New Focus: Chagos Islands deal shelved
US President Donald Trump’s about-turn on the Chagos Islands – first welcoming the agreement to hand hand sovereignty of the British territory to Mauritius, then
News Focus: Islamabad talks
Pakistan declared a two-day holiday in the capital Islamabad ahead of this weekend’s US-Iran talks on ending the conflict launched by the US and Israel
Justice Madlanga’s comments on state procurement welcome – IRR
Remarks about failures in state procurement by former acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, chair of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, “demonstrate strong agreement with the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) on the country’s public procurement rules, mainly that they have been weaponised against South Africans and require major overhaul”.
News Focus: Pope Leo’s Easter message of peace
In his first Easter Mass address as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, called on “those who have
News Focus: to the moon, and beyond
The four Artemis II mission astronauts, first lunar travellers since Apollo 17 in 1972, are speeding across space to complete their historic lunar fly-around to
News Focus: downing of a fighter
The loss of a United States fighter over Iran has earned close attention for what it might mean about the war and the claims made
News Focus: Macron’s lesson for Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken out on the political style and substance of US President Donald Trump, appearing to give him a lesson on
Scrap “fatally flawed” B-BBEE codes, IRR Legal urges Tau
IRR Legal has urged Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau to withdraw the fatally flawed draft amendments to the “B-BBEE” Codes of Good Practice, warning that they are “procedurally defective, legally uninterpretable, substantively unlawful, and highly vulnerable to judicial review under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act”.
Houthis enter Iran war, widening conflict and raising risk of global economic shock
The war between Iran, Israel and the United States has entered a more dangerous phase as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missile and drone attacks on Israel, formally opening a new front in the conflict.
News Focus: pain at the pumps
Rising prices for food and other basic goods arising from mounting transport and logistics costs right across the economy are expected in the days and