Giorno: 1 Agosto 2022

10 years later, not all Marikana widows have received promised houses

Read More Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) dance and sing around Wonderkop Hill during the 4th anniversary of the Marikana shooting in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) As the 10 year anniversary of the massacre that claimed the lives of 44 mineworkers, police officers and […]

Don Mattera: man of pain and struggle, love and hope

Read More Born in Westbury in 1935, Don Mattera was destined to lead a life of significance. His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a Xhosa woman, back when it was a crime to have children of mixed race. As one of the founding members of the Black Consciousness Movement, he was detained, banned […]

Invest in women to close the tech gender gap

Read More It is quite staggering that even in 2022, we still have a technology sector that is grossly underrepresented by women. Although this is a global issue and quite concerning for a sector that prides itself on being one step ahead of everyone else, it is probably no surprise that the gender gap in […]

Farewell Sebastian Vettel, humanitarian extraordinaire

Read More Many things can be said about the four-time F1 champ, Sebastian Vettel, who has evaded social media all his career, only to open an Instagram account to tell the world he’s retiring from F1 for good. Classic Seb. Always doing things differently. We’ll miss that in the world of corporate race car drivers, […]

The way forward: Lessons from the East

Read More This article explores some triggers for the week of unrest in South Africa during July 2021, and, more importantly, looks at what could be done to prevent a recurrence of this type of national disaster. The author’s background is in operations, which can be described as the study of “what has to be […]

England win Women’s Euro 2022 final: all the reaction – live!

Read More We can expect more scenes like this today, then. Public celebrations can continue on Monday with a daytime event scheduled at Trafalgar Square, where fans will be able to join a Q and A session with the victorious players and their manager, my colleague Gemma McSherry reports. Fans will be able to turn […]

Beijing Looking to Buy Deep Water Port, WWII Airstrip in Solomon Islands

Read More In this handout provided by the Australian Department of Defence, Armadale Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Armidale, sails into the Port of Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands, on Dec. 1, 2021. (CPL Brodie Cross/Australian Department of Defence via Getty Images) A Chinese state-owned firm is investigating the purchase of a deep water port and […]

Medical Board That Certifies Doctors Has Gone ‘Woke’

The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the philanthropic part of the American Board of Internal Medicine, which certifies physicians and funds the development of their curriculum, has, according to an association of medical professionals “gone woke.”

Medical Board That Certifies Doctors Has Gone ‘Woke’

The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the philanthropic part of the American Board of Internal Medicine, which certifies physicians and funds the development of their curriculum, has, according to an association of medical professionals “gone woke.”

NATO says it’s prepared to intervene in Kosovo if ‘stability is jeopardized’

NATO-led forces are prepared to intervene in northern Kosovo if stability in the region is jeopardized. NATO said in a statement Sunday that tensions are on the rise in the northern municipalities of Kosovo and that Kosovo Force Pristina (KFOR) was monitoring the situation closely. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping force, was established in 1999 with […]