Giorno: 5 Aprile 2023

Godongwana withdraws controversial Eskom exemption — for now

Read More Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (David Harrison/M&G) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has withdrawn the controversial gazette granting Eskom a partial exemption from the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). The decision, revealed during a meeting with MPs on Wednesday, was taken after an “intense” discussion with auditor general Tsakani Maluleke the previous day. According to […]

Government to halt Eskom state of disaster, fearing court battles

Read More Cooperative governance (Cogta) minister Thembi Nkandimeng is expected to announce the termination of the energy state of disaster on Wednesday. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Cooperative governance (Cogta) minister Thembi Nkandimeng is expected to announce the termination of the energy state of disaster on Wednesday, after the government discovered it had made blunders […]

With prayer, we seek peace for South Africa

Read More Hope for South Africa lies in us, not in government or in the interests of shareholders of our major corporates, writes M&G Editor-in-Chief Ron Derby. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) In perilous times a decision we make to go right or to go left can result in a choice between life or death. […]

Have coal industry workers been left in the dark?

Read More South Africa will have to redirect coal workers into new jobs in the renewable energy sector, such as construction, electrical engineering and information technology (IT). Photo: Delwyn Verasamy This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center” For workers in the coal industry such as Nelly Sigudla (above), the transition to green energy sources […]

Government suspends relationship with CBI amid Guardian allegations

Read More The UK government has suspended its relationship with the Confederation of British Industry, as pressure mounts after the Guardian revealed multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by the lobby group’s staff. Sources said engagement between key Whitehall departments and the CBI had been “paused” pending the outcome of an investigation by the lobby group […]

Windsors v Borb?ns: comparing the public pay of European royal families

Read More Comparing the cost of Europe’s royal dynasties is akin to comparisons between apples and oranges. Each family is unique, and each government has a different way of paying for them. Some royal budgets cover the cost of maintaining palaces, staff and security; others are limited to annual stipends to individual kings or queens. […]

How Tory royal funding deal gave rise to King Charles’s potential cash windfall

Read More King Charles III’s public rejection of a pay rise potentially worth as much as ?250m a year in extra taxpayer money has laid bare the extraordinarily generous funding arrangement introduced by the former prime minister David Cameron. The sovereign grant deal, ushered in by Cameron and his chancellor, George Osborne, in 2011, has […]

How the British royal family hides its wealth from public scrutiny

Read More How much money will the coronation of King Charles III cost the British public? What tax rate will our new king pay on his private income? How many engagements did “working royals” such as the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent attend over the last five years? How much were they paid? How much […]

Revealed: royals took more than ?1bn income from controversial estates

Read More King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II have received payments equivalent to more than ?1bn from two land and property estates that are at the centre of a centuries-old debate over whether their profits should be given to the public instead. An investigation by the Guardian has established the full scale of […]

DOJ Settles Over Texas Church Shooting for $144M

The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a…