SACP Second Deputy General Secretary Solly Mapaila addressing the Cape Town Press Club. (Jan Gerber, News24) The SACP calls out Zimbabwean government for its "growing authoritarianism". It said while Zanu-PF was denying the nation was in a crisis, many Zimbabweans were running away from their country. This, after the ANC visited Zimbabwe recently as reports of human…
Beresford Williams (Gallo) Cricket South Africa has rejected Sascoc's instruction to sideline the board and executive leadership.CSA released a statement at 01:00 on Friday, confirming that it did not agree with the resolutions reached by Sascoc president Aleck Skhosana.CSA is seeking legal advice on how to move forward, while the role of the ICC is…
Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images A top level report to the Western Cape government paints a stark picture of the lockdown food crisis in some communities.One community reports: "Families are starving, struggling and urgently waiting for food hampers. The situation is very bad." Another says "hunger is going to dramatically increase as these funds dry up and donors…
SAPS Roger Sedres/Gallo Images via Getty Images Crisis policing implies the "constant shifting of goalposts between law enforcement and respect for civil liberties", Police Minister Bheki Cele said.MPs called on IPID to investigate incidents of police brutality during the lockdown.The DA blamed a police minister "behaving like he's Rambo" for the incidents.Hours after the police…
(Reuters) - A Texas man who waited until his brain tumor was softball-sized; a baby who suffered an ear infection for six days; a heart patient who died: The resurgence of COVID-19 is creating another health crisis as hospitals fill and patients are fearful or unable to get non-emergency care. A protective screen is seen…
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up