New play demonstrates power of words – said and unsaid
Read More Young meets old in a new staging of The Lesson, a classical play by the Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco,at the Market Theatre. New ideas of education confront the old in a jarring action by rising star Lihle Ngubo and seasoned actors Fiona Ramsay and Graham Hopkins. The dining room setting of the Professor’s […]
‘Ulterior’ motives in removal of Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse, court rules
Read More City of Johannesburg speaker Colleen Makhubele had an “ulterior purpose” in granting councillors an “unreasonable” 16 hours before voting on the removal of Mpho Phalatse as city mayor and the move was “unlawful”, Judge Raylene Keightley ruled on Tuesday. At the Johannesburg high court, Keightley also ruled that all decisions taken by the […]
Invitation to tender advert: Development of Sustainability Plan and Business Continuity Model for the SHOC
Read More This story is sponsored Contract 83423545 The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit through the SADC/GIZ Project “Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)” funded by the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). The objective of GIDRM […]
The aides and spads expected to join Rishi Sunak in Downing Street
Read More Rishi Sunak is to fill his No 10 with ex-Treasury staffers and long-term loyalists, including a high-flying protege of Dominic Cummings as his chief of staff. Insiders expect a top job for Liam Booth-Smith, who ran Sunak’s leadership campaign and was his most senior aide at the Treasury, though technically his job title […]
Starmer urges focused Sunak attack lines as Tories expect ‘poll bounce’
Read More Labour has a stock of well-honed attack lines to use against Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer told his shadow cabinet on Tuesday, though he warned the new prime minister was likely to get “a significant poll bounce” as the UK breathed a sigh of relief over Liz Truss’s departure. Starmer told the meeting Sunak […]
DCCC spends $600k on ads defending leader Rep. Patrick Maloney
Post Content The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has begun pouring funding into its chairman’s campaign as his New York congressional race tightens. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is running against Republican New York Assemblyman Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District, which includes the Hudson Valley. The DCCC will be committing approximately $600,000 to Maloney […]
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dead at 68, family says
Post Content Former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who served in the post under President Barack Obama, has died at 68, his family announced Tuesday. Carter is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and his children, Ava and Will. Obama nominated Carter to lead the Pentagon in 2014. In the role, Carter would be the first […]
Ron DeSantis refuses to answer if he will run for president in 2024
Post Content Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to say whether he plans to run for president in 2024, a bid that would land right in the middle of his second term as governor. Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist pressed DeSantis on the issue during an election debate Monday night. DeSantis is among the […]
PA House Committee releases scathing report on Philadelphia DA Krasner, holds off on recommending impeachment
Post Content A Pennsylvania House committee investigating Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner released their latest report, heavily criticizing Krasner for policies they believe contributed to rising crime without saying yet whether he should be impeached. The House Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order is tasked with, among other things, making determinations about the performance […]
Fox News Power Rankings: Storm clouds gather for Democrats in the Northeast
Post Content The forecast looks gloomier for Democrats as Election Day nears, with a spate of recent polls suggesting that even the sitting governor of New York is in some danger. In this edition of the Fox News Power Rankings, five northeast races shift towards Republicans, and signs of a potential upset are emerging in […]