Ipid linked to corruption cover-up claims

Read More Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner. An investigation into Mpumalanga’s police commissioner has allegedly been concealed This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options If you are already a subscriber, login here.

Trust – the ‘glue’ that binds society together – is missing in SA

Read More Whether the ANC can regain that trust will only be known after the next election. (Graphic: John McCann) “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.” Barack Obama, talking of the […]

Date set for DA ‘moonshot pact’ convention

Read More DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G Opposition parties involved in talks around  a “moonshot coalition” aimed at unseating the ANC in next year’s national and provincial elections will hold a national convention on 16 and 17 August to try and negotiate a pre-election agreement. Leaders of seven parties — the Democratic […]

Why you need to understand the management of new technologies

Read More As a concept, technology has gone from creating fear, to bringing comfort and ease, to ushering in new ideas about its development To the extent that not even a day goes by that we are not confronted with theories on how robots will one day take over the world, and all of humanity […]

Women’s World Cup set to shake things up

Read More The United States celebrate winning the 2019 Women’s World Cup. This year’s World Cup has not yet begun, but it is already breaking new ground. (Photo by Naomi Baker – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) One in every seven people on Earth watched some part of the 2019 Women’s Football World Cup, witnessing an […]

Celebrities call on Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship

Read More Richard Curtis, Emma Thompson and Deborah Meaden are among celebrities who have called on Wimbledon to end its new partnership with Barclays over the bank’s multibillion-pound support for fossil fuel projects. As the 2023 championships get under way on Monday, the group claims the sponsorship deal, reportedly worth at least ?20m a year, […]

Sue Gray ‘breached civil service code’ over Keir Starmer job, inquiry finds

Read More Sue Gray was found to have apparently breached the civil service code by discussing a role with Keir Starmer without telling her Whitehall bosses, a Cabinet Office investigation has found. Jeremy Quin, a Cabinet Office minister, said a civil inquiry found a “prima facie” breach of the code about outside interests to be […]

Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years

Read More Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, as violence continues to surge in the conflict. At least five Palestinians were killed and 28 injured in the attack that began at about 1am on Monday, […]