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Preventing future tragedies like Life Esidimeni
The way that the ANC’s self-assessment and disciplinary procedures work, we would expect that former Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu – just found responsible for some of the deaths in the Life Esidimeni tragedy – would be given an ambassador’s post, or even a ministerial job. After all, many of the ruling party’s worst…
Solidarity across continents: Strengthening black alliances
There was a time in the history of South Africa when voices of the liberation movement, which included the ANC and the Pan Africanist Congress, were muzzled by the powerful National Party apartheid regime machinery – led by PW Botha and the army of his securocrats. This was in the ’80s, decades after the Sharpeville…
Pain of the first 100 days in government
I find the first 100 days of any government department cringeworthy. The hype, hustle and bustle that created expectations of service delivery, dissipating as if they never were. The promises to investigate contracts are not fulfilled. Every minister of justice uses gender-based violence as their public relations tool. Women want to believe this to be…
Israel army tells all Gaza City residents to flee heavy battles
The Israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that the urban area, previously home…
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Sales Administrator (Durban, ZA)
Location: Durban Purpose of the Job To provide administrative, marketing and reporting support to the Reseller Business to contribute to the profitability of the business. Support the Reseller team with Forecast, supply monitoring and allocation communication to customers. Support of the team with Reseller business support activities such as event planning and execution, key account…
Bangladesh suspends job quotas after student protests
Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests against what they call a discriminatory system, lawyers said. The quota system reserves more than half of well-paid and massively over-subscribed civil service posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs, for specific groups including children…
Uganda dismisses UN report’s claims it backs M23 rebels in DRC
Uganda on Wednesday dismissed claims in a report by UN experts that it was backing M23 rebels active in the restive east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The report commissioned by the UN Security Council and seen by AFP this week alleged “active support” for the M23 by Ugandan army and military intelligence…
Ukraine creates new ‘legion’ to recruit exiled men to fight
The Ukrainian military has launched a new initiative to entice fighting-age men living abroad to enlist, as Kyiv desperately tries to replenish its depleted forces on the front lines. The establishment of the so-called “Ukrainian Legion” comes after more than two years of hard fighting, which has seen heavy casualties drain the military of much-needed…