Giorno: 30 Settembre 2022

10 Things you didn’t know about opera

Read More With my first opera attendance having blown my virginal socks off, opera virgin that is, I felt the next responsible step in the process of enlightenment for The Opera Virgin, intent on taking in every opera performance in South Africa, should be some opera — who knew. So, freshly inspired by the tenor […]

‘Corruption mafia’ looting Gauteng’s ailing health system

Read More A Gauteng hospital “corruption mafia”, reportedly headed by the now suspended Tembisa hospital chief executive Ashley Mthunzi, has been “manipulating” tender processes to allegedly plunder the province’s ailing health system.  A Mail & Guardian investigation has also unearthed an alleged assassination plot against a whistleblower who is afraid that his death for exposing […]

African Union 20 years on: A retrospective

Read More On 9 September 1999, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) adopted the Sirte Declaration calling for the establishment of the African Union (AU). The AU was officially launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa.  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki noted: “Africa was free from colonial and apartheid oppression, except for […]

UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19

Read More A weaker than expected recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has meant the UK is the only G7 country with a smaller economy than in early 2020, according to official figures that are likely to further undermine the government’s tax-cutting measures. Before the prime minister and chancellor’s meeting with the head of the government’s […]

‘Sham’: New Zealand Refuses to Recognise Russian Referendums in Ukraine Regions

Read More Workers fix a banner reading “Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson—Russia!” on top of a construction installed in front of the State Historical Museum outside Red Square in central Moscow on Sept. 29, 2022. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images) New Zealand has joined its Western allies in denouncing the “sham” referenda held in four Ukrainian […]

Study finds no evidence dehorning rhinos has an impact on the species

Read More A study conducted by the University of Bristol Veterinary  School in the UK, the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism and the Save the Rhino Trust found no evidence dehorning black rhinos has a negative impact on them.  The study assessed four Namibian sub-populations of black rhino that had undergone different levels […]

Trevor Noah to leave The Daily Show

Read More The Daily Show host Trevor Noah will leave the satirical news program after seven years, he said Thursday, giving no timetable for his exit. “My time is up,” the 38-year-old said in video on the show’s Twitter account. The South African comedian said he missed traveling after being grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. “I spent two […]