ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina. The ANC caucus in Parliament wants answers from Cabinet over rampant Covid-19 corruption in several government departments.The caucus vowed to strengthen committees to deal with those implicated in corrupt activities.ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina, however, said it wouldn't support calls for an ad hoc committee to deal with Covid-19 corruption.The…
Deputy President David Mabuza visits in Mangaung in the Free State to assess the state of readiness in the province. (GCIS) Deputy President David Mabuza is scheduled to answer questions in the National Assembly on Thursday.The National Assembly will debate farm attacks on Tuesday.The City of Cape Town, which refused previously, is scheduled to appear…
A health worker process for Covid-19 antibodies after getting blood from a patient. ANC MP Martha Mmola died on Saturday due to Covid-19.She was a permanent delegate from Mpumalanga in the National Council of Provinces and was a member of the National Assembly in the previous Parliament.The ANC caucus and Parliament's presiding officers expressed their…
A legal opinion says Parliament does not have the power to extend the deadline for Police Minister Bheki Cele to nominate a candidate for IPID's executive director after he failed to comply with legislation.Nonetheless, it appointed his nominee, Jennifer Ntlatseng.Cele must explain himself to the committee.Parliament does not have the power to extend the deadline…
The IEC has advised Parliament to start immediately on the electoral reform ordered by the Constitutional Court.The court declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional and gave Parliament 24 months to fix it.Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs Bongani Bongo promised they would leave no stone unturned. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has asked…
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