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Ramaphosa’s cabinet approves list of new laws
Cabinet has given the greenlight for a number of new bills to be submitted to Parliament Among them is new legislation on discrimination, land and
US Airstrikes hit Iranian-backed militias in Syria
On Thursday US President Joe Biden ordered a number of air strikes against facilities in Syria belonging to militias that the Pentagon claims are supported by the Iranian regime. The
Eyes on Chinese military spending as budget approaches
China is set to boost military spending significantly when the Chinese Parliament opens early next month. This is according to China watchers and others who study the
UK government agrees to call pregnant people ‘mothers’
A new bill in the United Kingdom, which would ensure senior government officials that are pregnant will be entitled to six months paid maternity leave,
Less than a third of black children live with their fathers – report
Only 31.7% of black South African children live in a household with their biological father. This is according to a new report by Stats SA.
Your last chance to #KillTheBill
Tomorrow is the deadline for public comment on the Expropriation Bill, and it is vital that South Africans use this opportunity to resist a measure
LinkedIn pulls controversial ‘try to be less white’ training slides
Online platform LinkedIn has removed a staff diversity training course posted by Coca Cola after an internal whistleblower leaked screenshots of material encouraging staff to
Neanderthal genes affect susceptibility to Covid-19
Two new studies suggest that the presence of genes passed down to humans from Neanderthals in the past could confer resistance or susceptibility to Covid-19,
Port Elizabeth renamed
Port Elizabeth has officially been renamed. It is now called Gqebera. The name change became official on Tuesday when it was approved and gazetted by
SA taxpayers footing bill for corruption, expropriation drive – IRR
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget speech shows the extent to which the government ‘is making South Africans pay through taxation for the consequences of corruption