Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at a parliamentary meeting in October 2019. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application to halt proceedings to remove her will be heard on Wednesday.It was supposed to be heard in March, but then the Covid-19 pandemic struck.Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise opposed the application "in defence of Parliament's powers".Public Protector…
Derek Hanekom. Elise Templehof, Netwerk24 ANC veteran Derek Hanekom's lawyers say former president Jacob Zuma has still not complied with a court ruling that he should apologise for and remove a defamatory tweet.They have threatened further legal action should he not comply by their deadline.But Zuma's lawyer says it's not a "life or death" matter…
South Africa instituted its ban on the sale of cigarettes in late March, 2020. The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association's attempt to appeal a ruling that upheld the ban on the sale of tobacco has been rejected. The court says it was unlikely to succeed. But FITA says it's not giving up on its bid to appeal.The…
Two suspects, aged 37 and 41, were arrested on Friday for allegedly operating a clandestine drug laboratory in Sasolburg. The Sasolburg K9 Unit received a tip-off about the laboratory in Vaalpark, the Free State, according to police spokesperson Warrant Officer Lynda Steyn. She said while the police were on their way to execute the search warrant, a…
There have been calls for schools to close as the country confronts the Covid-19 peak. Papi Morake, Gallo Images The National School Nutrition Programme was suspended when the lockdown started in March.NGO Equal Education went to court on an urgent basis to ask for a declaratory order forcing the Department of Basic Education to feed…
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