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Mandela Foundation says Trump should heed Madiba’s words

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has criticised reported remarks by US President Donald Trump that denigrated the late former president. The Washington Post reported on Sunday that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer, alleged in a new book that the US president did not think Mandela was a real…
7 Sep 2020 4PM 1 min

Trump and Biden clash over coronavirus vaccine

New York — President Donald Trump hinted on Monday that the US could approve a coronavirus vaccine in October, ahead of the November election, as Democratic rival Joe Biden demanded transparency from the government as it studies the vaccine. “This could’ve taken two or three years, and instead it’s going…
7 Sep 2020 4PM 2 min

China’s exports in August up by a solid 9.5% from year earlier

Beijing — China’s exports rose for the third consecutive month in August, eclipsing an extended fall in imports, as more of its trading partners relaxed coronavirus lockdowns in a further boost to the recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. Exports in August rose a solid 9.5% from a year earlier,…
7 Sep 2020 3PM 4 min

Former Eskom CEO says he was fired to make way for Brian Molefe

Five years after leaving Eskom, Tshediso Matona is still in the dark about the precise reason he was ousted after serving as its CEO for only five months. Matona appeared at the state capture inquiry on Monday to give testimony about his controversial exit from Eskom. He was appointed as…
7 Sep 2020 2PM 2 min

Alexei Navalny out of medically induced coma, says Berlin hospital

Berlin — Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been removed from a medically induced coma and is responding to speech, Berlin's Charite hospital said on Monday. The hospital, which has been treating Navalny since he was airlifted to Germany after falling ill on a Russian domestic flight in August, said his…
7 Sep 2020 2PM 2 min

Numsa and Comair reach deal on medical scheme contributions

The business rescue practitioners for embattled airline operator Comair have yielded to union demands and agreed to continue paying their employees’ medical scheme contributions, but the parties have yet to decide on the critical wage issue. National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said the union, Comair…
7 Sep 2020 1PM 3 min

EDITORIAL: Comair prepares to spread its wings again

With assets exceeding liabilities and an unbroken seven-decade record of grinding out profit, Comair always stood a better chance of emerging from business rescue than its state-owned counterpart. Even though shareholders such as Allan Gray will walk off with nothing, as they would have if the company was liquidated, the…
7 Sep 2020 1PM 4 min

Homage to Achmat Dangor

In Setswana we will say: Setlhare se segolo se ole. Dibaga tsa gauta di kgaogile. Achmat Dangor appreciated languages. He tried his hand at different languages even though he was nowhere near fluent. In his honour, we must make an effort to appreciate and learn our official languages. He understood…
7 Sep 2020 1PM 4 min

SA in a rough neighbourhood and virtually unarmed

A defence force is like insurance: asking for cover when the house is burning will not work; nor can an effective military be created when a threat appears. But threats can arise quickly. Consider the 1982 Falklands war, the 1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the 1996 Ugandan/Rwandan invasion of the…
7 Sep 2020 12PM 7 min

Saudi court sets aside death sentence for Khashoggi killers

Riyadh — A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, four months after his family forgave his killers and enabled death sentences to be set aside. Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi…
7 Sep 2020 12PM 1 min

It’s worth losing votes on the basis of principle, Gwen Ngwenya says

The DA's head of policy, Gwen Ngwenya, says losing votes is an acceptable price to pay for the party sticking to its core principles. However, she added during a media briefing on Monday that there was no evidence that voters will not support the new policies the DA adopted during…
7 Sep 2020 11AM 3 min

The quarantine that Spain’s fruit-pickers never want to end

Juneda, Spain — Moroccan fruit-picker Abdelhak el Yakoubi was dizzy and aching when he arrived at La Manreana, a farm school in Spain that has been turned into a quarantine centre for agricultural workers with Covid-19. But less than a week later the burly 46-year-old was back on his feet…
7 Sep 2020 11AM 4 min

Covid-19 shows why clean air matters, but the cash to get it is wanting

Barcelona — Development funding for efforts to tackle air pollution falls far short of what is needed in a world where nine in 10 people breathe air that is damaging their health, a problem thrown into sharp focus by the pandemic, researchers said on Monday. A report released to mark…
7 Sep 2020 11AM 4 min

Russian officials meet Bashar al Assad over ways to revive Syrian economy

Moscow — Senior Russian officials held talks in Damascus on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, as the Syrian leader grapples with a crumbling economy that threatens to undermine military successes he has achieved with Moscow's help in a decade-long conflict. Russian deputy prime minister Yuri Borisov and foreign…
7 Sep 2020 10AM 2 min

SEATTLE TIMES: Distance students also need shots

Washington state officials’ decision not to enforce immunisation requirements for students learning remotely is a mistake that only postpones the inevitable. Far from simplifying matters, delaying verification of state-mandated inoculations until the resumption of in-person learning will complicate the return to school unnecessarily. Even before this unusual semester, Washington’s public…
7 Sep 2020 10AM 2 min

Seven Clicks stores damaged as EFF protests against inflammatory advert

Seven Clicks stores have been damaged on Monday after controversy regarding a hair care advert that was published on Clicks’ website. The advert depicted a black woman's hair as dry and damaged, while a white woman’s was labelled as dull and flat, then normal and fine. This comes as the…
7 Sep 2020 10AM 3 min

Danes consider move to electric cars

Copenhagen — Denmark has long sought to brand itself as one of the world’s greenest countries. So it may come as a surprise that it is also one of the most expensive places to buy Teslas and other electric cars. Under existing Danish law, a Tesla model 3 Long Range…
7 Sep 2020 10AM 2 min
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