Clicks is under fire for depicting black hair as damaged and dry on its website. Clicks CEO Vikesh Ramsunder has apologised for an "offensive" advertisement on its website, depicting black women's hair as "damaged". Ramsunder said the ad had been removed and the responsible employees suspended. Despite the apology, the EFF has vowed to "shut down" Clicks stores…
EFF members have threatened to shut down Clicks outlets. Gallo Images/Brenton Geach EFF threatens to shut down Clicks stores across the country from Monday.This comes in the wake of an offensive hair advert by Clicks South Africa.The political party had recently given Clicks a list of demands to meet within 24 hours.The Economic Freedom Fighters…
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
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The
