Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Gallo Images) The Public Protector is considering investigating the use of a military jet for the ANC's trip to Zimbabwe.This comes after the Public Protector received two complaints.AfriForum wrote to the Public Protector on Thursday, requesting she investigate the matter.Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is considering whether to investigate the ANC's use of…
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. No harm will come to Parliament if the removal proceedings against the Public Protector are halted, her legal counsel has argued.She will also ask the court to declare invalid the rules for the removal of a Chapter 9 head.Judgment has been reserved in the Western Cape High Court.What harm will come…
A general view of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg. Sydney Seshibedi, Gallo Images Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her deputy Kholeka Gcaleka will inspect Gauteng hospitals this week. They will look at the capacity of the facilities and whether frontline workers have sufficient personal protective equipment, among other things. Earlier this month, Gcaleka inspected healthcare…
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are going head-to-head in court.The matter is concerning Mkhwebane's report on the establishment of an intelligence unit at SARS.It is being heard by the Gauteng High Court virtually.Judges have pressed the legal team of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on whether she…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan (Picture: Getty Images) Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's lawyers have argued there is no evidence he was complicit in the establishment of an illegal unit in SARS. His lawyer, Wim Trengove SC, said there was also no evidence of any illegal wiretapping, despite controversy around this.Gordhan has taken the Public…
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