Rand Water to cut flows to Gauteng councils from Friday night to avoid ‘complete systems crash’
Read More Rand Water said it would apply flow-control management at its reservoirs from Friday evening to avoid them running empty and a “complete systems crash”. The move will ensure that Rand Water “takes full control of water supply and no longer relies on consumers to reduce consumption”, spokesperson Makenosi Maroo said. The utility imposed […]
Dead sex offender named as prime suspect in Leah Croucher murder case
Read More The prime suspect in the murder of Leah Croucher, who disappeared in February 2019, has been named as the convicted sex offender Neil Maxwell, who killed himself in April that year. Thames Valley police launched a murder investigation after discovering human remains at an address in Milton Keynes on Wednesday. They made the […]
Was that it? Eight-minute Liz Truss press conference will not steady ship
Read More Was that it? By the time Liz Truss stood up for her press conference (although a briefing where only four questions were allowed barely counts), we already knew that she was about to abandon the key thrust of her mini-budget, and that her chancellor had been sacked. The big question was whether Truss […]
GOP questions Trump subpoena timing: ‘Made-for-TV prop’
Post Content Republicans are questioning the timing of the January 6 Committee’s subpoena of former President Trump – more than a year after it started its investigation and just weeks before Republicans are expected to disband the committee if they win back the House. “The Select Committee’s unenforceable subpoena is just another made-for-TV prop,” Rep. […]
Wisconsin Senate debate: Crowd erupts as Johnson, Barnes asked to say something nice about each other
Post Content Audience members at the second and final Wisconsin U.S. Senate debate Thursday were not happy when what was supposed to be an amicable exchange turned nasty. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson debated Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Thursday night at Milwaukee’s Marquette University. DEMOCRAT SENATE CANDIDATE CALLS OBAMA FOR HELP AFTER SLIPPING IN […]
Brazil had ‘love’ with Trump, ‘indifference’ with Biden, economics minister says
Brazil enjoyed a warmer “relationship of love” between former President Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro than it has with President Biden, which has been one of “indifference,” Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes told Fox News Digital. “Trump likes Bolsonaro, and Bolsonaro likes Trump, and then it went to indifference between Biden and Bolsonaro,” Guedes […]
Biden drove ‘historically’ close Middle East allies into the arms of America’s greatest enemies, experts say
The Biden administration’s policy on the Middle East has fractured some of the United States’ most dependable partnerships in the region, causing typically friendly countries to build stronger relationships with China and Russia. “That countries that historically have been close partners of the United States are turning to Russia and China is a massive failure […]
North Korea fires missile, artillery shells, inflaming tensions
North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew warplanes near the tense border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. The North Korean moves suggest it is reviving an old playbook of stoking fears of war with provocative […]
Russia’s Wagner group makes ‘some’ advances in Donbas in first tactical gains since July: UK intel
The Kremlin-linked Wagner Group has helped Russia make some of it first tactical advances in the Donbas region since July, defense officials said Friday. The United Kingdom defense ministry said that over the last three days pro-Russian forces have advanced towards the city center of Bakhmut in Donetsk, where its mercenary group remains “heavily involved” […]
How ‘corruption mafia’ looted Gauteng hospitals
Read More Tembisa Tertiary Hospital The Gauteng hospital “corruption mafia”, allegedly led by suspended Tembisa hospital chief executive Ashley Mthunzi, approved purchases of about R3-million in five months without proper vetting. The Gauteng government knew that Mthunzi moved around with the same supply-chain management support staff members at three provincial hospitals to allegedly hijack the […]