People from various organisations protested in Johannesburg. Several organisations led a march to the Gauteng legislature to lament government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.One of the groups highlighted the long wait for housing.Former Expanded Public Works Programme workers said many of the promises government had made, are yet to be realised.Hundreds of people marched through…
By David Hambling Chinese fishing boats seen leaving the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on 29 May 2009 following a threat of military action by North KoreaBYUN YEONG-WOOK/AFP via Getty Images Satellite imaging has revealed hundreds of vessels from China fishing off the coast of North Korea, violating UN resolutions prohibiting such activity in…
Hundreds of people, many on bikes, protested outside Parliament on Saturday morning against farm murders. Ashraf Hendricks, GroundUp Hundreds of bikers protested outside Parliament against farm murders. Protesters claimed they were "gatvol" and said they were being "ignored". Some of their demands included protection from the state and assistance with security equipment and training.Hundreds of bikers roared…
People waited in long queues on Saturday to get into the Matroosberg Nature Reserve to play in the snow.The intense cold front that hit the country on Thursday brought with it a winter wonderland when it snowed over the weekend.According to the South African Weather Service the cold front is expected to affect the Western…
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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