COVID Measures Herald A New Oppression Editor Picks Opinion by Duncan du Bois - 11th May 2022 Although a week has passed since the new Covid regulations were published, the absence of opposition and outrage at their unscientific restrictions on civil liberties is unusual in a society which never misses an opportunity to recall the oppression of the past, yet fails to recognise a new oppression being surreptitiously imposed in the name of public health. The late, lifelong opponent of communism, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, warned of the insidious, piecemeal manner in which liberty is progressively constrained by governments. Despite the very limited effect that Covid has had in South Africa – data that has suppressed deaths from ‘flu, pneumonia and co-morbidities - the resolve of the World Health Organisation’s local chapter, the ANC, to persist in imposing controls on
DearSA: The Public Participation Process Over Proposed Health Care Rules is a ‘Sham’ and ‘Irregular’ Editor Picks Highlighted South Africa by ANN Reporter - 9th May 20229th May 2022 More than 95% of 280,000-plus DearSA comments from members of the public have come out against proposed health care regulations. DearSA has written to the Director-General (DG) at the Department of Health informing him that the public participation process over proposed changes to health regulations is a ‘sham’ and ‘irregular’ after numerous participants received notifications that their emails had been deleted without being read. The DearSA campaign elicited an unprecedented level of public response, with more than 226,000 comments from South Africans (that figure has since risen to more than 285,000) – more than 95% of them opposing the proposed changes to health regulations. Allowing just 30 days for public comment on draconian changes in health regulations is unconscionable, given the regulations
Significance Of Musk’s Twitter Ownership Editor Picks Featured Letter to the Editor by Duncan du Bois - 26th Apr 2022 History will mark April 25, 2022, as a day of monumental significance in the revival and survival of free speech when Elon Musk bought the Big Tech platform Twitter for $44 billion and became its sole owner. Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” regards free speech as “the bedrock of a functioning democracy” and intends to transform Twitter into “a genuine platform for free speech.” In a letter to the Board of Twitter, Musk stated “Twitter will neither thrive nor serve society in its current form.” For all who recognise diversity and value the free exchange of information and opinion Musk’s intentions should be applauded. After all, as John Milton stated centuries ago, “Whoever knew truth to be
What Did The People Say To The WHO? Editor Picks Health by Shabnam Palesa Mohamed - 19th Apr 2022 In the public participation process on the proposed global pandemic treaty My colleagues in the World Council for Health work tirelessly to inspire, inform and empower people about our sovereign human rights. One of the many examples of our commitment to health and freedom is recent representations to the WHO, on their proposed global pandemic treaty. The #StopTheTreaty campaign, supported by partners and allies went viral. Here are a selection of representations to the WHO last week: Shabnam Palesa Mohamed for Transformative Health Justice: Transformative Health Justice is a health advocacy non-profit organization in South Africa. We advocate for safe, effective and affordable health care, repurposed medicines, and for product safety, efficacy and affordability. Our representation is summarized in 6 concise points: 1. Sovereignty of the African continent
Historical Perspective On KZN Floods Editor Picks Opinion by Duncan du Bois - 17th Apr 202217th Apr 2022 While the full extent of the loss of life and property and the damage to infrastructure from the floods that occurred last week will be finalised in due course, such flooding in KZN is not exceptional. Twice in the past floods have occurred in April. The first recorded occasion was in April 1848. Between April 13 and 15, 1856, the Natal coast received 650mm of rain according to reports in the Natal Mercury of April 18 and 25, 1856. Whereas previously the Mgeni River meandered into the Indian Ocean to the south of its present entry point, the volume of water caused it to straighten its course demolishing everything in the Springfield Flat. The Isipingo Flat suffered a similar fate and was
