Downer says Zuma has been tripped up by his Stalingrad tactics

Read More Jacob Zuma should not be allowed further delay in his arms deal corruption trial by virtue of an application for leave to appeal an interlocutory ruling he filed to the apex court at the eleventh hour, state prosecutor Billy Downer argued before the Pietermaritzburg high court on Monday. Downer submitted that the application […]

Transnet, majority union come to agreement on wage hike

Read More After just over a week of striking, the United Transport & Allied Trade Union (Untu) has signed a three-year wage deal with Transnet. Untu — which represents 53.9% of the Transnet workforce and is the majority union at the state logistics company — went on strike on 6 October following an impasse in […]

Trussonomics: who were doomed mini-budget’s biggest cheerleaders?

Read More In a final blow to so-called Trussonomics, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has announced he is reversing almost all the tax measures in his predecessor’s mini-budget. In less than four weeks, it damaged the UK’s reputation across the world, caused untold carnage on the financial markets and left the prime minister clinging on by […]

Top House Dems continue paying family members thousands of dollars using campaign funds

Post Content FIRST ON FOX: Top House Democrats Maxine Waters and James Clyburn have continued to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to their family members ahead of the November midterm elections. The re-election campaign for Waters, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairwoman, paid a total of $16,000 to the […]

Dems target Arizona’s narrow GOP majority in midterm election

Post Content The razor-thin margins in Arizona’s statehouse make it a prime target for Democrats hoping to turn the state blue in November’s midterm elections. Republicans control Arizona’s Senate with a 16-14 advantage and hold the House by a 31-29 margin. In a year with highly-competitive races for governor and U.S. Senate in the state, […]

Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests

A fire that burned through part of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison damaged one of the largest buildings at the complex, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday, as authorities raised the death toll in the still-murky incident, saying at least eight prisoners were killed. What happened on Saturday night at the prison — which houses both […]