President Cyril Ramaphosa (PHOTO: GCIS) As parents, teachers, governing bodies and government, we are in agreement that no school should re-open until all the necessary precautions are in place. There needs to be transparency about the level of preparedness of each of the schools, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear fellow South African,Today…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS) President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the strongest endorsement of the National Health Insurance programme. He says government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic was a trial run for SA's medical future. This is despite the fact that there were unresolved tensions around a public-private partnership in treating Covid-19 patients. The government’s response to the Covid-19…
President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently walking a tightrope as he, together with Cabinet fast track regulations as the country is set to move to alert Level 3 on Monday.-GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa met with the South African National Editors' Forum to engage on issues surrounding Covid-19 in the country. Among the issues raised by editors…
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen argues the DMA violates the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, because there is no effective parliamentary oversight.READ | Lockdown DA calls for parliamentary oversight of state of disaster in ConCourt bidSteenhuisen said the Act allowed for the unconstitutional delegation of Parliament's powers to the executive and gave Dlamini-Zuma "exceedingly…
South Africa will be moving to Alert Level 3 of the lockdown, but the coronavirus will get much worse, before it gets better, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Sunday evening. He concluded his speech by using the words of Nelson Mandela when he said “it is now in your…
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