Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Municipalities across the country are failing to reduce irregular expenditure.In some municipalities, there is a lack of responsiveness to implement and monitor action plans.Interventions by provincial governments have at times worsened the problems in municipalities.South Africa's municipalities are drowning in their financial sorrows and the casualties are…
may drop to Level 3 of the national lockdown at the end of May. In a statement shortly after the address, Steenhuisen said Ramaphosa was attempting to defend the indefensible.He called for an end to the lockdown, citing that it had cost more lives than it had saved. Irrational decisionsSteenhuisen called out the National Coronavirus Command Council…
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