The ANC is once again under fire over allegations of corruption in the tender processes for personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.Last month, two members of the ANC's leadership in Gauteng were hauled before the provincial integrity committee (PIC) following reports that the husband of Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko, Chief Madzikane II…
Members of the Hawks at the Imam Hussain mosque in Verulam, outside Durban. Police found an explosive device at the mosque. PHOTO: File, Kerushun Pillay More than one member of a suspected ISIS cell are still on the run following a raid on a smallholding in Kliprivier in July.The suspects arrested can reportedly be linked…
More than 1 400 staff members at Pick n Pay have taken voluntary severance packages since March, the retailer has said in a trading update. The Cape Town-based group's voluntary severance programme (VSP) offers staff 1.5 weeks of pay per completed year of service, plus four weeks of notice pay.According to the group, its objective is to…
More than a dozen members of the same family in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus following a family gathering where most if not all attendees did not wear masks.A family member told NBC News in an interview that one person has died and another is on life support after a party in mid-June…
Several affiliates of the restaurant industry gathered to protest lockdown regulations in Johannesburg on Wednesday.The picket, which was organised by Restaurants Association of South Africa (RASA), called for the unbanning of the sale of alcohol and the lifting of the 21:00 curfew. A memorandum of the sector's demands was handed over to Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane.Several streets in…
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to