DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. Public schools will close from 27 July until 24 August, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced - but not everyone is pleased. The DA said it intended approaching the courts to keep schools open. The party claimed the closure would have detrimental effects on pupils, even causing possible dropouts.The DA says it is heading…
EFF leader Julius Malema. The EFF will be challenging a National Assembly ruling on voting during virtual sittings.The red berets contend the virtual rules are unconstitutional.Despite the objections by EFF MPs, the National Assembly adopted the rules for virtual meetings.The EFF have announced it will approach the courts to challenge a parliamentary ruling in which…
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