The global 16 Days campaign is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, International Human Rights Day. The United Nations supports the 16 Days, and the 2024 theme of its UNITE […]
The resignation of the Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, after being charged with corruption and money-laundering, means that senior leadership in all three arms of government have had to step down on the grounds of serious allegations of misconduct. Response – Fixing the Speaker by Mike Pothier
International Women’s Day is held annually on the 8th March, during Women’s History Month, and is a focal point in the women’s rights movement. Women’s Day was marked for the first time in March 1911 – and the date was fixed as 8th March in 1913. The United Nations celebrated it for the first time in 1975 and […]
On 27th February 2024, STATS-SA released data with regard to tourism. It stated that “overseas tourists constituted 20.1% (195 423) of all visitors – 48.1% of whom came from the UK (40 517), Germany (31 072) and the US (22 447). The bulk of our visitors come from the SADC region.” The next day the Daily Maverick ran […]
Last Thursday’s State of the Nation Address went off without the tedious disruptions that we have become used to over the past few years. This was partly due to the absence of the EFF members of Parliament, who boycotted the event in solidarity with their leader and five other senior MPs who had been suspended […]
