The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is concerned about corruption at the Department of Water and Sanitation and wants prosecutions. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) The Standing Committee on Public Accounts is concerned about corruption at the Department of Water and Sanitation and wants prosecutions.The Special Investigations Unit has already referred 36 cases to the National Prosecuting…
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images The latest statement comes ahead of a meeting with an association of liquor traders to discuss the province's stance.Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane made the remarks after criticism, mainly from liquor traders and consumers, for calling for the ban. The province's coronavirus command council…
Springboks v England (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Cameron Spencer/Getty Images England's Rugby Football Union has urged government to relax its rules on social distancing, calculating such a move be worth £12 million (R256 million) if crowds are allowed. Britain is currently insisting on a two-metre gap in public as one of a set of measures to…
IFP MP and chairperson of Scopa Mkhuleko Hlengwa. (Jan Gerber) The Department of Water and Sanitation and its entities saw irregular expenditure grow by R1.4 billion in 2018/2019, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure by R208 million.The Auditor-General of South Africa gave the department an unqualified audit opinion with findings.The Standing Committee on Public Accounts wants…
Early morning traffic in the northbound lanes of Interstate 93 in Boston, MA on May 19, 2020. Gov. Baker announced phase one of reopening on May 18, including allowing manufacturing and construction to being.Craig F. Walker | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released major guidelines on how U.S.…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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