The Financial Services Conduct Authority has withdrawn the operating licence of Ecsponent Financial Services - and slapped it with a fine of R3 million for unlawfully marketing high-risk preference shares in its holding company to pensioners.EFS is a subsidiary of JSE-listed financial services group Ecsponent Limited. EFS marketed the products without conducting appropriate suitability testing to…
Wife speaks after police officer husband dies from Covid-19The man was the third DCS official to succumb to a coronavirus-related death in the Western Cape.The total number of deaths in the correctional services system stands at six, after three inmates died at the East London prison. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the…
The Department of Correctional Services says it has recorded three new Covid-19 cases, bringing the number to 172.In a statement on Thursday, department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said recoveries were sitting at 85 after 24 officials from the Western Cape had recovered.The Eastern Cape continues to have the highest number of cases with 102 after 36…
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