Giorno: 24 Novembre 2022

Gove under pressure to explain role in PPE deals for Mone-linked firm

Read More Michael Gove is facing mounting pressure to fully explain his role in the government’s award of large PPE contracts to a company that was first recommended to him by the Tory peer Michelle Mone. Asked in an interview on Thursday how he responded to Lady Mone’s approach in May 2020, Gove said he […]

Thai Authorities Seeking Suspect in Southern Car Bombing

Read More HAT YAI, Thailand—Police said Wednesday they were trying to identify the suspect in a bombing of police housing that killed one officer and wounded 45 other people in a part of southern Thailand troubled by a Muslim separatist insurgency for almost two decades. Police said the suspect drove a black pickup truck into […]

Invasion of rose-ringed parakeet in South Africa ruffles feathers

Read More Colourful flocks of rose-ringed parakeets have dazzled people since they swooped into suburban gardens and parks more than 50 years ago. But too few know that the tropical parakeet species, with their green plumage, red beaks and long arrow-like tails, are one of the world’s worst invasive parrot species, said Tinyiko Cavin Shivambu, […]

Richards Bay Minerals wants court to stop unlawful payments to chiefs

Read More Land claims: Richards Bay Minerals was ordered to pay compensation, but its MD Werner Duvenhage says the money is being misused. Richards Bay Minerals wants the high court to remove amakhosi and their families as trustees and beneficiaries of four trusts to which it has thus far paid R500 million in dividends to […]

Several hospitals hit hard by public sector strike

Read More Disrupted: The protest by civil servants at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital resulted in health care being ‘chaotic’ . Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images Strike-compromised doctors and nurses in several major hospitals in three provinces battled to care for patients on Tuesday as protesters blocked access to facilities, forcing the cancellation of surgeries and […]

Another 75 basis point hike as Reserve Bank seeks to tame ‘inflation monster’

Read More The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has lifted the repo rate by another 75 basis points, marking the sixth consecutive hike in a year. Two of the five committee members preferred a lower 50 basis point hike. The repo rate, which affects the cost of borrowing, now stands at 7%, […]

Mkhwebane’s suspension rests on facts, not optics, concourt hears

Read More Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Photo: Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images Counsel for President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday argued before the constitutional court that the timing of his suspension of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane two days after she launched a probe into the Phala Phala scandal was an unfortunate twist of fate, not proof […]

NHS faces ‘perfect winter storm’ with tenfold rise in hospital flu cases

Read More The NHS in England is facing a “perfect winter storm” with 10 times more people in hospital with flu than this time last year, and ambulances experiencing deadly delays when arriving at A&E with sick patients. There were an average of 344 patients a day in hospitals in England with flu last week, […]

Michelle Mone PPE firm revelations prompt anger in Commons

Read More The growing controversy over a PPE company linked to the Tory peer Michelle Mone has sparked an angry reaction in parliament, as MPs demanded an investigation into wider concerns over what one called “absolutely sickening, shameful and unforgivable” instances of politically connected firms profiteering from unusable PPE during the pandemic. Parliamentarians asked ministers […]