THE THIRD UMPIRE

MONDLI GUNGUBELE

Congratulations to the minister in the presidency. Not only because the government’s tone-deaf R22m flag project is to be reviewed, but for achieving its objective of uniting South Africans. Everyone agrees it is an idiotic idea.

SETH NTHAI

The disgraced Joburg advocate, who was disbarred in 2013, is set to stand trial in the high court next month on charges of attempting to solicit a bribe from Italian investors who were embroiled in a mining rights dispute with the government.

VADIM SHISHIMARIN

The 21-year-old tank commander has achieved the dubious distinction of being the first soldier to be tried for a war crime in the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian pleaded guilty to shooting dead a 61-year-old civilian riding a bicycle.