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The latest clashes erupted after negotiations to integrate the Kurds into the country's new government stalled.

Interim president Delcy Rodriguez instead attended an agricultural fair, where she vowed in televised comments she would "not rest for a minute until we have our president back."

Analysts say the junta is staging the vote to launder its image, aiming to improve diplomatic relations, increase foreign investment and sap momentum from rebels.

The United States has named Leo Brent Bozell the Third as its ambassadorto South Africa.

In the Eastern Cape, cable thieves are being blamed for wildfires that swept through  Kouga this week.