Giorno: 14 Giugno 2023

Winnie and Nelson Mandela: The politics of parenting from prison

Read More Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela’s wedding photo. Today marks their 65th anniversary. (Photo by Gallo Images / Avusa) In August 1987, Winnie and Zindzi came to see him together. Zindzi’s studies at Wits were, predictably, not going well, and Nelson picked a fight with her. Winnie, as had become her wont, intervened to […]

Social development budget is not fit for purpose

Read More The social relief of distress grant, introduced as a temporary measure during the Covid lockdown, reached more than 7.5 million people in 2022. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G The finance minister warned in February that the 2023-24 budget would make “tough trade-offs in the interests of the country’s short and long-term prosperity”. One such trade-off […]

‘This is Jo’burg’ Season 1 Episode 6: Of Pentecostal Noise and Hadedas

Read More Cities are noisy – noise is what cities make and what makes cities. Jo’burg especially, is a loudmouth. In this episode Charles Leonard examines two types of Jo’burg noise: one made by religious humans in an inner city suburb, the other a familiar avian racket. Host: Charles Leonard Guests: Brian Murahwa; Raymond Rampolokeng […]

At least 59 drown as refugee boat sinks off Greece

Read More The death toll from the deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year has risen, with officials saying at least 59 people have lost their lives with scores still missing. The victims, nearly all of them men from Afghanistan and Pakistan, drowned when the boat they were travelling in capsized off the southern Peloponnese. […]

Last portrait by Gustav Klimt expected to fetch ?65m at London auction

Read More A portrait by Gustav Klimt described as a “heartfelt ode to absolute beauty” is expected to fetch ?65m when it is sold in London later this month. Dame mit F?cher (Lady with Fan) is the last portrait Klimt completed. The work was standing on an easel in his studio when the Austrian painter […]

Vodafone and Three agree merger to form UK’s largest mobile operator

Read More Vodafone and the owner of Three have agreed a deal to merge their British telecoms networks in a move that will create the UK’s largest mobile phone operator. The two companies are the UK’s third- and fourth-biggest operators respectively. The newly combined company will, if the merger is completed, have more than 27 […]

Privileges committee signs off Boris Johnson Partygate report

Read More A long-awaited report that will find Boris Johnson misled parliament over Partygate has been signed off by the privileges committee, marking the end of a year-long inquiry that saw him quit the Commons in fury at its findings. Seven MPs on the cross-party group, which has a Tory majority and Labour chair, held […]

Nottingham: third victim of attack named as Ian Coates – latest updates

Read More From 2h ago The third victim has been named locally as Ian Coates, who found fatally stabbed on Magdala Road before the suspect is believed to have stolen his van and driven at pedestrians in Milton Street. The school where Coates worked have described him as a “much-loved colleague” who went the “extra […]

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signs bill requiring insurance to cover all gender surgeries

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed two bills related to transgender rights and vetoed another, bucking trends from other Republican governors across the country who have pushed anti-transgender policies. Lombardo’s signing of a bill Monday requiring health insurance companies including Medicaid cover all gender-affirming surgeries was the third major bill related to transgender health and […]

‘We need R6 billion from taxpayers’, Prasa tells parliament

Read More The passenger rail entity expects to make a R1.7 billion loss in the current financial year The passenger rail entity expects to make a R1.7 billion loss in the current financial year This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.