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Malawi apos;s New Leader Makes First Cabinet Appointments

2020-07-21T09:34:53Z

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Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera was sworn into office on Sunday Malawi's newly-elected President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday named a partial cabinet as he began his first day in office following his landmark election victory. The line-up includes lawyers who helped him win a stunning court ruling that overturned the 2019 victory of his predecessor Peter Mutharika because of fraud claims, and called for a vote re-run. Chakwera, a former evangelist preacher, won the replay with almost 59 percent of the vote and was sworn in on Sunday, vowing to maintain unity in the southern African country. The result was hailed by African leaders as a model for a peaceful handover of power in the region. Among Chakwera's top appointments, the crucial post of finance minister was given to seasoned company executive Felix Mlusu, the former managing director of a Malawian multinational financial holding company. Modecai Msiska, Chakwera's lead lawyer in the election court case, was named justice and constitutional affairs minister, while another lawyer involved, Chikosa Silungwe, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] was named attorney general. Saulos Chilima, who was sworn in as vice president on Sunday, will also take the post of minister of economic planning and development and public sector reforms. Some 6.8 million Malawians had returned to the polls Tuesday after the Constitutional Court found the May 2019 election had been marred by "grave" and "widespread irregularities" -- including the use of correction fluid to tamper with result sheets. Chakwera leads Malawi's oldest party, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), which previously ruled from 1964 to 1994 under Hastings Banda's one-party rule. Malawi is only the second sub-Saharan African country to have presidential poll results overturned in court, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] after Kenya in 2017. It is also the first time in the region that a [http://www.stockhouse.com/search?searchtext=vote%20re-run vote re-run] has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader.

Unemployed Australians Could Be Receiving A Permanent 100 A Week Boost To Their Dole Payments To Encourage People To Spend More If A Think Tank Has Its Way

2020-07-21T02:30:57Z

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Unemployed Australians could be receiving a permanent $100 a week boost to their dole payments to encourage people to spend more, if a think tank has its way. Since April 27, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the JobSeeker benefit has been temporarily doubled from the old Newstart rate of $565.70 a fortnight to $1,115.70, with a $550 [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] supplement. With that short-term boost ending in September, the Grattan Institute [ ] is calling for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] a permanent $100 a week increase. This would take JobSeeker payments to $765.70 a fortnight. It estimated this policy would cost $2billion in 2021-21 and $8billion in 2021-22, marking the first permanent increase in the dole beyond inflation since 1994. Scroll down for video Unemployed Australians could be receiving a permanent $100 a week boost to their dole payments to encourage people to spend more, if the [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=Grattan%20Institute Grattan Institute] think tank had its way. Since April 27, the JobSeeker benefit has been temporarily doubled from the old Newstart rate of $565.70 a fortnight to $1,115.70, with a $550 coronavirus supplement. Pictured is a March Centrelink queue in March RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8467245/Scott-Morrison-shuts-reports-unemployed-Aussies-extra-75-week-JobSeeker.html Government DENIES rumours out-of-work Aussies will get an...] [/news/article-8462407/The-suburbs-suffered-sharpest-falls-house-prices-COVID-19-struck-Australia.html Revealed: The suburbs that have suffered the sharpest fall...] [/news/article-8468927/Young-Australians-entering-workforce-2020-set-lose-32-000-ten-years.html Young Australians entering the workforce during coronavirus...] [/news/article-8461519/The-surprising-items-buy-help-boost-tax-refund.html The surprising items to buy NOW to help you boost your tax...] Share this article Share 18 shares Social Services Minister Anne Ruston, who is in charge of Centrelink, on Sunday ruled out a less generous $75 a week increase. <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-cc507d20-b9a9-11ea-b138-2f401523955e" website benefit could be permanently raised by $100 a week

