Article by INFIL // EXFIL on X Heritage Day was designed as an act of inclusion. A democratic president’s job on 24 September is to make that inclusion audible to ALL people of our nation, their own recipes, and their own grandparents’ names. Since Cyril Ramaphosa turned his speech into an election campaign and can’t…
The case, which was heard in May this year, deals with the Public Procurement Act, the process of putting the Act in place and the racial requirements imposed on applicants who want to do business with the state. These requirements are not only stricter than in the past, but can also, according to the rejected…
In terms of affordability and cost-of-living standards, a Deutsche Bank report found significant price changes over the last decade, with globalisation failing to achieve price equalisation. This is due to various factors, including taxes, regulations, currency fluctuations, and inflation. Deutsche Bank Research Institute senior financial researchers and macroeconomists Adrian Cox and Jim Reid said that…
An unopened bottle of lager rescued from the remains of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster is expected to fetch £6,000 at auction. The bottle is understood to be one of just six known to have survived when the German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into flames upon its approach to Naval Air Station Lakehurst, in New…
DA strategist Ryan Coetzee has launched an attack on the United States’ top leaders, which has, in turn, sparked a backlash from respected political commentators. The issue started after Coetzee criticised a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Pnyx Hill near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. In his speech, Rubio praised Western…
The City of Cape Town has issued an urgent call for residents in several southern and western suburbs to reduce their water consumption while emergency repairs are underway on a major pipeline in Claremont, Cape {town} Etc reports. The City’s Water and Sanitation team began attending to repairs on an 810mm-diameter pipeline on Tuesday, 29 September…
Trade union Solidarity has issued written warnings to several state-owned enterprises and municipalities not to apply the provisions of the now-invalid Public Procurement Act in their tender processes. This follows Solidarity’s recent victory in the Constitutional Court, in which the court ruled that the Act had been unlawfully enacted. The ruling means that government procurement…
Singer Ed Sheeran is facing the biggest controversy of his career after a storm over a decision to drop support act Macklemore from his US stadium tour following the rapper’s on-stage pro-Palestinian comments. Sheeran is one of the most successful songwriters of all time. He has sold more than 120 million records and spent more…
While centrist commentators fixate on the Sweden Democrats’s modest drop from 20.5% to 17.6%, the far more important fact is this: SD’s policies are no longer radical. They are mainstream. The “setback” narrative is a distraction. SD entered parliament in 2010 with 5.7%. They now sit at 17.6% and have permanently moved the Overton window….
BALTIMORE — The Springboks claimed the inaugural Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry trophy with a commanding 43-28 victory over the All Blacks in the fourth and final Test at M&T Bank Stadium, sealing the series 3-1 before a record 68,173 crowd — the largest attendance ever at a rugby match in the United States. Captain Siya Kolisi…
