Energy regulator Nersa grants Eskom an 18.65 % tariff hike
Read More Consumers will have to grapple with higher electricity prices after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) granted Eskom a 18.65% tariff hike to help it cover its debt. This is less than the 32% that the utility had asked for 2022-23, but Eskom will get a further 12.74% in April 2024. […]
Getting governance right in Africa in 2023
Read More Globally, 2022 was not a good governance year. Just as the negative impact of Covid-19 lockdowns was starting to bring hope, Russia violated the international order by invading Ukraine. What Putin thought would take a few weeks has turned into a conflict nearly a year long. It seems as if there are few […]
White House confirms second set of classified documents found at Biden Delaware property – live
Read More From 3h ago Here’s the Guardian’s David Smith on what little we know about the reports that emerged yesterday of a second batch of classified materials found somewhere linked to Joe Biden, and how it compares to what was found at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort: Joe Biden was facing fresh scrutiny over his […]
British Council workers ‘hunted’ in Afghanistan allowed to come to UK
Read More Nearly 100 British Council contractors forced to live in hiding since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan have been given the green light to come to the UK. After 18 months of moving between safe houses while they were “hunted” by soldiers of the new regime, about half the contractors who worked for the […]
Russia Releases Navy Veteran Detained for Nearly a Year
Taylor Dudley, a U.S. Navy veteran held in detention in Russia for nearly a year, was released Thursday, according to his family.
“Mi morse il seno in scena, litigammo e per cinque anni ho lasciato il teatro”: la denuncia dell’attrice Chiara Claudi
Read More La verità indigesta è “sapere che mentre parlo chissà quante altre colleghe sono vittime di molestie nei teatri”. Chiara Claudi, attrice di teatro, cinema, e di teatro, cinema, vocal coach, è tornata in scena dopo «cinque anni di blocco». A intralciare la sua carriera sono state le molestie sul palcoscenico da parte di un […]
Movimento Me Too, l’attrice Roberta Lena: “Al debutto mi avvisarono subito: se non vai col produttore, non lavorerai”
Read More BOLOGNA – Il suo è stato un battesimo di fuoco. A 18 anni, quando a Bologna, voleva iscriversi a una scuola di teatro, fu il direttore a provarci. A venti, quando frequentava il Centro sperimentale a Roma, toccò al produttore importante, durante un pranzo di lavoro. Poi ci fu il comico di fama […]
Me Too, il ministro Sangiuliano: “Niente fondi alle aziende con casi di violenza sulle donne”
Read More Il ministro della Cultura Gennaro Sangiuliano è pronto a intervenire, per la sua parte, nel Me Too italiano, il vaso di Pandora scoperchiato dall’associazione Amleta e raccontato da giorni su Repubblica attraverso le denunce e le testimonianze degli abusi, delle molestie e dei ricatti nel mondo del teatro, del cinema e della televisione. […]
US, Japan Announce New Plans to Bolster Alliance, Expand Joint Security in Outer Space
Read More The United States and Japan on Jan. 11 unveiled new plans to strengthen their alliance amid growing threats from North Korea and communist China, including extending security cooperation to outer space. In a joint statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense […]
Lula says he suspects pro-Bolsonaro staff helped mob enter presidential palace
Read More The Brazilian leader Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva has said he suspects hardcore supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro among the presidential staff facilitated the entry of insurrectionists who stormed his presidential palace seeking to overthrow Brazil’s government. Speaking to a group of political journalists in Bras?lia’s Planalto palace – one of […]
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