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Khusela Diko. Image: GCIS Khusela Diko, the ANC MP who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies, has slammed communications minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the contentious SABC Bill. Diko said on Sunday in response to the news of the minister’s decision that the move will “sound the death knell” for the […]
My opinion: It looks like FIFA is at least trying to make the Club World Cup a serious tournament. But it all looks like nothing more than profanation. Every new rule from Infantino seems more and more stupid to me. It's time for the bald man to go: he's only hurting football. In the summer […]
7th November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak A Christmas tractor run will go ahead despite “considerable number” of farmers deciding not to take part following changes to inheritance tax that were announced at the Autumn Budget. Photo by Sheepy & District Ploughing Association. The charity Christmas tractor run, organised by Sheepy Ploughing Association, will take place […]
• Presidency clarifies derivation-based VAT model amid northern govs’ opposition• Reps to probe N121.67tr federal, state loans, borrowing since 1999• Okunlola warns of rising debt, calls for oversight on loan utilisation Amid controversy over President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills submitted to the National Assembly, the Senate and House of Representatives unexpectedly adjourned plenary sessions […]
World number 55 Emma Raducanu says she is making “good progress” in her recovery from a foot injury, despite pulling out of another tournament. The 21-year-old Briton announced on Wednesday that she would not feature at the Hong Kong Open, which is set to start on 28 October. Raducanu has not played since spraining ligaments […]
Regarding Afghanistan, Americans are less likely to remember the Soviet Union’s war there and Moscow’s own rather ignominious pull out. This is unfortunate because there are lessons to be learned from the USSR’s ill-fated foray into Afghanistan that US policymakers ought to have heeded during our own twenty-year war. My latest historical novel, The Righteous […]