Giorno: 17 Ottobre 2022

This is how Tongaat got running water after 200 dry days

Read More In August, storms lashed Durban, claiming 460 lives and displacing 6 000 people. More than 8 000 houses, many informal and built on unstable foundations, slid down the city’s hills as the rains poured. Climate reports say these were among the worst weather events on the continent this year. Some 40km north of […]

State’s developmental role puts procurement at the centre of the economy

Read More After years of economic hardship caused largely by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by the ripple effects of a constrained global supply chain, the government’s role in driving economic growth and job creation has been put back into the spotlight. With the presidency announcing a raft of measures aimed at attracting foreign direct […]

Calls for UK response after protester attacked at Chinese consulate

Read More The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, is facing demands for action against the Chinese government after police began inquiries into claims that a pro-democracy protester was attacked inside the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester . The man who was reportedly beaten up, named only as Bob, said he was punched and […]

Pound rises and UK borrowing costs drop as Hunt brings forward debt plan

Read More UK government borrowing costs fell sharply and the pound rallied after Jeremy Hunt announced he would bring forward some of his debt-cutting plans in an attempt to smooth over turmoil in financial markets. In a surprise statement early on Monday, the chancellor said he would make a statement to the Commons to announce […]

Jeremy Hunt’s statement on medium-term fiscal plan: key points at a glance

Read More Hunt’s opening remarks Jeremy Hunt says the government will reverse almost all of the tax measures announced in the mini-budget that have not been legislated for so far. The measures on stamp duty and national insurance will remain. The chancellor will scrap plans for cuts to dividend tax rates, reversal of off-payroll reforms, […]

Raphael Warnock debates Libertarian Chase Oliver as Herschel Walker declines invitation

Post Content Georgia Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Libertarian businessman Chase Oliver took the stage Sunday night for the second Senate debate ahead of November’s election, but Republican Herschel Walker was represented by an empty podium. Walker’s absence was highlighted throughout the evening by Warnock, Oliver and debate moderators, who even gave the present candidates […]

Sri Lanka Seeks Trilateral Cooperation With India, Japan for Economic Recovery: Envoy

Read More Sri Lanka has sought trilateral cooperation with India and Japan in the renewable energy, petroleum, telecoms, and port sectors to hasten its economic recovery, the Sri Lankan high commissioner to India said on Monday. “President Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed trilateral cooperation with India and Japan during his visit to Tokyo,” High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda […]

Governo, le news su Meloni e i ministri: oggi l’incontro nella sede di FdI. Crosetto: “C’è bisogno della visione del Cav”. Micciché (FI): “Valutiamo l’appoggio esterno”

Read More Dopo le incomprensioni dei giorni scorsi, oggi pomeriggio Silvio Berlusconi incontrerà Giorgia Meloni a Via della Scrofa, la sede di Fratelli d’Italia. Il chiarimento tra i due dovrebbe far cadere gli ostacoli verso la nascita di un esecutivo di centrodestra. Ottimista il leader della Lega Matteo Salvini. Fiduciosi i colonnelli FdI Crosetto e […]