The National Assembly re-established the committee to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation.The original committee lapsed because it could not complete its work by the end of May deadline due to the lockdown.The new deadline is 31 December. The National Assembly adopted a motion to re-establish an ad hoc committee…
Parliament extends deadline to amend Section 25Last week, the committee resolved to ask National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise to extend its mandate to allow it to complete its work.However on Thursday, the National Assembly Programming Committee, chaired by Modise, unanimously resolved to allow the committee to lapse, and then to revive it when the situation…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to