Giorno: 28 Maggio 2022

Survivors of Uvalde shooting paint horrifying picture of terror and tragedy

Read More Survivors of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers are beginning to share their stories, painting a graphic and horrifying picture of the tragedy that unfolded that day. Miah Cerrillo, 11, told a CNN producer her fourth-grade class was watching Disney’s Lilo & […]

PODCAST | After the ANC

Read More Two paradoxical doubts loom over the current political moment: one, a crisis of confidence in the ANC; the other, a crisis of confidence in what replaces the ANC. Both doubts stem from one source: a collective failure to re-imagine South Africa after the ANC — to truly consider what will follow the ANC’s […]

‘We have been mistreated’: cousin of Whitehall cleaner who died speaks out

Read More A government cleaner has described how he and his colleagues feel powerless to refuse difficult situations such as clearing up after parties, amid alleged maltreatment and low pay. This week Sue Gray’s report into the Partygate scandal disclosed that government cleaners and security guards were subjected to a “lack of respect and poor […]

Elon Musk’s Starlink Gets Approval to Operate in Philippines

Read More The Philippines has approved the registration of Starlink, a satellite internet services company operated by SpaceX, making it the first Southeast Asian country to have Starlink broadband access. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) approved Starlink as a “value-added service (VAS) provider” on Thursday, allowing the company to access satellite systems, and build and […]

Stellenbosch Mafia mindset plays out in racist incidents at Maties

Read More Zero tolerance: Students march against racism at Stellenbosch University. Photos: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images & ER Lombard/Gallo Images The apparent racist incident at Stellenbosch University two weeks ago, when a white student urinated on the belongings of a black student, is not the first. Over the years, there have been several cases of […]

#cocreateIDENTITY experience: Provoking your identity

Read More Together with South African partners, the Dutch Embassy and Consulate General are venturing into the space of IDENTITY issues with the #cocreateIDENTITY Experience from 4 to 6 June 2022 in Cape Town. Its programme seeks to open meaningful dialogues around questions of identity and transformation in the context of our countries’ shared cultural […]

Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals

Read More The gloating began just days after the missiles began falling on Ukraine. “Get ready for Nuremberg 2.0,” one former Russian diplomat wrote in a WhatsApp message. Vladimir Putin’s invasion to “denazify” the country has always pointed toward a purge and show trials. Now Moscow may seize on that chance. As Russia holds hundreds […]

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Khan Issues Ultimatum After Disbanding Violent Protest March

Read More ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament, but threatened that they would return unless an election was called within six days. Khan had rallied thousands of supporters to Islamabad, with plans to occupy sensitive parts of the capital until Prime […]