EFF members have threatened to shut down Clicks outlets. Gallo Images/Brenton Geach EFF threatens to shut down Clicks stores across the country from Monday.This comes in the wake of an offensive hair advert by Clicks South Africa.The political party had recently given Clicks a list of demands to meet within 24 hours.The Economic Freedom Fighters…
The DA has called on the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality speaker to call an urgent council meeting to elect a new mayor.Should speaker Buyelwa Mafaya fail to call this meeting, the party has threatened legal action.Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Xolile Nqatha has said he plans to place the municipality under administration.The DA…
Bulelani Qolani: ‘I want my dignity. Where is my dignity in the City of Cape Town’ (GroundUp) The Legal Resource Centre has given the City of Cape Town until 6 July to halt all evictions or face legal action.This follows a video of Bulelani Qolani being violently evicted from his shack while taking a bath.The LRC…
General secretary of Numsa, Irvin Jim. Numsa threatens legal action against the government if it can't find common ground with the taxi industry. Numsa's Irvin Jim has accused Ramaphosa and the ANC government of failing to transform the taxi industry, 26 years into democracy.Jim said their members are largely dependent on the taxi industry for…
Trump has threatened military mobilisation against violent US protests after the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed when a white police officer knelt on his neck.Despite the president's rhetoric, Monday's protests appeared largely peaceful in major cities, though some looting was reported in New York and Los Angeles.The…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I