Giorno: 1 Giugno 2022

Makeshift graves and notes on doors: the struggle to find and bury Mariupol’s dead

Read More In one Ukrainian Telegram group for those who have lost loved ones in Mariupol, its more than 26,000 members have one objective: ensuring the thousands who died during the Russian assault on the port city are given a proper burial, and in many cases finding their remains in the first place. The number […]

100 days of war in Ukraine: how the conflict has developed

Read More WARNING: this piece contains distressing and violent imagery After months of buildup and numerous denials that any invasion was planned, Vladimir Putin announced on 24 February that he had launched a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine. Western analysts expected a quick “shock and awe” invasion, and it seems there were […]

Maturità 2022, due scritti e un orale: ecco come sarà l’esame

Read More In due anni il mondo è cambiato, e dopo aver insegnato a noi e a loro studenti a vivere – peggio – con un virus, è precipitato in una guerra in Europa. Con questo sfondo storico, geografico, sociale i ragazzi del 2003, quelli che il prossimo 22 giugno approderanno alla Maturità del 2022 […]

Three transformative years: Samsung’s multi-million rand Equity Equivalent Investment Programme is going the distance

Read More Samsung’s landmark R280-million Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), launched in May 2019 in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (Dtic), is now marking three years of sustained success. The 10-year Samsung plan is aimed at addressing key developmental aspects linked to the National Development Plan (NDP) and overall transformation of the […]

Accessing your retirement savings when you emigrate

Read More Increasingly, South Africans are considering making a permanent move overseas. Emigration data from BrandMapp reveals that 51% of all South Africans have at least considered a future outside of the country.  Emigration is a significant life event and, as is the case with all major life events, it should be carefully considered. “The […]

Partygate fine does not mean Johnson broke ministerial code, says Raab

Read More Boris Johnson’s deputy has insisted the prime minister did not breach the ministerial code even though he was fined by police for attending a No 10 party in lockdown, as the government’s ethics chief reportedly threatened to quit over the scandal. Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said on Wednesday […]

Addio obbligo vaccinale, il 15 giugno non sarà più prorogato. Ecco le misure che restano e quelle che vanno via

Read More La legge sull’obbligo vaccinale scade con almeno 3,3 milioni di over 50 non in regola, cioè circa il 12% del totale. Il decreto numero 1 del gennaio 2022, convertito a marzo, resta infatti in vigore fino al 15 e il governo non ha intenzione di prorogarlo, anche nella parte in cui prevede che […]

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Meets President Joe Biden at the White House

Read More New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on the backdrop of the increasing spotlight on climate change, gun control and rising tensions in the Pacific as China seeks to expand its influence in the region. Biden told Ardern the United States needed guidance from […]

New study shows heavy metal soil contamination in some Kuils River preschools

Read More (Photo by Gina Wetzler/Getty Images) At least once a week for two years, Stacy de Wet’s son woke up in the mornings with blood all over his bedding. Most nights, he had to use a nebuliser just so that he could breathe.  For the mother-of-two, who lives in Kuils River near Cape […]

‘The future of rural youth under siege: Cry my beloved eNdumo’

Read More Despite the much proclaimed development, promised by the ANC-led government after the 1994 democratic elections, to date, youth development in Ndumo in northern KwaZulu-Natal remains a nightmare.  From afar, Ndumo is a thriving community from an infrastructure standpoint. Yet the stain of rampant corruption characterises all levels of society in the area. Community […]