Eskom’s former acting CEO Matshela Koko, now in another senior post, and suspended Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh face dismissal, after government instructed the utility’s new board to immediately remove all executives facing allegations of corruption. The Presidency specifically names Koko and Singh as being among these executives. Government has[…]
The Assets Forfeiture Unit has moved swiftly to seize the controversial dairy Vrede farm in the Free State. Saftu president – Zwelinzima Vavi says he is happy that the AFU acted on their complaint. Vavi says they lodged the complaint following reports that money had been looted from the public[…]
Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women’s March, a nationwide series of protests against U.S. President Donald Trump marking the end of his tumultuous first year in office. The coordinated rallies in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and about[…]
Turkey says it has launched a much-awaited air and ground offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in northern Syria. After days of shelling, Turkish fighter jets on Saturday carried out air raids on the border district targeting positions held by the Syrian Kurdish PYD and YPG groups. The heavy[…]
OPINION by One thing that is upsetting about the comments that US President Donald Trump made calling African and African-descent nations “s***holes” is that his African and African-descent supporters from the 2016 election period haven’t come out to support him on that. After all, loyalty counts for something, doesn’t it?[…]
The National Teacher’s Union has raised concerns about the non-payment of salary adjustments for Grade R educators which was due in 2017. Natu deputy president Allan Thompson says they want these educators to receive benefits such as medical aid, a housing allowance, pension and bonuses. He says the educators have[…]
An anti-racism workshop will be held with H&M to “develop a deeper understanding” of the issues its controversial hoodie provoked, the company said on Friday. “After consultation with several NGOs, talking to our staff, listening to people affected by the issue, we have decided to do more to focus on[…]
The African National Congress’ (ANC) National Executive Committee has agreed that President Jacob Zuma must step down before election campaigns for 2019. There are also reports that the KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State’s provincial executives committees be dissolved. The future of President Zuma now lies in the hands of the[…]
Saudi Arabia will be overtaken by the US as the world’s leading energy producer in the next twelve months according to the latest monthly report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The new forecast by the IEA, which advises large industrialized nations on energy policy, has significantly slashed the time[…]
Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the country’s external information council, which deals with foreign media organizations, said. Reuters last had contact with its stringer early on Wednesday before he went to report on the demonstrations which[…]
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