Giorno: 3 Ottobre 2022

Call for war on zama zamas will not bring peace to South Africa’s platinum belt

Read More Neal Froneman, chief executive of Sibanye-Stillwater, recently called for action against zama zamas, artisanal miners who exploit shafts that have been abandoned by mining companies. ‘We should declare a state of emergency and should involve the military’, he said.  With the International Day of Peace on 21 September and the International Day of Non-Violence […]

Truss costretta alla marcia indietro, niente taglio delle tasse ai ricchi

Read More BIRMINGHAM – Liz Truss rinuncia a tagliare le tasse ai ricchi. È un dietrofront umiliante quello della prima ministra britannica, che solo ieri mattina alla Bbc aveva ribadito la cocciuta intenzione di non cambiare una virgola del suo programma radicale, che prevedeva la rimozione dell’aliquota fiscale più alta (45% oltre 150 mila sterline di reddito attuale) […]

Rate hikes are the wrong medicine

Read More As leading central banks launched the most coordinated assault on inflation in decades — which could trigger a global recession next year — the South African Reserve Bank announced a copycat 75 basis points increase in the repo rate to 6.25% on 23 September.  The increase has worsened the country’s economic outlook, which […]

Inconclusive vote: Brazil wakes up to four more weeks of uncertainty

Read More After an inconclusive first round of presidential elections, Brazilians woke up Monday to another month of uncertainty in a deeply polarized political environment and with renewed fears of unrest. Seeking to make a spectacular comeback, ex-president and frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 76, failed to garner the 50 percent of votes plus […]

Water companies forced to cut ?150m from customers’ bills

Read More Thames Water, Southern Water and other companies will be forced to cut tens of millions of pounds from consumers’ bills after the regulator said they had missed pollution targets. Eleven water companies will have to return about ?150m to customers in the form of lower bills in the 2023-24 financial year, the water […]

Secrets of making an all black woman action film

Read More The race to the box office has begun for South African movie lovers ahead of the release of the highly anticipated Sony Pictures movie The Woman King, which launches today.   It is directed by American screenwriter and director Gina Prince-Bythewood, known for films such as Love & Basketball, Disappearing Acts and The Secret […]

Liz Truss abandons plan to scrap 45p top rate of income tax amid Tory revolt

Read More Liz Truss’s government has abandoned its plan to abolish the 45% top rate of income tax, following a turbulent reaction from international markets, and a mounting Conservative revolt over the policy. The decision came on the second day of the Tory conference in Birmingham, which had been dominated by dissent from Conservative MPs […]