The Gauteng High Court forced the basic education department to introduce the national school feeding scheme. The programme was halted in March when schools were first closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. News24 spoke to Section27 which brought the application opposing the department's introduction of the programme. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, in the middle of July, ordered…
By Clare Wilson A red fox raiding a bin on a residential street in LondonGraham Racher / Alamy We shouldn’t be surprised by how well foxes can survive by scavenging from our food leftovers – it is a behaviour that is tens of thousands of years old. The ancestors of today’s foxes began living on…
As many endure the real financial burden of the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, members of the public and civil society groups alike have taken up the task to help feed the hungry.LOCKDOWN | Here's how you can help those in needThis week in Mooreesburg in the Western Cape, NGO Gift of the Givers took…
Rats and other rodents have had to become even more aggressive in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants has seen their source dry up. With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally bountiful supply of food left behind from…
A batch of rice noodles was left unrefrigerated for more than 63 hours before serving. Published: November 13, 2026, 12:05 am Last updated: November 13, 2026, 12:04 am Four people have been sentenced in Taiwan in relation to a fatal food poisoning outbreak that occurred in 2024. In 2025, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said five
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State and local governments spent about $3.7 billion in opioid settlement funds last year. That’s more than the median annual income of 42,000 American families combined. The money comes from companies that were sued for aggressively pushing painkillers and fueling the opioid crisis. Large amounts went to addiction treatment, recovery housing, and other initiatives that