UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. (@NelsonMandela, Twitter) South African civil society leaders have called for a stronger social contract to overcome inequalities in all its forms.Speaking at the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, they called for not only leaders, but members of the public to encourage social change. "This new social contract is actually between us, we…
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed the Civil Union Amendment Bill prohibiting marriage officers from objecting to marrying same-sex couples.The Bill will afford same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.Chairperson of the NCOP’s Select Committee on Security and Justice Shahidabibi Shaikh said the Bill would ensure equality for all.Marriage officers who refuse…
The Anti-repression Working Group is monitoring and collecting complaints made against security agencies operating during the lockdown. Ashraf Hendricks, Ground Up, file The Anti-Repression Working Group has been established by the Covid-19 People's Coalition.Hundreds of monitors have monitoring and reporting back on how lockdown regulations are being implemented.The group has set up a tracker where…
Published: August 25, 2026, 9:44 pm Indus Foods LLC, doing business as Gangothri Foods, an Austin, TX, firm, is recalling 1,626 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pickled goat and chicken products that were produced without the benefit of inspection, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The RTE pickled goat and chicken products were produced between
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
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
