Darryl Accone News Today

Her name was Hazel and she was a real cutie. A bit doddery on her old legs, but with eyes that saw sweetly into your soul and a demeanour that brought out the generosity in you. I bought her lunch.

The No Cold War group is part of a lavishly funded influence campaign that defends China and pushes its propaganda, an investigation by The New York Times has found. At the center is a charismatic American millionaire, Neville Roy Singham.

The investigation found Indian news outlet NewsClick to be financed by Neville Singham, who the report accuses of pushing Chinese talking points through his network of nonprofits. Subsequently, Union Minister Anurag Thakur was quick to bash NewsClick for its China links.

The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide.

The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate

Two of the most talked-about restaurants in Joburg, Marble and Embarc, show their mettle in very different ways.

Three nights in Johannesburg, in the shadow of a giant black diamond in uber-cool Rosebank, has you questioning whether the country’s food capital is anywhere near where Capetonians have long presumed it to be. It’s not necessarily at the coast.

New Frame achieved much, but was also an unworkable proposition given its very high costs.

Over the past four years, progressive online publication New Frame won admiration for its reporting on labour and social justice. The abrupt announcement that it is shutting down has caused expressions of outrage and betrayal — as well as some worrying political allegations. How did a seeming...