Giorno: 22 Luglio 2022

New Honda Civic Type R: Return of the samurai

Read More In its pre-production glory, the Honda Civic Type R broke the Suzuka Circuit lap record for front-wheel drive vehicles after lapping the 5.8km track in 2:23.120 This was followed by a few runs around the Nürburgring while sporting heavy camouflage. Now Honda has officially taken the camo off its new Type R, which […]

‘There’s nothing else to give them’: Liverpool food banks confront rising hunger

Read More An uncomfortable silence fills the hall of St Bride’s church in Liverpool. In a few minutes, its doors will open to some of the city’s hungriest families. Between 250 and 300 people are expected at its latest weekly food bank, although it could be more. But there is little to offer them: only […]

Sicilia, lo scoglio delle primarie. Può infrangersi il cantiere dell’alleanza

Read More È davvero finito il “campo largo” inventato da Enrico Letta, o il “fronte progressista” come preferisce chiamarlo Giuseppe Conte? Lo sapremo presto, prestissimo: entro stasera. E lo sapremo non da Roma ma da Palermo, dove domani sono in calendario le primarie indette da Pd, Movimento 5 Stelle e sinistra radicale per la scelta […]

‘Alpha CEO’ Andre de Ruyter is not the fixer Eskom needs, says Gwede Mantashe

Read More Fault line: Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said there had been 10 black chief executives at Eskom before André de Ruyter who had let the country down. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter and the board may not have the skills needed to revive the ailing […]

Superbugs: Why hospitals need more money to fight drug resistance

Read More Common germs are outsmarting medicine much faster than South Africa’s health system can keep up with them — and new research suggests there isn’t the money (or enough specialists) at state facilities to stop more bugs from becoming untreatable.  A paper published in Antibiotics in June showed that only three of 57 health […]

Panama Papers whistleblower speaks out: ‘Politicians must act – now’

Read More The anonymous whistleblower who leaked the Panama Papers has stepped forward to speak about their life in hiding, saying they believe the German government violated an agreement to provide adequate protection for them and their family. Known only as John Doe, the whistleblower has never disclosed their identity or their gender. In a […]

Editorial: Beware factional fiction

Read More Last weekend, claims appeared on social media that KwaZulu-Natal’s member of the executive council for finance, Nomsa Dube-Ncube, had been interviewed by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) about the alleged disappearance of part of R220-million in disaster relief allocated to the province’s agriculture department in 2015. According to the social […]

How gambling has evolved world-wide

Read More Gambling activities have been around for much longer than most of us imagine. According to historical resources, the earliest signs of gambling date as far back as 2300 B.C. This means that gambling appeared around 1 700 years before money as a currency was introduced, players wagering their belongings, food, and cattle instead. […]

Dover port declares ‘critical incident’ as travellers face four-hour queues

Read More The Port of Dover has declared a “critical incident”, blaming “woefully inadequate” French border control staffing for queues of up to four hours as the busiest summer getaway in at least eight years kicks off. The Kent port apologised to travellers facing long waits to cross the Channel on what was also expected […]

Rishi Sunak has time to win over Tory members and is not making promises he can’t keep, leading supporter says – UK politics live

Read More In his interview with Andrew Marr on LBC last night Rishi Sunak claimed he played a big part in the government’s decision to avoid a return to lockdown last Christmas. He told the programme: What I did in December was fly back from a government trip I was on overseas and I flew […]