Damon Galgut’s The Promise to hit the stage

Read More Damon Galgut’s lauded novel ‘The Promise’ has been adapted into a play, set to hit local stages later this year South African author Damon Galgut’s The Promise will premiere on stage in September. The novel on which it is based rose to prominence after winning the 2021 Booker Prize, telling some brutal truths […]

Transforming the labour market fast is vital for SA’s economic growth

Read More (John McCann/M&G) The outrage of some South Africans after President Ramaphosa’s endorsement of passing the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020 into law on 12 April 2023 is misguided. The new measures aim to further promote diversity and equality in the workplace, particularly for designated groups such as Africans, coloureds, Indians, white females […]

‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster

Read More The CNN chief executive, Chris Licht, wanted the network’s New Hampshire town hall with Donald Trump last month to be “extra Trumpy”, according to a report on Licht’s attempts to remodel the news giant, how the Trump event came to be and how the controversy it set off continues to reverberate through US […]

Two arrested after woman in 70s killed by dog in Warwickshire

Read More Two people have been arrested after a woman in her 70s was killed by a dog in Bedworth, Warwickshire police have said. A 52-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were detained on suspicion of possession of a banned breed of dog and owning a dog dangerously out of control, the force said. The […]

Caroline Flack’s mother criticises ITV over Phillip Schofield departure

Read More Caroline Flack’s mother has criticised ITV over the way it handled Phillip Schofield’s departure and said it has “learned nothing” from her daughter’s death. Christine Flack, whose daughter previously hosted ITV’s Love Island, said the broadcaster treated on-screen talent as “commodities” and that Schofield and the young man he had an affair with […]

Vt. School District Settles Suit in Trans Case for $125K

A Vermont school district that disciplined a soccer coach and his daughter for speaking out against a biological male being in the girls’ locker room has reached a $125,000 settlement with the family in a federal lawsuit.

Hawaii Allows More Concealed Carry, but Bans Guns Most Places

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms but at the same time prohibit people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol, and movie theaters.