Disney s Wrestling With Its Racist History On Disney Plus

2020-07-21T01:30:17Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Disneyland's classic ride Splash Mountain. Cd637/Wikipedia Disneyland's Splash Mountain, a water-based log ride through scenes of cute rabbits, bears and foxes, [/news/disney-to-retheme-splash-mountain-amid-black-lives-matter-push/ is going to be rethemed], thanks to [ several petitions] on Change.org. Activists lobbied for Disney to make over the attraction first launched in California in 1989, because its music, characters and location are all drawn from Disney's racially problematic movie, 1946's Song of the South. The combined live-action and animated musical, set on a southern plantation after the end of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, has been criticized for [ glorifying plantation slavery] and promoting Black stereotypes. CNET Culture Entertain your brain with the coolest news from space to superheroes, memes to robots. While former Disney CEO Bob Iger [ said] in March that Song of the South is "not appropriate in today's world" and would never be on Disney Plus, the film's famous song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah remains a feature [ of Splash Mountain]. "Some of the songs and the characters are still very much part of the Disney legacy, so it's a very strange situation," says Jessica Balanzategui, a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, who specializes in childhood, history and national identity in global film and TV. 1946's Song of the South with Br'er Rabbit and Uncle Remus. Disney "A lot of us would be familiar with some of those characters and some of the popular songs without ever having seen the original film," Balanzategui said. In the current moment, where the fight for racial justice and the dismantlement of systemic racism has reverberated through the media, some companies have taken steps toward change, including alerting audiences to prejudiced or racist material in their back catalogue. On Sunday, UK pay TV broadcaster Sky [ added] a disclaimer to the original 1941 Dumbo, the original 1967 The Jungle Book, the original 1992 Aladdin and around a dozen more films. When you search for one of these movies on [ Sky Cinema], a subscription service which houses Sky's on demand movies, the description of the movie reads, "This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions which may cause offence today." HBO Max [/news/hbo-max-removes-gone-with-the-wind-for-racist-depictions-will-bring-it-back/ recently] pulled 1939's Gone with the Wind, a monument of American film history, [ criticized] for featuring Black stereotypes and romanticizing the South during the era of segregation. Gone with the Wind [/news/hbo-max-returns-gone-with-the-wind-to-stream-with-a-4-minute-intro/ returned] to HBO Max on Wednesday, with a four-and-a-half minute video introduction by Black scholar Jaqueline Stewart to provide more context and help educate about racism. "We failed to put the disclaimer in there which basically sets up the issues that this movie really brings up," WarnerMedia chairman Bob Greenblatt [ said]. "We took it off and we're going to bring it back with the proper context. It's what we should have done. I don't regret taking it down for a second. I only wish we had put it up in the first place with the disclaimer. And, you know, we just didn't do that." The remnants of Disney's murky history have long been the subject of debate. In the inception of Splash Mountain, Disney [ altered] a "Tar-Baby" scene from the movie for the ride, given its racist associations. The movie's African [http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/results.aspx?searchwords=American%20character American character] Uncle Remus who tells tales about the animal characters also doesn't appear, except for his thoughts and sayings on signs throughout the queue. Still, Disney has been [ criticized] for being too lighthanded with addressing problematic representations in its movies from the '30s, '40s, '50s and even up to the [ '90s], ramping up at the end of last year around Disney Plus' launch. The streaming platform arrived with disclaimers bookending the descriptions of some of its old cartoons, saying, "This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions." The disclaimer on the synopsis of the original Dumbo cartoon. Disney Plus Examples include 1955's Lady and the Tramp, whose Siamese cat characters have been criticized for [ channeling Asian stereotypes]; 1941's Dumbo, featuring a crow character called [ Jim Crow] and others who speak [ using jive-like speech patterns]; and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] 1994's The Lion King, whose hyenas have been interpreted as symbolizing [ racial minorities]. While HBO Max and Sky aren't targeted at children, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali từ hcm] Disney Plus is designed to be a family-friendly hub. Some argue that when Disney Plus launched in November, the company