A new e-learning centre has been opened in Athlone, by One South African Movement Chief Activist Mmusi Maimane A new e-learning centre has been opened in Athlone, Cape Town, by One South African Movement chief activist Mmusi Maimane.The centre will make workstations available free of charge to facilitate a learning model that includes contact teaching…
One SA Movement leader and former DA leader Mmusi Maimane. One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane said facts showed there was a rise in Covid-19 cases in schools, and it made the decision to reopen them irrational.Maimane said he was unfazed by criticism that he was politicking with his call for schools to be…
Teachers from Mount Pleasant Primary in Hermanus call for schools to close as Covid-19 reaches its peak in the Western Cape. Photo: Noluvu Ludidi The real possibility exists that pupils will not complete the 2020 curriculum by the end of the year, writes Mmusi Maimane. On Tuesday, Education Cabinet Secretary, George Magoha, announced the Kenyan government's…
We must all be clear, we will not spend time defending colonial legacies. We must be clear that certain images and symbols are hurtful and their presence in the public fora is not useful to reconciliation. We must be clear that there is a difference between the racist laws of apartheid and the affirmative action…
Mmusi Maimane is going back to court to delay the return to schools as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the country. His movement, The One SA, contends putting two million schoolchildren and 10 million workers on the move during the pandemic are dangerously unscientific. Schoolchildren in particular will be in danger, and those whose schools are not…
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump
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