As the UN marks the 75 anniversary of its formation, this time must be used to bring about reform in the body and make sure it is representative, writes Cyril Ramaphosa. Dear Fellow South African, The United Nations will this week begin the 75th session of its General Assembly, where the nations of the world gather to seek…
4m ago Ramaphosa: Through the reprioritisation of resources, we were able to allocate around R1.6 billion to implement the Emergency Response Plan. Working with our partners and civil society, we have managed to improve access to justice for victims and survivors and have improved our capacity to investigate and prosecute GBV perpetrators. 6m ago The National…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. As we count the devastating cost the coronavirus pandemic has had on our economy, we must resist the temptation to relegate the critical issue of climate change to the back-burner, writes Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear Fellow South African,The coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the social, economic, business…
We must acknowledge that our movement, the African National Congress, has been and remains deeply implicated in South Africa's corruption problem, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa. I write this letter to you, my fellow ANC member, as our movement and our country face one of the greatest challenges since the advent of democracy.READ | 'We dip our…
The country is still in the middle of a deadly pandemic so there is no room for complacency as South Africa moves to Level 2 of the lockdown from midnight, writes Cyril Ramaphosa. Dear Fellow South African,At midnight tonight, our country will move to alert Level 2 in our response to the coronavirus pandemic. This will come…
The U.S. company that sold infant formula related to the most recent outbreak of infant botulism imported the product from Germany. However, Nara Organics has not named the specific manufacturer of the formula. “Nara works with a state of the art manufacturer in Germany who has over 70 years of experience making top European infant
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