could have done more to address the context of its older films for the children watching them. "It is tricky," Balanzategui says, when it comes to the Disney Plus disclaimers. "Disney could have used stronger language which would more proactively invite a conversation around the context of these caricatures." Disney didn't respond to a request for comment. Children parked in front of a TV. Photo Illustration by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images 'Children are like sponges' Disney Plus' [ subscription numbers snowballed] during the coronavirus lockdown, with parents not only having Marvel, Pixar and live-action remakes to keep their children entertained, but older Disney cartoons many parents grew up with. Some worry this is problematic for children who are dropped in front of cartoons with "outdated depictions," because they could imbibe certain prejudices. "These shouldn't be watched by children by themselves," says Daryl Sparkes, senior lecturer of media studies and production at the University of Southern Queensland, "because children are like little sponges and they soak up attitudes and feelings and opinions." A possible scenario when children watch older cartoons on Disney Plus is they don't notice the disclaimer at all. These messages appear only in the movie's description, not as a separate tag inside the movie window. It could just as easily go unnoticed by parents as well. Since children aren't yet able to spot questionable cultural stereotypes, they shouldn't watch the Disney cartoons alone, Sparkes says. Parents should pull up a pillow and watch alongside them, explaining how once upon a time that was how people used to think. "That becomes a real educational value for the kids themselves, because they're able to go, 'OK, this is what happened back then, but we're not like that anymore and these are the reasons why.'" The Disney legacy Warner Brothers has [ censored] many of its racially offensive cartoons from as far back as the '30s and, in 2014, added a [ content warning] to the beginning of old Looney Tunes cartoons like Tom and Jerry on streaming platforms, using far stronger language than Disney, admitting they "may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today." Well played WB, well played. [ ][ pic.twitter.com/gnfoZBGiJm] — rougevelvet (@rougevelvet) [ August 31, 2014] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); [ Early reports] suggested Disney Plus would exclude problematic scenes of movies like the original Dumbo, but Balanzategui says Disney made the right choice by keeping the movies intact. "Editing out these problematic depictions isn't the right way to go." Editing the material would be the equivalent of erasure of Disney and North America's troubling histories, Balanzategui says. These movies are artifacts of a shared animation and cultural history. "We don't want to just edit out the confronting parts and pretend they never existed." In an extreme case like Song of the South, including it on Disney Plus would have demanded careful conversations around it, Balanzategui says. It would be used more as an education tool than what we think of as entertainment. Dumbo and the group of crows. Disney But for movies like Lady and the Tramp, Dumbo or The Lion King, which do feature on Disney Plus with disclaimers, the biggest worry for parents is children consciously or unconsciously acquiring cultural language they're not yet able to contextualize. That's where conversations about problematic stereotypes can help children establish context around troubling representations, Balanzategui says. Parents may even be able to spark curiosity in their children about the historical context of the media they're watching. Children could learn to see entertainment as part of a wider network of cultural and historical influences. Some kids, however, are simply too young to have these conversations. "This is when parents should be really careful about the kind of content that their children are watching," Balanzategui says. While Disney buried much of the controversy around Song of the South from modern audiences, it has [ responded] to calls to revisit attractions at Disneyland before. Disney removed a scene from the immensely popular Pirates of the Carribean ride that showed brides up for auction and renamed a ride called the Indian War Canoes and a hotel called Disney's Dixie Landings Resort. While the successful petitions -- [ one] of which has over 20,000 signatures -- around Splash Mountain spurred change, the many parents stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic might want to keep an even closer eye on what their kids are watching. Disney Plus' disclaimers are easy to miss and in a moment where many are doing their homework on the past and the injustices and inequalities of the present, it's a good time to notice them. First published June 18. Updates, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] June 21: Adds Sky description; June 25: Adds news of the petitions' success.

