Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, addresses the media during the 2020 National Budget Press Conference in Cape Town. (Photo by Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas) Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas Zero-based budgeting will be followed for future planning of the country's finances, said Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.The minister was delivering an address apart of the National Assembly debate on…
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CLOSE Gov. John Carney discusses the latest on Delaware's coronavirus response Monday, May 11. Delaware News JournalEditor's note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the number of deaths confirmed on Tuesday. Health officials confirmed 12 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday.After confirming 12 additional deaths related to the coronavirus, Delaware announced on Tuesday the start of…
Jacques Nienaber (Getty Images) There's a light at the end of the rugby tunnel ... but perhaps it is a rumbling, in many respects, All Black freight train that leaves the current world-champion Springbok locomotive trailing rather helplessly in its wake.SIGN UP | Click to receive Rob Houwing's weekly 'Rucking with Rob' newsletter!The revelation on Thursday…
By Michael Le Page Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images MUCH attention in the UK was last week focused on whether the country could meet its end-of April target of conducting 100,000 tests for coronavirus a day. While increasing testing capacity is important for countries that failed to contain the virus and now have massive outbreaks,…
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
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out