Giorno: 27 Giugno 2023

Lawmakers Demand Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Base in Cuba

Read More Two top lawmakers are pushing the Biden administration to hold a classified briefing on the secret Chinese spy facility in Cuba, flagging the national security implications of the “growing intelligence” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is gathering not far from American shores. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA […]

An ‘Example’ to the West: NZ Diplomacy Praised by CCP Mouthpiece

Read More Ahead of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’s near week-long China visit, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) touted New Zealand as an “example” for other Western nations. Hipkins arrived in Beijing in the early hours on June 26, leading a 29-person trade delegation in the hopes of reigniting China-New Zealand trade opportunities, […]

Education needs to prepare youngsters holistically for the future

Read More Learners must be given a breadth of skills, beyond literacy and numeracy, to prepare them for an ever-changing world Many things can be true at once. In recent years, the antithesis of this statement has taken over people and politics alike. It seems that as the challenges in our country become more visible […]

Tears Foundation launches digital gender-based violence educational tool

Read More Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi) The Tears Foundation has launched a safe, easily-accessible and informative tech-enabled application called Speak Up,to promote sex education, which remains an elusive and contentious subject in many schools. There is […]

Why so few South Africans have so much and so many, so little

Read More Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi addresses the audience at the 2023 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans event. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Thank you for the honour of this invitation to the Mail & Guardian’s 2023 200 Young South Africans awards.  I want to start with a short note on present day inequality. We live in […]

How Eskom has left ‘smart cities’ in the dark

Read More Partially lit office buildings on the city skyline during a loadshedding power outage period, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images) South Africa, like most developing nations, is plagued with systemic issues of which the ongoing energy crisis has become chief among poverty, unemployment and inequality. Plans for more digitised, networked, […]

ANC Youth League wants government to change land programme to avoid creating ‘rural elite’

Read More Chrispin Phiri has opted out of the league’s leadership contest but still hopes to influence the organisation through its national executive committee. (@Chrispin_JPhiri/Twitter) Chrispin Phiri has opted out of the league’s leadership contest but still hopes to influence the organisation through its national executive committee This article is only available to subscribers. View […]

Trump admits military paper was classified in new clip obtained by CNN

Read More A recording that was made at Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club in July 2021, has been obtained exclusively by CNN and provides new evidence that the former president knew of proper declassification procedures. The recording, which first aired on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, includes new details from the conversation that is […]

Stephen Lawrence inquiry should have received more from Met, IOPC found

Read More An official investigation has concluded that Scotland Yard had information that “could and should” have been handed to the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder but failed to disclose it, the Guardian has learned. The unpublished findings from the police watchdog are a potential fresh embarrassment to the Met and emerged after a sixth […]

English cricket is ‘racist, sexist and elitist’, says landmark report

Read More English cricket suffers from “widespread and deep-rooted” racism, sexism, elitism and class-based discrimination at all levels of the game and urgently needs reform, a landmark report has found. The 317-page report from the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (Icec), which drew on evidence from more than 4,000 players, coaches, administrators and fans, […]