Iginla Hossa Headline Six-person Hall Of Fame Class

2020-07-21T00:41:31Z

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Jarome Iginla and Marian Hossa were chosen for induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility as a six-member 2020 class was unveiled Wednesday. The two forwards are joined by defensemen Kevin Lowe and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] Doug Wilson. General manager Ken Holland and women's player Kim St-Pierre will also be enshrined. Iginla will become just the fourth Black inductee into the Hall of Fame. Grant Fuhr and Angela James were inducted for their play, while Willie O'Ree, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] who broke the NHL's color barrier, was chosen for his [https://twitter.com/search?q=contributions&src=typd contributions]. Iginla, who turns 43 on July 1, spent 15 1/2 of his 20 NHL seasons with the Calgary Flames. He recorded 625 goals and 675 assists (1,300 points) in 1,554 regular-season games from 1996-97 to 2016-17. "It's extremely special," Iginla said, according to NHL.com. "I had a hard time sleeping the past few nights. Starting my career, I didn't dream of making it to the Hall of Fame. It's a true honor, I've been extremely blessed. It's still sinking in." Hossa was part of three Stanley Cup-winning teams with the [http://realitysandwich.com/?s=Chicago%20Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks]. He scored 1,134 points (525 goals, 609 assists) in 1,309 games from 1997-98 to 2016-17. His career included eight campaigns with the Blackhawks, seven with the Ottawa Senators, three with the Atlanta Thrashers and one each with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. "This honor means so much to me," Hossa said in the Hockey Hall of Fame's news announcement. "I would like to thank everyone who voted for me. I have learned so much about life through the game of hockey and am very appreciative of this recognition." Lowe was part of six Stanley Cup championship teams, five during a seven-year span with the Edmonton Oilers before he won one with the New York Rangers in 1994. Lowe scored 431 points (84 goals, 347 assists) in 1,254 games from 1979-80 to 1997-98, playing 15 seasons for the Oilers in two stints and four campaigns with the Rangers. "I think I perhaps represent the next level of guys who helped to win championships," Lowe said. "I appreciate that my contributions to the teams I played on are being recognized in this way." Wilson, who is currently the general manager of the San Jose Sharks, spent 14 of his 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and his final two with the Sharks. He scored 827 points (237 goals, 590 assists) in 1,024 games from 1977-78 to 1992-93. "I'm not even a Hall of Famer in my own house, so joining this club means the world to me," Wilson said. "I would like to thank all of the people who have been so good to me in this game." Holland, currently the general manager of the Oilers, was chosen for induction through the builder category. Holland won three Stanley Cup crowns during a 22-year stint (1997-2019) as GM of the Detroit Red Wings. "I am incredibly humbled by this honor," Holland said. "I am in this game because I loved it as a young man and I am happy to have been able to stay in the game." St-Pierre was a star goaltender who helped Canada's women win three Olympic gold medals (2002, 2006, 2010) and five world championship. She had a 1.17 goals-against average and .939 save percentage in her appearances for Team Canada. "Hockey has always been my passion and this is a very special honor," St-Pierre said. "When I was growing up it was only boys, and when that changed my dream was able to come (true)." St-Pierre is the eighth women's player named to the Hall of Fame. She is the first female goalie. "The Hockey Hall of Fame is proud to welcome these hockey legends as Honored Members," Hockey Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald said in the news release. "Their contributions to the game of hockey are well documented and their election to the Hockey Hall of Fame is richly deserved." The inductions are currently scheduled for Nov. 16, but the date could change depending on the coronavirus pandemic. --Field Level Media

Malawi apos;s New President Calls For Unity After Disputed Vote Re-run

2020-07-20T22:16:25Z

