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Eyewitness News
11 hours ago
- Business
- Eyewitness News
Parliament's Appropriations Committee stresses importance of economic growth to support social wage
Lindsay Dentlinger 23 July 2025 | 9:29 Appropriation Bill National Budget Standing Committee on Appropriations Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Mmusi Maimane. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/X CAPE TOWN - Chairperson of Parliament's Appropriations Committee, Mmusi Maimane, has stressed the importance of economic growth to support the social wage, which makes up more than 60% of the national budget. Maimane has also read the Government of National Unity (GNU) the Riot Act, saying it needs to do better in ironing out its political differences before it tables a budget. On Wednesday, the National Assembly hopes to finally pass the last money bill that comprises the national budget, after two false starts in February and March. After three attempts to table a fiscal framework that would meet the approval of all coalition partners, the National Assembly has reached the final hurdle. Tabling a report on the Appropriation Bill, Maimane warned of the ever-increasing cost of social spending, and the need for government to curb wasteful expenditure and root out ghost workers. 'Our inherent problem is a problem of growth. As our economy isn't growing it means we have fewer resources to distribute to your citizens.' For the first time in the country's history, the budget passing has been delayed, and Maimane said that in future, the process needs to be refined. 'Please let us ensure that we've established our priorities, we are clear where our economic reforms, we budget accordingly and create plans that can ensure the budget process is smoother.' If the budget is not passed, it will severely curb the expenditure of national departments to only 10% monthly of the previous year's budget. ALSO READ: Steenhuisen says DA will support Appropriation Bill
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-Trump Employee Drops Massive Bombshell About Epstein Relationship
One of Donald Trump's former employees is drawing a line connecting Jeffrey Epstein and the real estate mogul. The former president and chief operating officer of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, Jack O'Donnell, told CNN Wednesday that he once had to reprimand Trump for bringing a 19-year-old into the casino with the child sex trafficker in tow. The incident occurred while O'Donnell was atop the casino, between 1987 and 1990, according to the former C-suite executive. 'He frequently came down to Atlantic City, the two of them, to attend special events,' O'Donnell told the network. 'In my mind, it was his best friend, you know, from really the time I was there for four years.' Host Erin Burnett then rolled a 2019 clip of Trump in which the 45th president denied reported ties between himself and Epstein, claiming that he only knew the New York financier 'like everybody in Palm Beach knew him,' and that he was 'not a fan' of Epstein's. But O'Donnell said that didn't square with what he witnessed between the pair during his time running the popular casino. 'One incident that I think kind of proves their closeness and how much they hung out together—one time, a Monday morning, I came in and the commission was waiting, the inspectors were waiting in my office, and Donald and Jeffrey had come into the casino in the wee hours of Sunday morning, 1:00, 1:30 in the morning,' O'Donnell told CNN. 'You know, two buddies, they had three women with them, and the commission was waiting for me because they had determined that the women that they brought down were underaged to be in the casino,' O'Donnell continued. 'And when I asked them how they knew that, by the way, one of them was the number three-ranked tennis player in the world, okay, and this guy happened to be a tennis fan, and he said, 'Jack, I know she's 19 years old.'' The commission effectively gave Trump a free pass that night, deciding not to fine him or the casino for bringing someone underaged into the casino, O'Donnell recalled. But in turn, O'Donnell had to 'read [Trump] the Riot Act.' 'I had to call him and say, 'Look, they've given you a break this time, but if this happens again, the fine is gonna be substantial and it's gonna be on your head,'' O'Donnell said. 'And oh, by the way, it's not gonna look good, you and this guy Epstein, coming down here with these young women.' O'Donnell said he told Trump at the time that he shouldn't be 'hanging out with' Epstein. O'Donnell further claimed that the two New York socialites must have been close to hop on a helicopter together to fly down to Atlantic City. 'They were pretty good buddies,' O'Donnell alleged. Much to Trump's chagrin, the botched rollout of the Epstein files has continued to plague his administration. A Morning Consult poll conducted earlier this month found that Trump's popularity had tanked by six points since the Justice Department contradicted Attorney General Pam Bondi on the existence of Epstein's so-called 'client list.' And a YouGov/Economist poll conducted earlier this week found that the majority of Americans—67 percent, including 59 percent of self-identified Trump voters—believed that the Trump administration is 'covering up evidence relating to the Epstein case.' High-profile conservatives, including Elon Musk, have speculated that the administration's continued delay in releasing the Epstein case files is due to the fact that Trump himself might be mentioned in the documents.
