A girl wears a mask to school to help protect her against Covid-19. The blanket closure of public schools is to the detriment of millions of children who are deprived of an education and social interaction, writes Adriaan Basson. There is a worrying trend developing in South Africa, sharply highlighted by the nonsensical decision to close…
It is time to move on from social media platform Twitter, which has become dominated by hateful, ignorant and divisive content, writes Adriaan Basson. Almost exactly ten years ago, I was one of the first South African journalists to join Twitter. It was fun while it lasted.It's been a decade since colleague Mandy Wiener and I…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and fellow panellists at News24’s post-budget Frontline event, moderated by editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson. (News24) News24 to launch a digital subscription next month. Most of News24's breaking news will remain free-to-read but premium content will only be available to paying subscribers. In June, 13 million unique users logged onto the News24…
Helen Zille has become the voice of disgruntled white people who believe they are being victimised by the ANC.The same group of people reacted defensively to the removal of Leon Schuster's racist films from Showmax.The ANC does not have a strategy to deal with white people, their fears, farm attacks and Afrikaans.One of the most…
The country's attention will turn to Gauteng and the Eastern Cape following a surge in coronavirus infections. Gauteng is likely to survive the peak demand for hospital beds.The Eastern Cape's healthcare system has all but collapsed and the ANC will be punished for this.Winter is coming and South Africa's Covid-19 trajectory is taking a new, but…
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have