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Lazarus Chakwera won the election with 59 percent of the vote Malawi's newly elected President Lazarus Chakwera vowed Sunday to maintain unity in the southern African country after quashing the incumbent's bid for a second term in the re-run of a hotly contested election. It was a dramatic twist of fortune for outgoing president Peter Mutharika, whose victory in a May 2019 ballot was overturned by the Constitutional Court over fraud allegations. Chakwera, a former evangelist preacher, was declared the winner of the election replay with almost 59 percent of the vote, according to results announced late Saturday. Malawi is only the second sub-Saharan African country to have presidential poll results [http://www.zixiutangpollencapsules.com/?s=overturned overturned] in court, after Kenya in 2017. It is also the first time in the region that a vote re-run has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. The election was hailed by leaders across the continent as a peaceful transition of power. "It is an honour forged in the furnace of your desire and your demand for change," Chakwera said after taking his oath of office. Addressing thousands of supporters in Lilongwe's Freedom Square, the 65-year-old vowed to restore "faith in the possibility of having a government that serves" and "fights for you". He appealed to those who did not vote for him, saying: "Malawi is home to you too... so long as I am its president, you too will prosper." - 'Impossible feat' - Chakwera leads Malawi's oldest party, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), which previously ruled from 1964 to 1994 under [http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/search/Hastings%20Banda%27s Hastings Banda's] one-party rule. No caption Some 6.8 million Malawians returned to the polls on Tuesday after the country's top court found the first election had been marred by "grave" and "widespread irregularities" -- including the use of correction fluid to tamper with result sheets. Chakwera was pronounced the winner with 2.6 million votes against 1.75 million for Mutharika. Turnout was just under 65 percent. In power since 2014, Mutharika won 38 percent of the discredited vote last year, ahead of Chakwera's 35 percent. "Today is unbelievable because this feat seemed impossible just a month ago," said Christina Nkosi, a supporter of the opposition United Transformation Movement whose leader Saulos Chilima was sworn in as vice president. "We have waited too long for this dawn," echoed 70-year-old Mary Kaponda, a retired nurse sporting MCP garb. IT expert Daud Suleman, a key witness in the election court case, told AFP: "We have made history and demonstrated how much we can achieve as a people. "Now the challenge will be to challenge this energy into moving the country forward." Around half of landlocked Malawi's 18 million people live below the poverty line. Many rely on subsistence farming. The country is also grappling with a coronavirus outbreak that has infected over 1,000 people and killed at least 13 -- although numbers are widely thought to be underestimated due to lack of testing. - All complaints 'resolved' - Mutharika, 79, has not yet commented on his defeat. On Saturday, he had argued the re-run was flawed -- citing violence and intimidation against monitors allegedly "beaten, hacked and abducted", and describing the vote as the "worst in Malawi's history". The Malawi Electoral Commission dismissed the accusations and said all complaints had been "resolved". But Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party has reiterated calls for the commission to annul the results of the second vote and declare a third poll, something political analysts doubt will happen. Mutharika supporter Tay Grin was accepting of the outcome. "Our political choices might be different but we remain united knowing that friendship means much more." - 'Very clear' lesson - Several African leaders and politicians congratulated Chakwera. "The mandate our Malawi brothers and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] sisters have given you... is a confirmation of their desire for progressive leadership," Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said. Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga -- who lost to the incumbent in the 2017 re-run -- commended Mutharika for facilitating a "peaceful and orderly transfer of power". "The election was followed keenly beyond Malawi and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] is a symbol of hope for those who support democracy in Africa and around the world," he tweeted. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, also African Union chairman, "congratulated the people of Malawi for conducting peaceful elections which have served to deepen democracy," according to a presidency statement. Tanzania's opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo) said Malawi had given a "very clear" lesson ahead of the east African country's own elections in October. "Authoritarian and repressive governments can be beaten when the opposition unites," its leader Zitto Kabwe said. "President-elect Chakwera's election victory is an important moment for democracy in the African continent." str-burs-sch/txw

