Cape Town Cycling Tour: most successful failure we’ve ever had
Read More The Active Mobility Forum with support from the Pedal Power Association cycle through Adderley Street to advocate for safe cycling lanes with the new provisional minister for mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie. Photo Credit Max Sillivan. The dynamics of Cape Town’s roads changed last week Sunday, offering a glimpse of what it and other South […]
Durban University of Technology (DUT) 2023 State of the University Address
Read More DUT Executive Management and the SRC leadership during the 2023 SOUA at Indumiso campus. The success of Durban University of Technology (DUT) will not be measured by its on-campus operations, its distinctive education, its state-of-the-art infrastructure or its innovative classrooms and digitally-enabled environment. It will not be measured by its green ecosystems, its […]
King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini steps in over missing Ingonyama Trust R41m
Read More King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini. The monarch wants transparency and public participation in the land body’s operations and finances This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.
One person killed in blast at FSB building in Rostov-on-Don near Ukraine, Russian agencies say
Read More At least one person has been killed and two people injured in a blast and fire at a building belonging to Russia’s FSB security service in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, according to officials quoted by Russian news agencies. Footage captured on Thursday by Reuters showed thick black smoke billowing into the air […]
Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations
Read More Roger Waters has said he will take legal action against city authorities in Germany over the threatened cancellation of concerts there, after the former Pink Floyd frontman was accused of antisemitism, which he denies. In February, magistrates in Frankfurt instructed the venue for Waters’ 28 May concert in the city to cancel it, […]
Macron uses special powers to force through plan to raise pension age
Read More The French government has used controversial special constitutional powers to force through a rise in the pension age amid chaotic scenes in parliament in which radical left MPs sang La Marseillaise at the top of their voices to stop the prime minister, ?lisabeth Borne, from speaking. The president, Emmanuel Macron, took a last-minute […]
US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into American drone over Black Sea
Read More A remarkable video released by the Pentagon shows the moments before a Russian fighter crashed into a $32m US Reaper drone after spraying it with jet fuel on Tuesday morning over the Black Sea. The declassified footage shows an Su-27 Flanker jet making two exceptionally close passes of the uncrewed drone, spraying fuel […]
Government confirms new pay offer for NHS staff in England
Read More The government has confirmed it is making a significant new pay offer to NHS staff in England, including a one-off bonus which unions say amounts to ?2.5bn. The health secretary, Steve Barclay, and his officials have been in intensive talks with health unions to try to end months of disruptive strike action. The […]
Court Battle Claims Rockwell Sketches Hidden at WH
Family members are fighting a custody battle for possession of four original Norman Rockwell sketches, with one side claiming the artwork was stolen and stashed away in the White House for decades in a plot to establish sole ownership.
Republican-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court may revive voter ID mandate
A photo voter identification mandate first sought over a decade ago by North Carolina Republicans could be revived after the state Supreme Court reheard on Wednesday a case that led a different combination of justices a few months ago to strike down a voter ID law. The justices agreed last month to take a second […]