Philip Saunders (Supplied) The Black Management Forum (BMF) has questioned the appointment of Philip Saunders as interim CEO of South African Airways, saying he has been part of the previous leadership at the state-owned airline. Saunders joined SAA as chief commercial officer in August last year. He was appointed the airline's interim CEO this week. The BMF…
Pieter Groenewald, of the FF plus. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the Freedom Front Plus' court bid to have the Disaster Management Act declared unconstitutional.In dismissing the application, Judge Dunstan Mlambo maintained that the Disaster Management Act is constitutional and courts have the power to ensure rights and power are not abused…
Leader of the conservative Afrikaner Freedom Front Pieter Groenewald. The FF Plus' urgent application to have the Disaster Management Act deemed unconstitutional is set to be heard.It argues Parliament has no oversight over the executive and the implementation of regulations.The party wants the extension of the national state of disaster deemed invalid.The urgent court application…
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