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This has certainly been the year of spies, lies, secrets, terror attacks and covert operations as we have been spoiled for choice with regard to espionage action. It has come to light in most movie plots that lately directors opt to paint today’s world as a very dangerous one so who best to save us from the invisible jaws of death if not our intelligence organisations.

This has become the winning storyline for most action blockbusters including The Man From U.N.C.L.E, a 2015 British American action comedy spy film directed by Guy Ritchie (the director of  Sherlock Holmes (2009) and (2011).  The film is based on the 1964 MGM television series of the same name.

This time around, at the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB agent Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

Batswana who marched peacefully for 'Justice for Tshepi' demanded answers. They have now received a detailed account of police investigation and a promise that the file is with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The real test is whether the state now keeps its word without further prodding. In his address, the minister asked the nation to trust the process. He spoke of rigour, not neglect, and pointed to 10 months of...

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