‘Car S.O.S’ Returns For Its Tenth Season Including Renovation Editor Picks Entertainment Film & Television by Alt News Team - 14th Apr 2022 ‘Car S.O.S’ Returns With heart-warming Real-life Stories And Incredible Car Makeovers, Including The Show’s 100th Renovation 10 BRAND-NEW EPISODES PRESENTED BY TIM SHAW AND FUZZ TOWNSHEND TO AIR EVERY TUESDAY AT 19:00 EXCLUSIVELY ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FROM 26 APRIL 2022 CELEBRITY GUESTS & CAMEOS FROM DAVID BECKHAM, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, MAN UNITED LEGENDS BRYAN ROBSON & WES BROWN PLUS EMMERDALE ACTRESS NATALIE J. ROBB & TV MECHANIC EDD CHINA THE 100TH CAR MAKEOVER OF CAR S.O.S FEATURES AN AMBITIOUS TRANSFORMATION OF A PETROL TO AN ELECTRIC CAR Johannesburg, 12 April 2022: National Geographic’s top-rated car restoration show with a heart, Car S.O.S, returns to screens for its tenth season on Tuesday 26 April at 19:00 (CAT) with 10 unmissable new episodes – including a very special
Where The Vax Debate Should Focus Editor Picks Health Opinion by Duncan du Bois - 28th Mar 202228th Mar 2022 The reason The Mercury editorial of March 28 claims “the vaccine debate is not over yet” is because open debate on the subject is being suppressed by the mainstream media. If the stark realities of the subject were laid bare, a very different narrative would emerge. In recent weeks the very institutions tasked with monitoring Covid deaths and the effects of the vaccines have made highly significant admissions. The UK Mail on Sunday noted that only 6% of deaths in the US in the period up to February 22 were from Covid. In Italy, the Covid death rate has been revised down to 2,9%. For its part, the CDC has conceded that “coding errors” resulted in deaths ascribed to Covid being
Why was South Africa chosen as a mRNA vaccine production hub? Editor Picks Highlighted Science by Shabnam Palesa Mohamed - 25th Mar 202225th Mar 2022 And what does it mean for drugs, politics and power in Africa? Dr WHO visits South Africa Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, visited mRNA vaccine technology transfer hubs in South Africa. He was hosted by Minister of Health Dr Joe Paahla, and Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Buti Manamela, showing support for a mRNA consortium backed by the WHO. On this WHO roadmap, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia have also been targeted to receive technology to produce mRNA vaccines. * Technology transfer hubs are training facilities where specialised technology is established at an industrial scale for clinical development and/or production. kENUP seeks to bottom up the mRNA hub? Meanwhile, the British Medical Journal revealed that the kENUP Foundation, a consultancy hired by BioNTech,
Zikalala’s Aspirations Spell Disaster For All Editor Picks Featured Opinion by Duncan du Bois - 23rd Mar 202223rd Mar 2022 KZN ANC premier Sihle Zikalala must be complimented for saying the quiet part out aloud: he wants the constitution removed so he can exercise unrestrained power and by embracing black majority rule, shows he rejects non-racialism (The Mercury, March 22). Democracy has always been embraced by Marxists as a means to an end - absolute power. For them, checks and balances on executive power by means of a freely elected legislature and an impartial judiciary presiding over a constitution are merely temporary impediments. More than sixty years ago, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana pioneered the art of African dictatorship by ditching constitutional democracy and commencing a practice which has plagued Africa ever since. By seeking to replicate that ruinous odyssey, Zikalala indicates the
Email correspondence between David and Serge… Editor Picks by Alt News Team - 21st Mar 202221st Mar 2022 On 9/3/2022 6:25 pm, Fragrant Harbour wrote: Serge What is happening in Ukraine? Are we hearing the full story in the mainstream media? There must be a reason for what Putin is doing. Unfortunately, this could spread to the East. Perhaps even an invasion of Taiwan, or at least some of its offshore islands. David Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 12:58 Hi David, I've been waiting for this for 8 years. During this time, the neo-Nazi fascist government of Ukraine, which came to power as a result of a coup in 2014, killed more than 13,000 Russian-speaking Ukrainians in Odesa, the Donbas and other regions of Ukraine. In my hometown of Odessa, they burned more than 50 people alive in one building because they were protesting against neo-Nazis. Also,
