Giorno: 25 Ottobre 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Brandon Lewis quit as PM begins reshuffle

Read More Jacob Rees-Mogg and Brandon Lewis have resigned from the government as Rishi Sunak begins to assemble his new cabinet on his first day as prime minister. Wendy Morton, the chief whip who caused immense controversy under Liz Truss over the fracking vote, has also been sacked by Sunak. Sunak met departing ministers in […]

Jacob Zuma’s like a toxic, spurned former husband from hell

Read More Tuesday. I didn’t have much difficulty ignoring the interventions by our former heads of state at the weekend over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala dramas (I don’t know what else to call them). It’s not just that I did more than my fair share of listening to both former presidents — and waiting […]

‘We are proud’: Narayana Murthy on son-in-law Rishi Sunak becoming UK PM

Read More Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law, the retired entrepreneur Narayana Murthy, has broken his customary media silence to celebrate his son-in-law’s appointment as British prime minister. “We are proud,” Murthy told the Asian News Agency. “We are confident he will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom.” “Rishi Sunak, a ‘proud Hindu’, is […]

‘No fat left to trim’: how spending cuts could affect UK government

Read More After being named as Tory party leader and the next prime minister, Rishi Sunak warned MPs that the UK faced”a profound economic challenge”. Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, at least for now, has previously said no option is off the table when it comes to filling the ?40bn black hole in the public finances […]

Why Biden’s quiet campaign season could help Democrats in November

Post Content CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With Democrats and Republicans evenly split in the U.S. Senate, the stakes are high for senate races in key toss-up states. Former President Donald Trump is vocally supporting the candidates he favors. But one big name isn’t leaning into these races as much; President Biden. Why? It likely comes down […]

South Africa has produced a stunted democracy

Read More South Africa has reached a critical moment, a moment of profound crisis. The national democratic revolution, the primary immediate aim of the liberation movement, the ANC, and its allies in the South African Communist Party (SACP) and trade union federation Cosatu, has all but ground to a halt. In its 1984 constitution, the […]

Vodacom South Africa to utilise Midrand campus for solar energy production

Read More Vodacom South Africa’s Midrand campus is being kitted out with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels as part of the telco’s sustainable strategy around energy management. This solution will allow Vodacom’s headquarters to generate around 10.8 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of its own clean power every year, which is roughly 21% of the HQ’s power consumption, reducing […]

Applications for young Antarctic explorers are open

Read More When oceanographer Riesna Audh first saw the 40m icebergs in the Antarctic for the first time it was “awe-inspiring”. They dwarfed the SA Agulhas II, an icebreaker polar supply and research ship, which stands at about 12m high.  The PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has travelled to Antarctica more […]