Like the youth of 1976, today’s young people are full of energy, ambition and willingness to develop their skills and stand on their own two feet, to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, writes Panyaza Lesufi.Halfway through the 2020 Youth Month themed “Youth Power: Growing South Africa together in the period of Covid-19,” it is relevant to…
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. @GautengProvince, Twitter Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi tested negative for Covid-19.Lesufi went into self-isolation after two staff members at the Gauteng Department of Education head offices in Johannesburg tested positive for the virus. The offices were closed on Wednesday and have undergone decontamination.Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi has tested negative for Covid-19,…
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. @GautengProvince, Twitter Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is self-isolating after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19.Lesufi is isolating as a precautionary measure while he awaits his test results.335 public servants have tested positive since March.Gauteng's Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is self-isolating after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19,…
Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was found stabbed and hanged in a veld on Monday. She was eight months pregnant. (@Keba99, Twitter) The body of a Soweto woman was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort on Monday.She was eight months pregnant and had been stabbed to death.She was last heard from after allegedly having an…
164 miners from Ashanti's Mponeng mine in the Merafong district tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the miners were reportedly asymptomatic. The MEC was speaking during a visit to Ga-Rankuwa Primary School on Tuesday where he was inspecting compliance ahead of its reopening. Grades 7 and 12 pupils are expected to be the first to return to school…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out