May 30, 2021
Yes, they need to have a large group of players to draw on, but why make as many changes as they currently are making?
In England it is raining, which is hardly news. April is the cruellest month but not this year, it isn t. This year that title conclusively belongs to May. After winter s long nights, the grey, the wet, the wind, the chill are all our enemies. Poor cricket, such a struggle to capture hearts and minds when football is everywhere and Harry Kane wants to leave Tottenham and Sergio Aguero is leaving Manchester City. Then a 50-year-old goes and wins golf s PGA Championship, which really does amaze, especially when he hits the ball 366 yards down the fairway. Phil Mickelson longer and better than the lot of them. Wow! Age waits for some men.
The outgoing chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke, has officially handed over the ropes of the defence force to Lieutenant-General Rudzani Maphwanya.
The pandemic abruptly closed the agency’s 1,200 offices, and officials are considering how to move forward. One issue: Without the offices, fewer low-income seniors sought benefits.
For a wealthy nation, Japan has a high proportion of seniors who have jobs - from babysitters to gardeners. With an aging population, the country is encouraging the "silver generation” to go back to work. Many are reveling in the new challenge.