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A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1, a cargo ship carrying livestock and dozens of crew that went missing after issuing a distress signal due to Typhoon Maysak, floating on a life raft, is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew onboard the vessel Kaimon at the East China Sea, to the west of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan, on September 4 2020.Image: Japan Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
000 CATTLE

Japan coastguard suspends search for crew from capsized cattle ship due to bad weather

Japan’s coastguard on Saturday suspended its search for crew missing from a cattle ship in the East China Sea due to bad weather from a typhoon, a coastguard said. A third crewman from the Gulf Livestock 1 that capsized in a storm off…

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Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has defended her department’s phased-in approach to reopening schools.Image: Thapelo Morebudi/The Sunday Times
REOPENING OF SCHOOLS

Motshekga insists schools were ready to reopen, but opposition doesn’t buy it

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga says the government is satisfied that its systems are ready – and have been ready – for the reopening of schools this week. Motshekga told MPs that the department did everything possible to make…

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