Giorno: 24 Gennaio 2023

Call for applications: Research, Analysis and Foresight Programme Officer

Read More The Innovation Foundation for Democracy is looking for a Research, Analysis and Foresight Programme Officer Location: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Duration: Two years (with the possibility of renewal) Starting date: March 2023 Project description: The Innovation Foundation for Democracy is a non-profit African organisation under South African law. Consisting of a network […]

Call for applications: Education, Training and Collective Support Programme Officer

Read More The Innovation Foundation for Democracy is looking for an Education, Training and Collective Support Programme Officer Location: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Duration: Two years (with the possibility of renewal) Starting date: March 2023 Project description: The Innovation Foundation for Democracy is a non-profit African organisation under South African law. Consisting of […]

Community health workers are ditching unions

Read More Community health workers (CHWs) say they’ve “lost all faith” in trade unions as their fight for contracts that include pension and medical aid benefits nears a decade.  Gauteng is the only province where these health workers get the same protection as other permanently employed government staff, such as nurses. In 2020, community health […]

Mercedes-Benz says EVs have economic advantage in SA

Read More Mercedes-Benz introduced its fifth electric car to the local market in Johannesburg last week, amid daily rolling blackouts by Eskom since the year began. The EQE follows the arrival of the EQA, EQB, EQC and EQS in Q3 of 2022.  Mark Raine, co-CEO at Mercedes-Benz SA, says South Africa is in an ideal […]

Former Tory minister calls for Nadhim Zahawi to step down

Read More A former Conservative cabinet minister has called for Nadhim Zahawi to step down as party chair while an ethics investigation takes place into his tax affairs. The former immigration minister Caroline Nokes said the story had become a distraction for the Tories and the prime minister and that Zahawi should “step aside” for […]

Ucraina – Russia, le news dalla guerra oggi. Dimissioni eccellenti a Kiev, lasciano il vice ministro della Difesa e il numero due dell’ufficio di Zelensky

Read More Sul fronte ucraino è scattato l’undicesimo mese di guerra. “E’ ill 335esimo giorno. Un giorno che passeremo allo stesso modo del 334esimo, unendo tutte le nostre forze per il bene di una cosa: per il bene della vittoria. Per la vittoria dell’Ucraina” ha dichiarato  Volodymyr Zelensky che attende gli aiuti dell’Occidente che Kiev […]

Gianni Agnelli vent’anni dopo. John Elkann: “La lezione di mio nonno”

Read More “Quando me ne sarò andato, la crescita e il consolidamento di tutto ciò che è stato costruito alla fine dipenderà dalla qualità delle persone, e dal fatto che ci credano o no. Perché sono loro che dovranno affrontare le prossime avversità. E sono loro il patrimonio della Fiat: i suoi uomini”. È il […]

Pandor hails friendship with Russia despite its war on Ukraine

Read More South Africa said on Monday it was “friends” with Russia, as it hosted that country’s top diplomat for a visit that has sparked criticism against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. A continental powerhouse, South Africa has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and last week announced it will host joint […]

Energy support sends UK government borrowing to December record

Read More Government payments to soften the impact of rocketing energy bills helped send UK public borrowing soaring to more than ?27bn last month – the highest figure for December since modern records began 30 years ago. The latest bulletin on the health of the UK’s finances from the Office for National Statistics showed government […]