Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Judge Vincent Saldanha said it is in the interest of the public that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is held to account.Dali Mpofu, for Mkhwebane, said this is not so if the process is unconstitutional.Saldanha took exception to Mpofu comparing public interest to a guillotine and the rules to the Sobukwe clause.After…
South Africa has followed the global example and the Reserve Bank has cut the repo rate drastically.The last time that the SARB cut rates drastically was during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.FNB Investment Head Nicholas Riemer looks at how this could impact you as a consumer, saver and investor. Monetary policy is one of the solutions…
Land Bank which gives loans to commercial and emerging farmers will again not be able to make interest payments due between the on some of its debt. The Land Bank says it will not be able to make interest payments due in the remainder of July, raising a risk of default despite the National Treasury…
Tobacco giant asks Dlamini-Zuma to amend regulationsThe association launched the legal action after Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's announcement the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) had decided not to lift the cigarette ban after Ramaphosa earlier stated it would end on 30 April.Commenting on the court challenge, Ramaphosa said: "We live in a free country. The…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two