City of Cape Town’s health officials say they will make sure spaza shops and small enterprises know that they must give back their polony and other cold meat stock as a national recall of the processed meats continued on Tuesday over a listeriosis outbreak. “The City’s environmental health practitioners will[…]
The World Health Organisation has described the outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa in which 180 people have died since January 2017 as the largest ever recorded globally. At least six SADC countries have now confirmed their decision to suspend imports of processed meats from South Africa. Zimbabwe is the[…]
The Constitutional Court is on Tuesday expected to hear an application by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to extend the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract by six months. Roughly 2.5 million beneficiaries will not get their grant payments if the contract with CPS is not extended, the agency[…]
The Freedom Front Plus has announced its plans to fight against the expropriation of land without compensation. Last week, the National Assembly passed a resolution to facilitate the move. The party is calling on civil society and individuals to make submissions to oppose the proposed amendment to the Constitution that[…]
Enterprise Foods has withdrawn all ready-to-eat meat products and has halted production at the two factories manufacturing these products‚ parent company Tiger Brands said on Monday. But Tiger Brands CEO Lawrence MacDougall said there had been no direct correlation between the company’s products and the 180 deaths caused by the[…]
A 50-year-old man is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s court Monday in connection with a multi-million Rand drug bust in Parow, Industria. Western Cape Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says about 35 kilograms of suspected uncut crystal methamphetamine were confiscated on Friday night and sent for forensic analysis. The[…]
Four of the six suspects charged with the murder of the five police officers and a soldier in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape more than a week ago are expected to appear in the Umzimkhulu magistrate’s court in KwaZulu Natal on Monday. Hawks spokesperson in the Eastern Cape Anelisa Feni[…]
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that government has narrowed down the sources of the deadly listeriosis outbreak in South Africa. So how does this affect you and what should you do to prevent falling victim? Here’s what we know so far and what you can do. Which are[…]
resident Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged traditional leaders to play a critical role in land reform and food security. He was addressing the House of Traditional Leaders in Parliament. Ramaphosa says the land issue will be handled with care and responsibility and that there should be no incidents of smash and[…]
South African banking institutions are expected to raise revenues to $4bn by 2022 amid massive upside potential for investment banking products across Africa. This is despite currency adjustment hurdles and the likelihood of foreign investors in Barclays Africa and Old Mutual selling down. These are the findings of a new[…]
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