Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development had its R16.8 billion budget reduced by R2.4 billion.Food security, land redistribution and restitution programmes have been severely reduced.Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has said Covid-19 compelled the country to rethink and…
City of Joburg council chambers. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Beeld, file The Gauteng government has intervened in the City of Johannesburg, ordering it to sit and pass the 2020/21 budget this week.If the City fails to do so, the provincial government will be compelled to put it under administration.Johannesburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo has welcomed the…
Political parties and Cosatu have asked Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to table a budget that cushions the country from the tough economic times that lie ahead.The ANC and its alliance partners have said the best budget would be one that avoids further hardships on the working class and the poor.Political parties have called on Finance…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of