Giorno: 31 Maggio 2023

ANC KwaZulu-Natal heavyweight Mike Mabuyakhulu is a free man

Read More Former ANC KwaZulu-Natal deputy chairperson Mike Mabuyakhulu. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images) The former MEC is considering his options after state case against him collapsed This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.

Only 38 municipalities receive clean audits – auditor general SA

Read More Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke. In what has become an annual plea for leadership and accountability, the auditor general of South Africa on Wednesday highlighted how many municipalities, bar a golden few, are failing on almost every major metric of performance, good governance and integrity. Only 38 municipalities out of 257 achieved clean audits in […]

The Tina Turner I loved

Read More Tina Turner performs in Germany in 1980. (Photo by Impress Own/United Archives via Getty Images) Growing up in the 1980s we heard songs on the radio and we would sing along, sometimes not even knowing the correct lyrics. Some songs were popular; they would play in the morning, afternoon and evening and then […]

New refinery may transform Nigerian economy, if it gets enough oil

Read More Aliko Dangote, Africas richest man, plans to spend more than his net worth of $13.5 billion building one of the worlds biggest oil refineries. Photographer: Tom Saater/Bloomberg via Getty Images Commissioning Africa’s largest refinery was supposed to have been one of the first ribbon cuttings of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency. Instead, it was his […]

When crime is cloaked as religion

Read More (John McCann/M&G) “How NPA protected ‘rapist’ Shepherd Bushiri” was the headline of a piece in the 24 February to 2 March edition of this publication.  Relying on an investigation by the Hawks, Khaya Koko reported that the self-proclaimed prophet had been shielded by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) advocates.  In another edition (31 March […]

Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of being ‘slippery’ over Covid inquiry messages – UK politics live

Read More From 6h ago Good morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog. We begin the day with the Labour party accusing Rishi Sunak of being “slippery” in the row over whether the government will hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and other documents to the Covid inquiry. The shadow health secretary, Wes […]

Vogue editor Anna Wintour planning London’s answer to Met Gala

Read More In a perfect storm of fashion catwalk and West End theatrics, Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, is planning a philanthropic arts extravaganza that she hopes will take over the world “in the way the Met Gala did” – while raising money for London’s struggling arts scene. Featuring Naomi Campbell, Stormzy and Michaela Coel, alongside […]

Treasury’s sanctions police ‘reviewing’ finances of Everton FC owner, Guardian understands

Read More The Treasury’s sanctions police have been reviewing the finances of the Everton Football Club owner, Farhad Moshiri, the Guardian understands. Moshiri appears to have become a person of interest to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) because of his links to Alisher Usmanov, the Russian-Uzbek billionaire who was sanctioned by the UK, […]

Russia-Ukraine war live: Wagner chief calls for action on Russian officials’ ‘crimes’; Moscow claims to have sunk Ukraine warship

Read More From 2h ago The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said he has asked prosecutors to investigate “crimes” committed by senior Russian defence officials before and during the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Prigozhin openly feuded with the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and other top officials for month, accusing […]

Black people were three times more likely to receive Covid fines in England and Wales

Read More Fines during the pandemic were three times more likely to be given to black people and seven times more likely to be issued in the poorest areas, research commissioned for Britain’s police chiefs has revealed. The study covering England and Wales showed racial disparity for every single force. In one area, people from […]