Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi during a media briefing. Business executive at the office of the Auditor General Nnana Sekoati said the audit found alarming gaps in the scheme's preventative controls. Minister Thulas Nxesi said there was evidence that still needed to be tested on over-payments, underpayments and inflated claims in the payment…
Doctors have asked medical aid schemes for financial assistance as the grapple with Covid-19. The Health Funders Association has questioned the benefit of doctors' request for medical aids and their members.Doctors are grappling with the impact of Covid-19 as they see fewer patients.The Health Funders Association has asked for clarity on how the mechanism to…
By Adam Vaughan Indonesia’s deforestation rate is the world’s highestMahastra Wibisono A poverty alleviation programme has been linked with reducing forest loss in Indonesian villages by nearly a third, in a country with the world’s highest deforestation rate. The Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), which started dispersing money directly to poor households in 2008, wasn’t designed…
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have
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