Cash-strapped Public Protector dealing with 158 cases during lockdownMkhwebane said the Department of Justice paid R1.8 billion in legal fees, the Special Investigation Unit R21 million and police R300 million. The Department of Home Affairs, which does not report to the committee, had legal fees of around R1.9 billion.Personal cost orderIn three cases, a personal costs…
Lawyers on behalf of the family argued the ministers of police and defence had failed to take steps to prevent illegal action by law enforcement officials, adding their public statement defended, downplayed and encouraged the use of force.The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the urgent application brought on behalf of the…
DA also said it was taking the government to court in two separate matters that challenge the validity of some aspects of the national lockdown, including the military-enforced night curfew, the ban on e-commerce and the restriction on exercise hours, News24 reported. "It is our opinion – and it is the view of many South Africans…
haven't been tested and are living in a place teeming with cockroaches and rotten cardboard. They reportedly also said that they were being served "substandard" food. The Mpumalanga Department of Health initially quarantined 115 people at the resort, which is owned by the Mpumalanga Parks and Tourism Agency. Twenty of them were international tourists. Eight left…
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