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Fifth in a series of articles around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924 In December 1877 an explosion occurred at one of the St Petersburg armaments factories. The workers there believed it to be due to the negligence of the management. Six workers were killed. An organised group of politically conscious workers had existed in the factory for some years. Stepan Khalturin, who would be the main organiser of the Northern Union of Russian Workers and who would be hange...

Political interference in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) meant that many cases involving the deaths of anti-apartheid activists didn’t “see the light of day” for many years. This included the murder of Dr Neil Aggett at the hands of police officials in 1982.

Around 5,000 trainee doctors may have medical licenses suspended

Fifth in a series of articles around the anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924 In December 1877 an explosion occurred at one of the St Petersburg armaments factories. The workers there believed it to be due to the negligence of the management. Six workers were killed. An organised group of politically conscious workers had existed in the factory for some years. Stepan Khalturin, who would be the main organiser of the Northern Union of Russian Workers and who would be hange...

The millennial economist talks to Sam Leith about the perils of global capitalism, fighting her corner online and having a ‘midlife crisis’ at 29

Carachi insists that he was not present for Malta Enterprise decision

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri announced the resignations in Parliament

Nearly 300 trainee doctors who walked off their jobs to protest the governments plan to increase medical school admissions returned to work during the night between Tuesday and We...

The medical community is facing an internal split as the conflict between the government and doctors over the medical school enrollment quota increase intensifies.

An overreliance on underpaid and overworked trainees, insufficient fostering of public medical center capabilities, and muddled divisions between the duties of doctors and nurses have all contributed to the current crisis