Giorno: 28 Ottobre 2022

5 000 “cotton eaters” expected to attend Cape Town’s first Cotton Fest

Read More One of the country’s biggest music festivals, the Cotton Fest, is coming to Cape Town in December. Cotton Fest founder, the late rapper Riky Rick, launched the festival in 2019 to bring together established and upcoming South African talent.  The annual festival was put on hold in 2021, due to Covid-19 restrictions, returning […]

Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, attacked at San Francisco home

Read More Paul Pelosi, the husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was taken to hospital early on Friday after an attack took place at the couple’s home in San Francisco. Pelosi’s office said he was “violently assaulted” by an attacker who broke into the Pelosi home. “The assailant is in custody and the motivation […]

Biden Calls Out Putin’s Claim Russia Will Not Use Nukes in Ukraine

President Joe Biden is questioning President Vladimir Putin’s claims Russia will not use nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine.

Paul Pelosi, House Speaker’s Husband, Attacked at San Francisco Home

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” during a break-in at the couple’s California home early Friday, her office said in a statement.

Get on your bike, Bulawayo residents urged

Read More Zimbabwe’s second city has launched a carbon-cutting initiative that encourages residents to take up cycling — and also promotes a healthy lifestyle — but it could prove a hard sell with  upwardly mobile younger people. This month, the Bulawayo municipality launched the Asitshoveni Cycling Programme as part of the global Smart Mobility Initiative […]

Life Esidimeni did it wrong – community-based mental health facilities are the way to go

Read More Helen Adams* woke up alone in a room of a state psychiatriatric hospital in Gauteng, confused. She had no idea how she got there. It soon became clear that she’d been admitted to the facility to get treatment for her mental illness. Later, Adams, 68, found herself in a lounge, which had no […]

JSC finally finetunes criteria for judicial appointment

Read More The Judicial Service Commission has published revised criteria in a draft document open for public comment. (Shuttershock) After years of pressure to clarify the considerations that apply to appointments to the bench, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has published a revised criteria for public comment. The pressure stemmed, in part, from the fact […]

Fred Fleitz to Newsmax: US, Saudi Relationship Downhill Since Biden’s Campaign

The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is not only about energy, but it’s a matter of “crucial security” that has been in trouble since President Joe Biden said during his 2020 campaign that he would make the nation a “pariah,” Fred Fleitz told Newsmax.

North Korea Fires Two Missiles Into Sea on Final Day of South Korea’s Drills

Read More People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles according to South Korea’s military, on Oct. 28, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images) North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles […]

World Faces a More Hostile China Under Xi’s Third Term: General Spalding

Read More In clinching an unprecedented third term, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is showing the world his vision of China: one that is more aggressive and at odds with the values of the free world, according to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding. “China is going to be much more aggressive, both militarily and […]