Giorno: 21 Aprile 2023

MEC’s iron fist flattens governance at Gauteng economic agencies

Read More Battle: Sibongile Vilakazi, former chair of the development agency, has clashed with MEC Tasneem Motara. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images Tasneem Motara has dissolved two boards in as many months, leaving the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency and the Gauteng Gambling Board virtually rudderless This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options […]

Lead or else, ANC cautions Ramaphosa over electricity crisis

Read More Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is said to have raised his frustration about being hamstrung by there being two ministries charged with energy with Cyril Ramaphosa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has sent a strong warning to President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead more effectively, following recent reports that his cabinet ministers are engaged in […]

KZN pupils go hungry as ‘philanthropist’ provider doesn’t deliver

Read More Learners queue for a meal. (Madelene Cronje) High-flying director of AmaZulu FC, Manzini Zungu, is at the centre of the KwaZulu-Natal education department’s school nutrition debacle that has left thousands of learners across the province hungry on their return from the Easter break. Zungu is director of Pacina Retail, the single service provider […]

SA facing plague of cockroaches, says pesticides group

Read More The results of a successful fumigation, a row of dead cockroaches of various sizes with feelers forlornly spread out around them. Photo: Getty Images South Africa is in the grips of a “near-pandemic outbreak” of cockroaches that is seeing the world’s most hated household pests scuttling about in their numbers in homes and […]

State capture: Nulane trial ends in acquittal

Read More Iqbal Sharma, the head of Nulane Investments and accused number four. (Mlungusi Louw/ Volksblad/Gallo Images) The first state capture trial ended in a discharge for the defendants on Friday, with acting Bloemfontein high court judge Nompumelelo Gusha saying both the police and prosecution had been woefully inept in their handling of the Nulane […]

CBI’s future in doubt after flood of UK’s biggest firms quit

Read More The future of the Confederation of British Industry is in doubt after a flood of the UK’s biggest companies, including John Lewis and NatWest, terminated their memberships following the Guardian’s publication of new allegations of rape and sexual harassment at the business lobbying group. The CBI, which claims to represent 190,000 members employing […]

Psycho goes down raging: the liberal wokerati finally get to Raab | John Crace

Read More Dominic Raab hadn’t had the best of nights. His sleep had been broken by repeated nightmares. Him being nice to people. In one he had even dreamed he had befriended an asylum seeker. It was disturbing to find the liberal wokerati had forced their way into his subconscious. This just wouldn’t do. Much […]

Where does Dominic Raab go from here?

Read More Dominic Raab, a karate black-belt holder, did not go without a fight. He quit as deputy prime minister on Friday with an incendiary attack on the civil servants who accused him of bullying, raising questions about what he will do next. Consigned to the backbenches, the former justice secretary has promised to continue […]

Tensions rise after Dominic Raab claims he was targeted by ‘unionised officials’

Read More Tensions between the civil service and politicians have erupted over Dominic Raab’s bullying behaviour, after he claimed he was the victim of a Whitehall plot in which “unionised officials were targeting me and other ministers”. The FDA union for senior civil servants rejected the claims after Raab insisted he was unfairly treated by […]