The ANC in Gauteng is set to hear from Premier David Makhura and Health MEC Bandile Masuku on claims of corruption regarding tender processes at the provincial health department.The party says it will only speak on the claims after understanding what processes were undertaken by the two.The SIU has also confirmed it would be meeting…
Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku denied reports that he was involved in irregular personal protective equipment deals.A Sunday newspaper reported that Masuku and his wife were linked to an irregular R125 million contract awarded to disputed AmaBhaca king, Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko. Masuku said those found guilty of fraud or the misappropriation of funds would face…
Gauteng MEC for Health, Dr Bandile Masuku. Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo Gauteng accounts for 36% of cases in the country, says the province's Health MEC.The province also accounts for 42% of active cases in the country, according to the provincial government. Three sub-districts in the province record over 10 000 cases.The densely-populated province of Gauteng accounts for…
Minibus taxis parked at a taxi rank. Gauteng's Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC has called on taxi operators to accept competition and not threaten commuters wishing to use alternative transport. A bus was torched in Sebokeng on Tuesday. The bus company involved suspended its services following the incident.Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob…
Police arrested six men in Tulisa Park, Johannesburg, on Monday, 20 July 2020. It's alleged they were on their way to rob a store at a local shopping centre. Six suspects were arrested in Tulisa Park, in southern Johannesburg, after a car chase with police.It's alleged the group were intercepted on their way to robbing…
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that