Enviroment Quiz 10
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Involving young people before the 2024 elections is vital
Read More The youth must take to the voting booth in the upcoming elections. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) In 2024, South Africa is heading to the polls, where citizens will elect members of the seventh parliament as well as the nine provincial legislatures. These elections will be important — 2024 will mark 30 years since the end […]
Manufacturing output down 5.2% in February, says Stats SA
Read More The largest contributors to the negative print were food and beverages, which decreased by 6.1%, (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Manufacturing output decreased by 5.2% in February year-on-year, according to Statistics South Africa, slightly worse than analysts’ predictions of a 4.3% to 5% contraction. The largest contributors to the negative print were food […]
Thabo Bester and Eskom show up ANC government’s failures
Read More TOPSHOT – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images) President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet have once again displayed incompetence in the face of adversity. The president can no longer hide behind his predecessor Jacob Zuma to excuse the ANC’s failures in […]
The consequences of Finland’s Nato move
Read More A view of a Finland flag (C) and two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) flags waving at the Finnish Foreign Ministry in Helsinki, Finland on April 04, 2023. Finland officially joined NATO on Tuesday (April 4) as Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto handed the signed accession treaty to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. […]
Two men accused of trying to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins to undercover police
Read More Two amateur history enthusiasts have been accused of trying to sell ancient coins from a Viking hoard to representatives of a mystery American buyer who were in fact undercover police officers. Roger Pilling, 74, of Rossendale, Lancashire, and Craig Best, 46, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, are facing a jury trial at Durham […]
Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police
Read More The landlady of a pub whose collection of golliwog dolls was confiscated by police has assembled replacements, which she plans to display in defiance of a continuing investigation. Last week four Essex police officers and a trainee seized all the dolls on show in the White Hart Inn in Grays as part of […]
Man suspected of being Stakeknife, Britain’s top spy in IRA, dies
Read More The man said to be the British army’s most important agent inside the Provisional IRA has died, putting a question mark over the inquiry into his alleged crimes and the role played by security forces. Freddie Scappaticci, a west Belfast former bricklayer who was alleged to have been a top mole known as […]
Joe Biden lands in Belfast ahead of four-day visit to island of Ireland
Read More Joe Biden has landed in Northern Ireland ahead of a four-day visit to the island of Ireland to underpin his support for peace in the country and to celebrate his Irish roots. The US president was met at Belfast international airport by Rishi Sunak on Tuesday night for the start of a visit […]
City of London police open inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct at CBI
Read More City of London police have launched an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the Confederation of British Industry in the wake of the Guardian’s reports of complaints against senior figures at the organisation. Britain’s most prominent business group is battling to secure its future after more than a dozen women employed by the […]
