Giorno: 27 Maggio 2022

Generali, Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone si dimette dal cda

Read More MILANO – Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone si dimette dal cda di Assicurazioni Generali. Ed è la seconda volta, dopo la sua polemica uscita di metà gennaio, dopo oltre 12 anni nei quali era stato anche vice presidente. Lo ha fatto sapere la società, informando con un comunicato di poche righe che “il consigliere di […]

Former Transnet chief exec Siyabonga Gama, Gupta associate Eric Wood arrested

Read More Former Transnet chief executive Siyabonga Gama and four others have been arrested on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. On Friday, the Investigating Directorate announced that the Hawks had arrested five former Transnet executives at 7am. The arrest took place at the Brackendowns police station in Alberton.  Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said […]

Rishi Sunak defends letting second home owners get ?400 energy bill rebate twice – UK politics live

Read More From 47m ago As my colleague Graeme Wearden reports on his business live blog, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the decision to allow second home owners to get the ?400 energy bills rebate twice. She claimed on Sky News that this would not have been necessary if the Treasury had not […]

Nell’isola dove è partito il vaiolo delle scimmie: “Qui la festa degli 80mila, ma non siamo untori”

Read More MASPALOMAS –  Un centro commerciale vecchiotto, con un dinosauro nell’insegna e ampio uso di cemento armato per costruire i vari livelli e la piazza centrale. Al Yumbo center di Maspalomas, nel sud di Gran Canaria, l’isola spagnola dove il vento soffia sulle spiagge la sabbia del Sahara, è capitato quello che gli infettivologi […]

‘Where are Africa’s Mackenzies?’ We need wealthy Africans to fund feminist and social justice movements

Read More African feminist movements are some of the most dynamic drivers of social change on the continent, transforming lives at the community level, and leading policy change at national and regional levels. In Nigeria for instance, we saw the tenor of the EndSars protest shift once feminist leaders stepped in to support the resistance; […]

OPINION | Building an ethical, capable state is child’s play

Read More An interesting thing recently happened at a school I know of. One of the learners in a grade six class had mistakenly completed the wrong assignment for homework. The teacher in charge of the class gave the young man a tongue-lashing, using some questionable language in the presence of her young charges. As […]

Call for applications now open – South Africa Women Entrepreneurs Climate Change Awards (SiAWECCA) 2022

Read More Women play a vital role in finding solutions towards a sustainable future for all, and contribute to the social and green economy. Women’s economic empowerment is a pre-condition and an integral part to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. Indalo Inclusive South Africa, in collaboration with The Innovation […]

Ucraina – Russia, le news dalla guerra oggi. Cnn, Biden si prepara a inviare armi più potenti. Intelligence Gb: Mosca non ha pieno controllo del Donbass

Read More News dalla guerra, aggiornamenti in evidenza 01.34 – Cnn, Biden si prepara a inviare armi più potenti 07.55 – Kiev: 241 i bambini uccisi La guerra in Ucraina potrebbe subire una nuova accelerazione. Dopo settimane di appelli da parte di Zelensky, secondo la Cnn l’amministrazione Biden avrebbe deciso di inviare armi più potenti […]

Russian-Ukrainian War Could Spark Global Food Crisis, Recession: Report

Read More The world should ready itself for a possible global food crisis in the coming months amid the fallout of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, according to a new report (pdf) from agricultural financial advisory Rabobank. Over the past 20 years, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine have become major suppliers in global grain and agricultural markets, producing […]

Africa, is your time now?

Read More What happens when the South is placed North and vice versa? This is the thematic concern of the Africa Month festival running at the Windybrow Arts Centre in Johannesburg’s inner city. The concept of pan-Africanism is often taken at a superficial level to simply mean replacement of white with black, which is a […]