Illegal RDP and land grabbers protesting in Olievenhoutbosch Tshwane metro police say traffic is heavy in the area but they are on site monitoring the situation 21 April 2021 - 08:29 Illegal land and RDP house grabbers have barricaded roads with burning tyres and objects in Olievenhoutbosch, near Centurion. Image: Twitter: Godwin Ratikwane
Illegal occupants of RDP houses and land in Olievenhoutbosch Ext 27, near Centurion, have barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres in what they say is an attempt to stop the government from evicting them.
Godwin Ratikwane, general secretary of the Independent Democratic Union of SA and an EFF member, said the provincial human settlements department has been threatening to evict people from about 888 RDP houses.
I was convicted of that crime of which I am innocent, said Orpis.
Former conservative Senator Jaime Orpis has been bestowed Friday with the dubious honour of becoming Chile s first-ever politician to be handed down a jail sentence for his involvement in acts of corruption.
Orpis, of the ultra-conservative Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party, of the current government coalition of President Sebastián Piñera, was sentenced to five years for the crime of tax fraud and 600 days for bribery, as per a lengthy ruling from the nation s Third Oral Court.
He was found guilty of receiving money in 2013 from the then manager of the company Corpesca - Chile s largest fishing company - in exchange for favouring it during the processing of a new fishing law.
Zaldívar s intentions to leave her job were no surprise
Chile s Labor Minister María José Zaldívar submitted her resignation Wednesday to President Sebastián Piñera, who accepted it and announced he would appoint Deputy Patricio Melero to succeed her.
Melero, 64, who has served in Parliament since the 1990s and was not eligible for reelection, is to be sworn in Thursday at 5pm local time.
He has been Speaker of the House in 2011 and chaired the Independent Democratic Union party between 2012 and 2014. He was actively involved in pension reforms and sat on the House s Labor Commission.
He was also mayor of Pudahuel between 1985 and 1989
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Summary: During the pandemic, Chinese medical and equipment supplies to Chile have come mostly from a diverse cast of Chinese players with local experience in Chile. They adapted to Chileâs unique system of emergency and disaster management.
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Preface
China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about
how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while adapting and assimilating local and traditional forms, norms, and practices.