Sally Rooney, speak to us in our language

Read More I recently read Sally Rooney’s new novel, “Beautiful World, Where Are You” – the book the Irish author blocked from being distributed in Hebrew because of her support for the BDS movement. I considered sending my thoughts on the matter to her directly, but a brief internet search revealed that the only way […]

Stage 4 load-shedding returns as diesel runs out

Read More Eskom on Friday resorted to stage 4 load-shedding from 2pm, saying it would continue through until Saturday 5am, and the rest of the weekend would see stage 2 outages. The power utility said this was inevitable because of the loss of several generating units and because it had run out of diesel to […]

Independent candidates in municipal elections gain momentum with 0.61% growth

Read More South Africans have signalled they are ready for a new political alternative, after independent candidates and groupings gained momentum in this week’s local government elections with a 0.61% growth in support. According to the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) latest updated results, this year independents received 1.75% of the total vote, translating […]

Republicans say down-ballot victories this week a roadmap for more GOP wins in 2022

Post Content The head of the Republican organization that works to elect GOP state legislative and executive-level candidates says this week’s pickups in statehouse elections in Virginia and New Jersey can serve as a guide for the bigger battles ahead in 2022, when 36 states hold contests. “A lot of thought and data went into […]