Helena Bonham Carter Admits She Didn apos;t Take The Crown Role Immediately

2020-07-20T20:49:25Z

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Helena Bonham Carter has admitted The Crown bosses thought she was 'insulting' them when she didn't immediately agree to play Princess Margaret. The actress, 54, plays the royal in series three and four of the hit [/sciencetech/netflix/index.html Netflix] drama but she was initially apprehensive about taking on the part. [http://www.cbsnews.com/search/?q=Speaking Speaking] to [ ], she said: 'With Margaret, I was very conscious that I was inheriting a hit. I was conscious that Vanessa [Kirby] had just won a BAFTA. At the beginning, the first two weeks, everyone was terrified. Then you relax. Apprehensive: Helena Bonham Carter, 54, has admitted The Crown bosses thought she was 'insulting' them when she didn't immediately agree to play Princess Margaret 'But the other thing was I have to see a script and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] have to respond to the words. People were shocked that I wouldn't just take it. 'I think [creator Peter] Morgan thought I was insulting them, and I wasn't. I just needed to know whether I could do it.' RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/tvshowbiz/article-8458179/Millie-Bobby-Browns-new-film-Enola-Holmes-facing-lawsuit-estate-Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle.html Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate sues Netflix for copyright...] [/tvshowbiz/article-8458247/Janelle-Monae-reveals-upcoming-horror-film-Antebellum-triggering-film.html Janelle Monae reveals her upcoming horror film Antebellum...] [/tvshowbiz/article-8456497/Jennifer-Aniston-bemoans-getting-typecast-Friends-Rachel-Green.html 'I could not get Rachel Green off my back': Jennifer Aniston...] [/tvshowbiz/article-8429271/Anne-Hathaway-Robert-Niro-join-Cate-Blanchett-1980s-period-film-Armageddon-Time.html Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro join Cate Blanchett in...] Share this article Share However, Helena agreed to do the show after she was sent the script for the last episode of the series where she felt she 'connected' with Margaret. The film star added that she took so long to say yes, not because of a lack of faith in the project, but because of a lack of faith in herself. Unsure: The actress plays the royal in series three and four of the hit Netflix drama but she was initially apprehensive about taking on the part Helena has thrown herself wholeheartedly into the series and said she goes to 'extreme' lengths in order to get into character. As well as professional success, the star's love life is also going from strength to strength courtesy of her relationship with Rye Dag Holmboe, 32. Helena and Rye have been dating for more than a year now and in the December issue of [ ], the [https://openclipart.org/search/?query=actress actress] discussed her new man. Helena said: 'I was conscious that Vanessa [Kirby] had just won a BAFTA. At the beginning, the first two weeks, everyone was terrified. Then you relax' She said the romance has been 'a bit of unexpected magic in my life' following her split from ex Tim Burton in 2014. The Cinderella star had a famously unconventional 13-year relationship with director Tim, 61. Helena and Tim lived in two adjourning houses in London during their romance, and are parents to children Billy, 16, and Nell, 12. Role: The film star added that she took so long to say yes, not because of a lack of faith in the project, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] but because of a lack of faith in herself On moving on from the American animator, the Enid star - who previously dated Irish actor Kenneth Branagh between 1994 and 1999 - admitted she grew tired of 'grieving' their relationship, and now leads a 'happy' life with her new boyfriend. 'You break up, you grieve, you get bored of grieving', she told Harper's Bazaar. 'And then you finally move on'. I'm very happy with someone else. It's been a bit of unexpected magic in my life.' Romance: As well as professional success, the star's love life is also going from strength to strength courtesy of her relationship with Rye Dag Holmboe (pictured in October 2019) data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [ Hollywood Reporter | Entertainment News] [ Harper's Bazaar UK homepage | Fashion, beauty, art, culture, travel] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

