Andre de Ruyter, the chief executive officer of South Africa’s beleaguered state power company, Eskom, resigned Wednesday after he was scapegoated by the ruling African National Congress for ongoing blackouts.
Author: Joel B. Pollak
California Reparations Committee Meets to Discuss Eligibility
California’s committee to discus reparations for slavery will meet Wednesday in Oakland to discuss eligibility requirements for payments from the state — a state that entered the Union as a free state in 1850.
San Francisco Defunds Effort to Replace White Elections Director over Race
San Francisco has abandoned an effort to replace the city’s director of elections solely because he is white, after the mayor and other officials refused to allocate funding for the effort to find a more “diverse” replacement.
Gavin Newsom Visits Southern Border, Blames Republicans for Crisis
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday and blamed Republicans for the ongoing crisis there, despite the fact that the ongoing influx is a reaction to President Joe Biden’s policies.
Karen Bass Declares Homelessness Emergency in First Act as L.A. Mayor
Newly-inaugurated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a “State of Emergency on Homelessness” in her first major act in office on Monday morning, suspending rules that slow efforts to move people off the street.
Ready on Day One: L.A. Website Still Shows Eric Garcetti, Not Karen Bass, as Mayor
The lamayor.org website, registered to the City of Los Angeles, still shows Eric Garcetti as mayor as Karen Bass begins her first full day on the job — though other pages on the mayor.lacity.gov website have made the change.
WATCH: L.A. City Council Democrat Kevin de Leon in Fight at Holiday Party
Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León, formerly the president pro tempore of the California State Senate, engaged in fisticuffs with an activist at a holiday party Friday, shocking children and families present.
L.A. Mayor-elect Karen Bass Clears Homeless From City Hall for Inauguration
Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass is set to be inaugurated on Sunday — and so city crews have been moving a homeless encampment from outside City Hall, hoping to avoid any unpleasant visuals when she is sworn in.
Elon Musk Calls out Sussmann, Perkins Coie for ‘Attempt to Corrupt a Presidential Election’
Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk called out Democrat-aligned law firm Perkins Coie LLP for its alleged “attempt to corrupt a presidential election” through its role in the “Russia collusion” hoax during the 2016 race.
Biden Leaves Marine Paul Whelan Behind in Russia in Brittney Griner Swap; Family: ‘Catastrophe’
The family of retired Marine Paul Whelan said Thursday that a prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner that left Whelan in Russia was a “catastrophe” because the U.S. would no longer have leverage to free him.