Asian Countries Phasing Out COVID Curbs, Inching Closer to Normality
Read More Several countries in Asia have begun removing all COVID-19 curbs and treating the virus like a seasonal flu, signifying a shift into the endemic phase three years after its initial outbreak in 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency on May 5, citing a downward […]
Taiwan Urges New Zealand to Invest More in Pacific to Counter China’s Influence
Read More Taiwan’s foreign minister has urged New Zealand to increase its investment in Pacific countries to reduce their dependence on China, warning of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “ambition” in the region. “I hope New Zealand can make more investment in the Pacific countries,” Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview with […]
Top technocrats are dumping Ramaphosa
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Another key policy adviser is said to be leaving as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s circle shrinks further This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.
Ramaphosa insists government is tackling load-shedding
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Pool Images/Gallo Images via Getty Images) President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected suggestions that his government has failed in its attempt to resolve the on-going electricity crunch, which has resulted in heightened levels of load-shedding. The rolling blackouts and an update of what the recently appointed minister of […]
Load-shedding, US tensions send rand into tailspin
Read More File photo/Getty Already weak amid deepening concerns about the country’s energy crisis-hit economy, the rand was sent into a tailspin on Thursday — recording its worst crash since the pandemic. The rand weakened past R19 (R19.36) for the first time since April 2020. This is as investors mull the impact of prolonged and […]
12 May 2023
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Eskom’s woes continue to pile up
Read More Plunder: Seven pylons collapsed when they were looted in April, plunging parts of the Pretoria area into darkness. Sabotage and theft exacerbate the country’s electricity supply crisis. Photo: Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images Fail after fail. That sums up Eskom for me. The power utility this week plunged the country into stage six load-shedding because […]
Kemi Badenoch challenged over ‘massive climbdown’ on EU laws
Read More Kemi Badenoch has come under fire from furious Conservative backbenchers, the opposition and the Commons speaker after defending the government’s U-turn on retained EU laws. The business secretary was challenged by leading Brexiters including Bill Cash and Mark Francois, chair of the Tory Brexiter European Research Group (ERG), who asked why the government […]
Tracey Emin speaks about her cancer at opening of her exhibition in Rome
Read More British artist Tracey Emin spoke about her recovery from cancer as she opened a new exhibition in Rome, recalling her last visit to the Italian capital “when I was dying, but didn’t know it”. Fifteen artworks completed by Emin, 59, since she was given the all-clear from bladder cancer in 2021 are being […]
Female Labour MP accuses shadow minister of sexual assault
Read More A female Labour MP has reported a shadow frontbench MP to the Metropolitan police, claiming he sexually assaulted her. The alleged incident is said to have taken place after a summer party in London in July 2021. But the MP decided to approach the Met in recent weeks, according to Tortoise. She is […]
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