Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Raymond Morare) Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has noted the decision by the Constitutional Court to set aside a personal costs order against her. She says personal costs orders interfere with her work. Mkhwebane's office says she only challenged the interim order because of the inflammatory language used by Pravin Gordhan.Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane…
EFF, PP lose ConCourt bid to appeal interdict against Gordhan remedial action"In overturning the High Court's decision that advocate Mkhwebane should personally pay the minister's costs, the apex court held that the High Court 'materially' misdirected itself and failed to advance reasons justifying the decision."It added that there was no factual basis for the High…
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