Finance minister Tito Mboweni (Parliament of SA) Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says allegations by the DA that Treasury plans to fund SAA's business rescue process should be backed by evidence.Mboweni tweeted that the DA's urgent application for an interdict against Treasury using an emergency funding mechanism for SAA might be considered "trivial" by the courts.The…
Rugby Australia (RA) said it would be "madness" for any Pacific Island team in a New Zealand-led revamp of Super Rugby to be based in Auckland and instead should play out of Sydney.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Plans for a Pacific side were unveiled Friday by New Zealand…
Dr Thabo Lekalakala. Picture: Reginald Kanyane The SIU wants the Special Tribunal to issue an order halting the payment of the pension of former North West health department boss Thabo Lekalakala. SIU says it is currently investigating tender irregularities involving Buthelezi Emergency Medical Services. It has also made an application in court for the mobile clinic…
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images A company allegedly invoiced the district R4.8 million for doing a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about Covid-19.Mabuyane said the provincial government anticipated opportunists would take advantage of the pandemic crisis for quick wealth.Photographs of the invoice, and two Hawks hatchback cars parked outside…
Environment | Analysis 7 July 2020 By Adam Vaughan Electrolysers produce hydrogen from waterITM Power Hydrogen is back. On 8 July, the European Commission will announce a new strategy to turn the universe’s most abundant element into a way “for the EU to achieve a higher climate ambition”. Past grand visions of a “hydrogen economy”…
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