Megan Stevens An African American couple are outraged over the discrimination they experienced over an appraisal of their San Francisco home. After the appraiser lowballed their appraisal, they took matters into their own hands and “whitewashed” the home which increased the value upon the next appraisal. The couple is outraged and is suing the appraiser […]
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Oliver Meth Oil giant BP and Shell’s announcement last week to halt operations in South Africa at their south Durban oil refinery has been met with outrage and disappointment. Many are calling for ‘reparations’ amid concerns about fuel price hikes in the future. Shell SA says the indefinite suspension of operations is not the first, […]
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Oliver Meth Shell and BP have halted operations at Sapref oil refinery in South Africa’s south Durban as the refinery considers selling off the plant. The shareholders of the largest refinery in South Africa, made the announcement on Friday, citing they will wind up by the end of March. Sapref, a 50/50 joint venture between […]
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Oliver Meth In a lengthy State of the Nation Address (SONA), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa focused on the reforms required to grow South Africa’s ailing economy, corruption, the July Unrest and social relief measures. This was his sixth SONA since he became president in 2018. JULY UNREST Seven months after last year’s July unrest […]
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Oliver Meth International development partners have launched a new initiative aimed at resolving the COVID-19 vaccine bottleneck across Africa. Although COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa have risen significantly, the continent is struggling to expand rollout, with only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated. According to the International Federation of Red Cross, the vaccination rate […]
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Oliver Meth Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV. WHO awards this certification to countries which have brought the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate to under 5 percent; provided antenatal care and antiretroviral […]
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By Megan Stevens Today around 1:30 p.m. (EST) after a day and a half of deliberation the jury on the Ahmuah Arbery Trial has finally reached a verdict. There were nine criminal accounts to deliberate against Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan. Nine Counts:1 Malice Murder, 2 Felony Murder, 3 Felony Murder, 4 Felony […]
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Megan Stevens Gregorgy (65) and Travis (35) McMichael and William Bryan (52) are on trial by grand jury in a Georgia state court on charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. RECAP: Court proceedings set to deliberate in November of 2021. October 18, 2021 Glynn County, GA began the jury selection for the […]
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By Megan Stevens Megan Pete, 26-year-old, American Rapper known to the world as “Megan Thee Stallion” has other aspirations outside of her Grammy award winning rap career. The Houston, TX native is set to graduate next month (December 2021) from Texas Southern University, one of the nation’s largest Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Upon […]
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Megan Stevens Student Freedom Initiative, founded by billionaire, Robert F. Smith has taken on a new partnership to offer more funding to college students. Their latest partnership is with The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation. The entertainer and philanthropist have a heart for giving back and will continue work together to expand Student Freedom’s Initiative’s […]
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