Saudi Gazette
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Saudi Gazette
'How fragile we are': Roskilde Festival tragedy remembered 25 years on
COPENHAGEN — Today, 25 years ago, one of the worst accidents in rock history occurred at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark: nine young men lost their lives in the chaos that unfolded during a Pearl Jam concert. Rasmus Thirup Beck, a journalist who attended the Pearl Jam concert in 2000 shared his memories with Danish TV on the anniversary: "At some point, we see on the big screen that a completely lifeless body is lifted up over the barrier, and another one a little later and so on. We were completely shaken, and people began to cry around us and so on. We did not know what had happened. We only knew that something really bad had happened." During the show, frontman Eddie Vedder tried to get the thousands of fans to stop pushing forward, but it was too late. The US rock band have shared a post on Instagram honouring the victims. "Nothing has been the same since," it reads. Some 43 other people were also injured during the incident. Several inquiries were conducted, though no charges were filed. An initial report published in December 2000 found that 'a chain of unfortunate circumstances' led to the deaths after poor sound in the back prompted concert-goers to push forward. After 30 June, 2000, Roskilde Festival and all other festivals around the world changed forever. The festival has invested millions of Kroner in modern safety measures in an effort to prevent something similar from happening again. "We can be up to 70,000 people at this stage, and if we want space for all that, so that is still comfortable to stand here we will have to be able to use the corners completely, and therefore there is a much larger scene, big screens, a proper sound system, so it doesn't really matter where you are, then you can still get a good experience," explains head of security at the festival Morten Therkildsen. A memorial sculpture now sits at the festival ground. It's a black stone block engraved with the words "how fragile we are", with nine trees planted around it. On Pearl Jam's 2002 album Riot Act, the song Arc is a wordless tribute to the young men. The band played the song live only nine times. — Euronews
Euronews
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Pearl Jam remember Roskilde Festival tragedy 25 years on
Today, 25 years ago, one of the worst accidents in rock history occurred at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark: nine young men lost their lives in the chaos that unfolded during a Pearl Jam concert. Rasmus Thirup Beck, a journalist who attended the Pearl Jam concert in 2000 shared his memories with Danish TV on the anniversary: "At some point, we see on the big screen that a completely lifeless body is lifted up over the barrier, and another one a little later and so on. We were completely shaken, and people began to cry around us and so on. We did not know what had happened. We only knew that something really bad had happened." During the show, frontman Eddie Vedder tried to get the thousands of fans to stop pushing forward, but it was too late. The US rock band have shared a post on Instagram honouring the victims. "Nothing has been the same since," it reads. Some 43 other people were also injured during the incident. Several inquiries were conducted, though no charges were filed. An initial report published in December 2000 found that 'a chain of unfortunate circumstances' led to the deaths after poor sound in the back prompted concert-goers to push forward. 'How fragile we are' After 30 June, 2000, Roskilde Festival and all other festivals around the world changed forever. The festival has invested millions of Kroner in modern safety measures in an effort to prevent something similar from happening again. "We can be up to 70,000 people at this stage, and if we want space for all that, so that is still comfortable to stand here we will have to be able to use the corners completely, and therefore there is a much larger scene, big screens, a proper sound system, so it doesn't really matter where you are, then you can still get a good experience," explains head of security at the festival Morten Therkildsen. A memorial sculpture now sits at the festival ground. It's a black stone block engraved with the words "how fragile we are", with nine trees planted around it. On Pearl Jam's 2002 album Riot Act, the song Arc is a wordless tribute to the young men. The band played the song live only nine times.
