Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the situation in the country where others earning US dollars were enjoying stability while those who earn local currency had become “unfair and unsustainable. In a statement released on Tuesday, Mnangagwa said it had always been clear that for the country’s economy to take off, “we need our own […]
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Economy cannot remain in the hands of a few – minister
The SA government will not allow the country’s economy to remain in the hands of a few, Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Tuesday. “To have economic freedom in our lifetime is our mission,” she said. Speaking during Parliamentary debates on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), Ntshavheni […]
☞Contracted energy group has delivered no fuel to SAA for six months
Despite being contracted to provide 2 million litres of jet fuel per month to state-owned airline SAA at OR Tambo, EML Energy has not provided any fuel since November, the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Tuesday. The inquiry, which has been investigating allegations of state capture, corruption and fraud at […]
☞YouTube star Etika found dead in New York
Desmond Amofah aka Etika Source: NYPD Etika, a YouTuber known for his popular videos about video games, was found dead in New York Monday less than a week after he was reported missing, authorities said. “We regret to inform that Desmond Amofah aka Etika has been found deceased,” the New York Police Department tweeted Tuesday. […]
☞SONA debate: China paves the way for SA, says EFF’s Mathevula
There is no better example for South Africa than China, EFF member of the National Council Of Provinces Brenda Tirhani Mathevula said on Tuesday. She took part in the debates in Parliament on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). In Mathevula’s view, China set an example by uplifting millions of people, […]
☞MIT president L Rafael Reif: Chinese-Americans face ‘toxic atmosphere’
The U.S. government’s rhetoric and policies on immigration could “have serious long-term costs,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology President L. Rafael Reif said in an email to the school community Tuesday. The relationship between the U.S. and China has been strained in recent months over escalating tariffs. The U.S. has also raised national security concerns about […]
☞‘We are part of the problem’: billionaires and heirs demand wealth tax
They’re an eclectic bunch – some of the nation’s most privileged heirs alongside entrepreneurs who have made spectacular fortunes in real estate, finance and Silicon Valley. But collectively they’re united on the need to tax more of the richest Americans’ assets. George Soros, heiresses to the Pritzker fortune, Abigail Disney and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes […]
☞Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) meets with French President Emmanuel Macron (R) at the Elysee presidential palace following the “Tech for Good” summit in Paris on May 23, 2018. Christophe Petit Tesson AFP | Getty Images Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform […]
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