Coronation Street apos;s Thelma Barlow Says The Soap Has Lost Its Humour

2020-07-20T17:36:37Z

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[/tvshowbiz/coronation_street/index.html Coronation Street] legend Thelma Barlow has told how the soap has lost its humour over the years, admitting 'I don't see much to laugh at now.' The 91-year-old actress played lovable Mavis Wilton in the ITV soap for 26 years, before the character left the cobbles for a new life in the Lake District in 1997. And Thelma admitted that it's a 'pity' that Coronation Street has many dark storylines with 'so many murders' these days and that it's lacking in warmth and humour. Having her say: Coronation Street legend Thelma Barlow has told how the soap has lost its humour over the years, admitting 'I don't see much to laugh at now' (pictured in 2005) Thelma was known for her comic portrayal of shop worker Mavis with the character sharing many light-hearted moments with pal Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) in The Kabin. However, in a new interview, the TV star has spoken out against the soap for lacking in the gentle comedy she had in her days on the show. 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Privatization! South African economic remedy! By Marco Roodt (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); Category: Comment article (Article 1 of 2) About the author: Marco Roodt completed doctoral studies in South Africa in the ninety eighties. Roodt studied communication of organizational change to complex stakeholders. His focus was on commercialization and privatization during South Africa's pre-1994 intended economic deregulation and economic liberation. Roodt says much can be learned from plans which never materialized as a result of a changing political landscape! Election of Cyril Ramaphosa to state president of South Africa could be the most opportune moment to commence the privatization of state owned enterprises ('SOEs') in South Africa. This comes in the wake of troubled economic years, and downgrade by two rating agencies; Standard and Poor and Finch. Moody equally influential, recently graded SA neutral status. A downgrade to sub-investment grade ("junk" rating) by Moody would for instance have seen South Africa removed from Citi's World Government Bond Index. Removal could have triggered up to R100-billion ($9 billion) in asset sales by foreign investors. Had it taken place, other calamities might have followed. Moody based, one could presume, its rating on predominantly the political leadership shift which took place in SA. In light of the latest grading by Moody SA's National Treasury made known that there are plans to stabilize debt, revamp State Owned Enterprises and boost growth in sectors such as agriculture and tourism. South Africa, it was said by SA's national treasury, will consider partially privatizing struggling State-owned companies as part of wide-ranging reforms to be set in motion by president Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa replacing Zacob Zuma (state president ex-officio), signaled the advent of positive political changes in SA. The shift attracted wide investor community attention locally and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] worldwide; despite investors being well aware of the country's economic and social situation (defined by very high poverty levels and unemployment). Would the political shift be a silver bullet to attract new investment and prevent investment flight? Investors and the financial world globally, are not unaware of reality or naive when picking an investment destination. They are insistent on risk criteria and well prepared when they decide to invest or divest. They would as in the case of SA, expect macro- economic restructuring beyond plans only before considering sizeable capital investment; and, involvement in foreign direct investment. They also are insistent on viability immediately and long term! Capital and foreign direct investment (FDI) could be stimulated by privatization in SA. SA has many state owned enterprises whom are all already in place infra structurally and operating. Many do not show profit on an ongoing basis. Privatization could change the situation particularly when you consider the capital injection which it would bring and innovative changes by co-owners of the enterprise. Global investors know in the true sense of the word, time is money. Investors are not going to sit on capital waiting for an opportunity. They want an opportunity to come their way and quickly. SA government should, while turnaround, corporatization and commercialization takes its course, to save the SOE's from liquidation (as in the case of arms giant DENEL currently), commence with the preparation and passing of privatization legislation as a matter of urgency. How could all of this work? Perhaps learning from the past, as far back as the ninety-eighties, would provide some insight into the need for South Africa to privatize its very large state owned enterprises. The current SA government can learn from the past by considering the reasons privatization was never driven to some conclusion after it was gaining momentum in the late 1980's. Much can be learned from the now late Wim de Villiers leadership on privatization and commissions led by him, dating back to the ninety-eighties. Government of the day realized that the way SOE's are run and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] financed were not sustainable. Obviously in addition to de Villiers, over at least the past decade, more lessons can be learned from comment and research by proponents, scholars and experts on the topic of privatization in South Africa. Starting with Eskom as the most controversial state owned company currently!, Drawing from 'The political economy of power sector reform in South Africa' by Anton Eberhard, one learns about the Electricity Act which was amended in 1971 to allow ESCOM (today ESKOM) to retain substantially more earnings to build up a Capital Development Fund subject to the approval of the state president. Consequences of the amendment were large price increases and disquiet amongst stakeholders, who thought ESCOM's management was arrogant and unaccountable, leading eventually, to a government inquiry in 1983. As early as 1983-4, following the enquiry led by de Villiers, the De Villiers Commission criticised ESCOM's governance, management, electricity forecasting methods, investment decisions, and accounting. Recommendations by the commission led to changes in the Electricity Act in 1985 and to new Eskom and Electricity Acts in 1987, which in many ways paved the way to exploring possible privatization of the electricity state owned enterprise. In 1988, the first Eskom privatization study was undertaken. It was commissioned by government. Managed and led by Eskom assisted by a committee of government and industry stakeholders, the study was initiated at a time when the state was reviewing the performance of its SOE's. Key to the findings of the study was the recommendation that Eskom be privatized in its entirety but did not comment on the possible introduction of competition to the monopoly. Competition could have been a perfect opportunity to attract foreign direct investment much desired by government then. All will recall that the political landscape, soon after, started changing with the National Party government and the African National Congress (ANC) dialogue on South Africa's political future. Political agenda topped any further consideration of privatization and this would continue more or less to today, twenty five years on! Sanctions against South Africa also start taking its toll finally leading to a country facing an acute capital shortage, which forced the government to prohibit further foreign borrowing by industrial concerns and to regulate capital investment throughout the economy. Capital spending by state enterprises came under scrutiny. 