The Province
14-06-2025
- Politics
- The Province
This Day in History: Vancouverites object to building city hall at 12th and Cambie
Vancouverites argued about whether to build a new city hall, and where to put it, for decades W.J. Moore photomontage of Vancouver's art deco city hall above Victory Square. Undated, but ran in an ad in the Dec. 11, 1934 Vancouver Sun After unemployed protesters battled police at the Hudson's Bay store on April 23, 1935, Mayor Gerry McGeer read the Riot Act at Victory Square. Then he moved the location of the proposed city hall to 12th and Cambie. Vancouver Sun On Dec., 12, 1934, Vancouverites voted 16,116 to 10,836 to build a new city hall at the Central School site at Pender and Cambie streets, above Victory Square in downtown. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Unfortunately it needed a three-fifths majority to pass, which meant 16,171 votes were needed to be successful. So the proposal failed by 55 votes. This must have been crushing for civic boosters, who had been trying to get electors to approve various city hall and civic centre plans in plebiscites in 1912, 1914, 1925, 1931 and 1933. (The 1912 plan was approved, but died in an economic recession that preceded the First World War.) But this plebiscite would be different. Mayor Gerry McGeer had run on the idea of building a new city hall, and had won a huge victory over longtime mayor L.D. Taylor, who was against it. So McGeer forged ahead, appointing a commission to look at several possible sites, including Central School, Thornton Park by the Canadian National Railway station, the 'Burrard bridgehead' at Beach Avenue, King George High School at Burrard and Nelson, Fairview School at Broadway and Granville, and Strathcona Park at 12th and Cambie. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ad in the Dec. 11, 1934 Vancouver Sun for a new city hall. The ad features a W.J. Moore photo montage of Vancouver's art deco city hall above Victory Square. On June 5, 1935, the three-man commission — B.C.'s Chief Justice A. Morrison, UBC president L.S. Klinck and G.L. Thornton Sharp of the Vancouver town planning commission — shocked Vancouverites by recommending Strathcona Park as the city hall site. City council then voted six to four in favour of the Strathcona Park property. McGeer was optimistic it could be built quickly. 'I think we can have a contract let and ground broken by the first week in July,' he told The Vancouver Sun. But there was strong opposition to the Strathcona Park site. When Alderman W.W. Smith tried to get the four aldermen who initially voted against the site to drop their opposition and have the vote made unanimous, they refused. 'The public is bound to be disappointed with the (Strathcona Park) decision,' said The Vancouver Sun on June 6, noting in a 1933 plebiscite on five possible city hall sites, 'Strathcona Park was given the dubious honour of having more last (place) choices than any other.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Central School site had been selected by the public in four of the five city hall plebiscites by the public, while Thornton Park had been selected in one. Even McGeer seemed to favour the Central School site before he was elected. He used a beautiful W.J. Moore photomontage of an art deco city hall at Central School, with Victory Square in front, in an election ad in the Dec. 11, 1934 Vancouver Sun. 'Put Idle Money to Work!' said the full-page ad. 'Build the New City Hall NOW. Start Things Going in Vancouver. The MONEY is in the BANK. It should be put to work creating JOBS AND PAYROLLS.' Then Vancouver mayor Gerry McGeer. PNG A meeting of Ward One voters on June 14 came out against Strathcona Park because it was out of downtown and 'inconvenient for the citizens.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'They tell us that the city is shifting south,' said George Buscombe, the brother of former mayor Frederick Buscombe. 'All right, that's fine. But can you transport the Rogers Building, the Vancouver Block and our large hotels up to the new site as you would geraniums?' Other speakers got more heated: one branded McGeer 'worse than Hitler' and Vancouver aldermen as 'rubber stamps.' The papers also reported that the real estate bureau was against the Strathcona Park site, that the 'majority' of people on the town planning commission didn't like it, and even that two of the three members on McGeer's own commission had preferred other sites. Civic historian John Atkin thinks McGeer wanted to move the new city hall out of downtown after unemployed men occupied the Hudson's Bay store on April 23, 1935, and McGeer read the Riot Act at Victory Square. McGeer was not to be denied. He quickly approved a design by architect Fred Townley — the same design that appears in his 1934 election ad for the Central School site. The new $1-million city hall opened to the public on Dec. 4, 1936, and remains a beloved civic landmark. The Central School site became Vancouver Community College. jmackie@ Architect Fred Townley presents Vancouver Mayor Gerry McGeer with a gilded trowel at the Vancouver's City Hall, July 2, 1936. Vancouver Golden Jubilee Society/Vancouver Archives AM177-F01-: CVA 612-052. PNG Read More Vancouver Canucks Soccer Sports Sports Local News
