We Want to Be Legal; We’re Not ‘Zama Zama’ Criminals Say South African Artisanal Miners — Global Issues

We Want to Be Legal; We’re Not ‘Zama Zama’ Criminals Say South African Artisanal Miners — Global Issues

Artisanal miners at work. Credit: Supplied by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Monday, January 23, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (IPS) – Mining towns across South Africa have become hostage to a booming but bloody illegal mining economy. Wealthy kingpins, mainly from neighbouring Lesotho, run criminal syndicates and recruit poverty-stricken workers…

Using kids for victimhood PR op exposes Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s delusion
|

Using kids for victimhood PR op exposes Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s delusion

There were three nailed-down certainties as to how Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria would respond to the announcement that he will face criminal charges for killing someone. First, they would play the victims, as they have shamefully done ever since Alec Baldwin accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on…

Aloft, a ‘Co-op Floating Island Survival Sandbox Game,’ Announced for PC

Aloft, a ‘Co-op Floating Island Survival Sandbox Game,’ Announced for PC

Aloft, a “co-op floating island survival sandbox game,” has been announced for PC. A demo is now available on Steam. The publisher, Astrolabe Interactive, describes Aloft as such: “In Aloft, players must survive on islands floating around an eternal hurricane sitting at the center of their world. After building a…

Rita Ora Slams Rumor About Throuple With Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson

Rita Ora Slams Rumor About Throuple With Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson

Rita Ora is setting the record straight.  Nearly two years after she was photographed getting close to now husband Taika Waititi and actress Tessa Thompson, the “I Will Never Let You Down” singer, 32, is shutting down rumors that they were in a throuple. “I just chose to not acknowledge that because it’s ridiculous,”…