will not condemn” the force and means used to stop the protesters.

We need more of the power of love we witnessed from St George’s Chapel.