Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. Sydney Seshibedi, Gallo Images via Getty Images Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is locked in meetings with the Cabinet. This follows consultations with the education sector on whether schools should close or remain open during the Covid-19 infection peak. According to a Sunday Times report, five teachers' unions have proposed…
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga Sydney Seshibedi, Gallo Images via Getty Images Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga admitted she is "anxious" about her grandchildren's return to school.Grade 6 and 11 pupils returned to school on Monday after 105 days at home.Motshekga will visit several schools in Midrand to monitor the readmission of pupils.Basic Education…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out