Media bans follow exposure of Burkina Faso killings
Reporting on the killings of 223 civilians in two northern Burkina Faso villages in February, detailed in a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, has
Russia strikes Ukraine’s “Harry Potter castle”
Five people have been killed in a Russian strike on a law school known locally as the “Harry Potter castle” in the southern Ukrainian port
French acting legend Gérard Depardieu to be tried on sexual assault charges
Gérard Depardieu, the French acting veteran, is set to be tried on charges of sexual assault. Depardieu was ordered to report to police on Monday
International outrage over Iranian rapper’s death sentence
An Iranian court has sentenced a popular dissident rapper to death following his outspoken support of the 2022 women’s rights movement. Rapper Toomaj Salehi (33)
BBC – Iranian teenager killed by Iranian security unit, not by suicide
An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, according to a leaked document understood to have been
C-owl-ateral to open a bank account
Customers and staff at an Absa branch in Gauteng were dumbstruck when a customer tried to open a bank account using a live barn owl
The mining industry is retrenching further
On Friday, the second-largest platinum producer in the world, Impala Platinum, said it was entering retrenchment talks that could affect 3 900 jobs, while Sibanye
Neal Froneman says it like it is which is not good, but it can be better
Neal Froneman, Sibanye-Stillwater’s CEO, said of the current investment context: ‘…if investors are going to be constantly threatened with expropriation without compensation and nationalisation of
Ellies unplugged!
Ellies, a supplier of electrical and hi-tech electronic goods, including photovoltaic solar power and other alternative energy solutions, is going into liquidation. In January, Ellies
Senior US officials cast doubt on Israeli assurances – State Dept memo
An internal State Department memo indicates that some senior US officials have advised secretary of state Antony Blinken that they do not find ‘credible or