Giorno: 26 Maggio 2022

Victorious Vavi back on Saftu throne

Read More Zwelinzima Vavi, the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), emerged victorious on Thursday at the federation’s second conference held in Boksburg.   Despite attempts by the federation’s largest member, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), as well as his own people, Vavi avoided being booted from the […]

CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says

Read More New guidance designed to give rape victims confidence to get therapy before their trial “makes things worse” for survivors and lessened their protections, according to the victims’ commissioner, Vera Baird. The guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) aims to “alleviate victim concerns that accessing counselling could damage the prosecution case,” but […]

More Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to quit over Partygate revelations

Read More Boris Johnson has faced two more calls to quit from Tory MPs, as his attempt to move on from the Partygate scandal after Sue Gray’s damning report unravelled. Backbenchers John Baron and David Simmonds, who is the prime minister’s constituency neighbour in west London, said they had lost confidence in him after an […]

Boris Johnson to try to oust Lady Scotland from Commonwealth role

Read More Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are likely to witness an unseemly showdown at the Commonwealth conference in Rwanda next month when Boris Johnson tries to oust Patricia Scotland as secretary general of the Commonwealth. The UK has been working behind the scenes for nearly two years to remove Lady Scotland, claiming […]

Concorrenza, sui balneari intesa nella maggioranza sul voto. Ma il nodo indennizzi è rinviato

Read More MILANO – La maggioranza avrebbe trovato un’intesa sulla riformulazione dell’emendamento del governo sui balneari al ddl concorrenza. L’accordo sarebbe stato raggiunto questa mattiona nel corso dell’incontro tra le forze politiche per sciogliere uno dei nodi più controversi del disegno di legge. In sostanza, si prevede l’indennizzo per i concessionari uscenti ma i criteri […]

The beautiful game’s slow death is complete

Read More The boy’s house was in a dusty side road off Boom Street, one of Pretoria’s main east-west arterials that runs past the National Zoological Gardens about three kilometres to the east. Third Street in Asiatic Bazaar, Marabastad: a half-block of bicycle shops, music, Florsheim shoes, natty hats, corner cafés and a handful of […]