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SATS (to operate as Transnet Ltd in future), was mandated in addition to de Villiers recommendation, to act like a private corporation and to reorganize as a private corporation within four years. Government would be the sole shareholder. Transnet Ltd was founded on the understanding that government is the sole shareholder, but might eventually opt to sell it to the private sector. Transnet plans - as with Eskom - were shelved due to political dialogue becoming the agenda of the day. One can speculate intelligently, had Transnet gone full out with its plans, free from political agenda, South African Airways which was the airway division of the holding company, would have sold off then. Instead to this day it remains a debt on the government's balance sheet! Imagine the de Villiers recommendations on Eskom and Transnet privatization were realized, what would the probable gains have been? Post the de Villiers era of exploring privatization, in 1999, the post-1994 government Department of Public Enterprises declared that priority would be given to the restructuring of the four biggest SOE's: Telkom (telecommunications), Eskom (electricity), Transnet (transport) and Denel (defence production). Then, collectively, these four state owned enterprises, controlled 90 percent of the assets of the top 30 South African SOE's, provided 86 percent of the turnover and 94 percent of the net income earned. This provides perspective on the other current smaller state enterprises (of which there are a few hundred), in terms of turnover and income. Technically speaking most of these top four state owned enterprises are currently in financial trouble and in need of government support through guarantees and loans to enabling them to fulfil their roles in the South African economy and across borders. Their importance should not to be underestimated. Neither risk to the country, should they continue on their current path! They dominate key strategic sectors of the economy and have the potential to undermine overall industrial policy, economic progress and national well-being; or play a strong role in government plans to grow the economy as with the case of Eskom! Why could privatization help prevent state owned enterprises slipping backward some more? Data and other evidence on how privatization has impact on the privatized business bottom line and efficiency are readily available. A leaf could be taken from British privatization. British privatization has been described by many as the most sustained and consistent singe-minded pursuits of public policy in modern times! Privatization in Britain had to accomplish exactly what is now needed in South Africa. Needed are the improvement of efficiency of state owned enterprise, management of resources and free play of market forces in the economy. Through privatization Britain turned itself from what some commentators described 'a lazy socialistic bureaucracy', into a country who later took its place as a leader in the global economy. British privatization had the desired impact not only in the economic sphere on the country. State owned enterprises making massive losses - costing the British economy billions- were turned into efficient enterprises contributing gradually but surely to the taxation base. Popular capitalism replaced socialism through public shareholding and employee shareholding. Privatization raised much need capital for government. In the case of South Africa one of the major motivations behind the 1989 privatization of Iscor was the prospect of state revenue. Proceeds from the selling of British state assets generated capital to pay debts. Gradually the British economy also benefited by government spending less on subsidies. British regulatory regime changed with privatization, enabling transparency on past cross-subsidisation practices. British public who had generally speaking a great level of antipathy towards poor performing government enterprises welcomed privatization. Politically, privatization compelled parties to rethink policies and what is in the interest of the country, while maintaining their political support among electorate which now had new perceptions of the reigning party. Privatization was widely accepted by the media who gave their support through positive coverage and comment on success stories. Labour Unions, considering its influence on the pre-privatization economy, started playing a smaller political role as they had to weight the economic benefits privatization brought to members, against losing the member. In other words, labour unions were forced to revise what they had to offer their members beyond political and workplace promises only All brings one to the topic of the South African government, prior to Ramaphosa, seemingly lack of will to take the privatization-bull by the horns; and, the culture of holding on to failing state owned enterprises at the cost of the tax payer and the running of an efficient economy? It would be insightful to get reasons for this. One can speculate about a few reasons. Ideology and the historical bond between the current government, labour unions and the SACP would always play a role when resistance against privatization is discussed. It is time a national multi stakeholder debate starts around the cost to economy as a result of ideology and the historical bond. The regulated cost of labour versus individuals' private rights to sell his/her service at the price he wants, within the context of draconic labour acts and overregulation of the employment market, should top the agenda! Failing governments resort to central planning and control of the economy. Privatization does exactly the opposite. It opens up the economy where expertise, capital and a variety of stakeholders, including government, grow the economy and production along with consumption can be regulated more efficiently by the market and price mechanisms. South Africa has a bloated civil service which now steadily are becoming unaffordable. A result of believe that the country is a social-democracy and the state should be the creator of jobs. Government later admitted they could not be the sole creator of jobs and reaffirmed the role private sector should play. This coincide with the role privatization could play. More to the point, at present more than two million of people are employed collectively by central government, provincial government, local authorities and a number of statutory bodies. As a result, ability of the civil service to resist privatization and deregulation should not be under-estimated. Government is well aware of possible resistance by civil servants, but, what will happen if the day arrives when salaries cannot be honored, Or slightly less drastic but serious, as former and now late president PW Botha did in 1988, announce salary increase freezes of all public servants. Unemployment! South Africa has an employment crisis. Many millions of able people cannot be accommodated in the economy, resulting in them being dependent on some form of government subsidy. Would privatization aid in addressing unemployment? One is confident it would, but not in isolation. Government would always play a role as the custodian of many billions of rand, as the most recent national budget of R1.2 trillion shows. Huge amounts financing development projects could be contracted to private suppliers of services with the proviso the unemployed are taken in as temporary employees at least, as a departure towards more permanent employment. Addressing the need for privatization, government seemingly is not taking it seriously enough, despite the likes of Eskom and the national electricity crisis. One should spend time on what the entire process of privatization entail (theme for a follow-up article) within the context of evidence to commence as a matter of urgency; and the obstacles in the way! Government need not look far for candidates to privatize, be it in its entirety; or with themselves a minority shareholder at what could be 49 % of the stake. 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