Nervous Conditions: on translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into Shona: The publishing journey of Zimbabwean writer and film-maker Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions wasn’t easy. Yet the novel is today considered by many as one of Africa’s 100 best books of the 20th century and is studied at universities around the world. When she …
Brazil’s gun ownership boom and why it’s making a lot of people nervous – podcast: President Jair Bolsonaro relaxed rules around private gun ownership. Joedson Alves/EPA Soon after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil in 2018, he began making it a lot easier for people in the country to buy guns. In this episode …
Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia power cuts: nervous wait as Ukraine nuclear power plants could start leaking radiation: New Safe Confinement structure at Chernobyl OLEG PETRASYUK/EPA-EFE The catastrophic disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 was caused by an explosion at the Reactor 4 Unit. This expelled a sizeable quantity of radioactive material into the …
South Africa in the news: Nervous Traders Track Gauges as Markets Wrestle With Omicron: Friday proved to be one of the toughest days of the year for markets as governments across the globe stepped up restrictions as the World Health Organization warned that omicron, the new coronavirus …: “South Africa” – BingNews Moderna, BioNTech race …
South Africa in the news: Kolisi: Springboks weren’t nervous in final minutes against All Blacks: Kolisi and his team-mates arrived back in South Africa on Sunday night after beating Kieran Read’s men 36-34 to keep alive the Boks’ slim chances of still winning this year’s competition. With two win…: “South Africa” – BingNews Orlando Pirates …
Stephen Donald felt nervous and weird about returning to ‘home park’ in Waikato: 'Beaver' was back but starting for Counties Manukau against Waikato in Friday's Mitre 10 Cup clash the Mooloos won 33-21. Counties tabled an offer for the 33-year-old five-eighth to continue playing provincial rugby when it looked as though another chapter would be …
The UK is in the midst of a national nervous breakdown: What a mess. Just when you thought that the governing class could do no more to fail in their custodianship of Britain’s political settlement, it surprises us all. And let’s not forget the role of “the people” in creating the current impasse. The result …
British man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump acted ‘weird’ and ‘nervous’ before rally: As he waited in line for nine hours to see Donald Trump, Gregg Donovan slowly began to get a strange vibe from the young man standing next to him. Donovan, a down-on-his-luck Hollywood entertainer turned telegenic Trump supporter, had driven …