Giorno: 14 Agosto 2021

South Africa’s closed mines must not shaft people

Read More When the Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine in Carletonville was abruptly liquidated eight years ago, everything changed for Pule Molefe. Overnight, operations stopped, thousands of people lost their jobs and environmental mitigation and management measures ground to a halt.  Molefe, who was working in Blyvooruitzicht’s procurement department, remembers it as a dark, bleak time.  “It […]

Godongwana ‘will be just fine’

Read More After an almost three-year tenure, half of which was spent in the throes of one of the worst recessions on record, Tito Mboweni has left the finance ministry. His successor, ANC heavyweight Enoch Godongwana, has the tough task of stabilising a pandemic-hit fiscus and clawing back investment after the country’s credit rating was […]

Russian firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey

Read More Turkey Russian firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey Eight Russian and Turkish crew members and emergency workers killed trying to land in Adana province Associated Press in Istanbul Sat 14 Aug 2021 11.56 EDT Last modified on Sat 14 Aug 2021 12.12 EDT A firefighting plane from Russia crashed on Saturday in a […]

Haiti, terremoto del 7.2: edifici crollati, si temono molte vittime

Read More Si temono molte vittime ad Haiti dopo che un violento terremoto di magnitudo 7.2 della scala Richter ha causato il crollo di case, mentre ha scosso gli edifici in tutto il Paese. E’ scattato anche un allarme Tsunami, poi rientrato. Video e foto condivisi on line mostrano gravi danni agli edifici e auto […]

Sardegna, migliaia accalcati per il concerto improvvisato di Salmo | Ed è rissa social con Fedez di Giovanni Gagliardi

Read More 14 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/spettacoli-e-cultura/salmo-concerto-improvvisato-a-olbia-in-migliaia-accalcati-e-senza-mascherine/393922/394633&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> “Ok ci siamo! Venerdì 13 agosto live gratuito in Sardegna. Vi comunicherò città e orario il giorno stesso. Non mancate”. Salmo ha mantenuto la promessa: il concerto improvvisato e gratuito, annunciato sui social, si è tenuto […]

Polish president approves law limiting property restitution for Holocaust survivors

Read More Polish President Andrzej Duda approved on Saturday a controversial law that will restrict the possibility of restitution claims for property stolen from Jews by the Nazis during World War II and nationalized by the postwar communist regime. Israel and the United States have expressed stark opposition to the law, which has led to […]

Covid controls limit our freedom, but free choices are rarely free

Read More Attempts to protect humankind against a vicious deadly virus are consistently being undermined world-wide by the refusal of some people to wear masks and be vaccinated. On the outer lunatic fringe are those who deny the very existence of the coronavirus. Hospitals allegedly receive money for reporting heart attack and cancer deaths as […]

Retailers get tough on dirt products

Read More It may still be a niche market but South Africa’s major retailers say they are seeing a rising demand for eco-friendly household cleaning products.  David North, the chief strategy officer for Pick n Pay, said the green product movement is a relatively small but growing market.  “Consumers have become increasingly aware about ingredients, […]

All eyes on Biden’s response to COVID variants, Afghanistan, border crisis, inflation

Post Content All eyes are on President Biden as he responds to threats facing the U.S. and other countries, including COVID-19 variants, the Taliban’s growing stronghold over Afghanistan, the U.S.-Mexico border crisis and inflation. The spring of 2021 presented an optimistic outlook for the new president’s administration as COVID-19 cases dwindled, millions were vaccinated, consumer […]