Blade Nzimande. (Photo: SACP via Twitter) South Africa's stimulus package is merely the rearranging of existing budgets by de-funding other government programmes, says SACP general-secretary Blade Nzimande. He claimed there were forces within National Treasury and the SA Reserve Bank holding on tightly to discredited neo-liberal style fundamentalism. Nzimande also said the SACP feared excellent…
Two Chinese nationals have been indicted for seeking to steal Covid-19 vaccine research and intellectual property from hundreds of companies in the United States and other countries, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in the United States, China and Hong Kong, Assistant Attorney…
EFF leader Julius Malema. Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams EFF leader Julius Malema says the easing of lockdown restrictions is a clear indication that President Cyril Ramaphosa is chasing profits. Ramaphosa says all decisions around the lockdown are backed by science.The president says the lockdown was meant to slow the rate of infection and community transmission.EFF leader Julius…
EFF leader Julius Malema. Alet Pretorius, Gallo Images The EFF says they will decline any future invites for consultative meetings with President Cyril Ramaphosa.Malema has accused Ramaphosa of using political parties to legitimise governments lockdown regulations. Ramaphosa calls virtual meetings to neutralise us and pretend to be listening, Malema says.EFF leader Julius Malema will no longer…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two