Delegates tasked with correcting the damaged perception of South Africa at this year’s World Economic Forum held in Davos will certainly do so. The World Economic Forum is an annual international meeting held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, and this year the…
Thursday. It has been something of a staccato return to the territory after the break last year. Work should have started last week but mine seems to be aging faster than Eskom’s geriatric fleet and, like the Hendrina, Komati and…
Days before he is due to present a strong investment case to global leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has painted a bleak picture of South Africa’s growth prospects, saying the economy could grow at…
Many communities that have accepted land reform have seen the end of the land reform program last year. However, the policy and regulatory milestones that have been implemented over the past two years offer hope. While some skeptics may point…
There were tears in the Lotriet household this week. Little Egg rang the ceremonial bell at his new primary school on Wednesday to ring in the start of his school career. And when my bright-eyed son walked off to join…
President Emmanuel Macron said he would not “ask for forgiveness” from Algeria for French colonization, but hoped to continue working on reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune. “Not until I apologize, not about this, those words will destroy all our…
Former heavyweight boxer Gerrie Coetzee has died. He is 67 years old. Coetzee’s manager Thinus Strydom confirmed to News24 that he succumbed to lung cancer on Thursday at his home in Cape Town. The giant has fallen. Bomber Boksburg????is sick.…
A French hunter there avoided prison for killing a Franco-English man who had been mistaken for a wild boar, disappointed relatives and friends who wanted a stiffer punishment. Morgan Keane, 25, was shot dead in December 2020 in southwestern France…
German businesses are struggling to fill vacancies amid a growing labor shortage, with an estimated two million unfilled positions across the country, an employers’ group said on Thursday. Achim Dercks, president of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK),…
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has made no secret of his hopes for a dramatic political comeback. But the ongoing “partygate” scandal threatens, as new revelations emerge. Denying later that any lockdown rules had been broken, Johnson allegedly joked…