Home Affairs Director-General Mavuso Msimang has stuck to his guns about allegations that members of Parliament’s Home Affairs Portfolio Committee were “actively in contact†with departmental officials accused of corruption.
This came despite this week’s declaration by the committee’s chairman, Patrick Chauke, that Msimang had failed to substantiate his claims against the MPs.
Msimang told the Sunday [...]
Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), have devised a fast, simple and affordable test kit for detecting the poison, which is known as aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that can easily grow on many crops including common [...]
Today, Home Information Packs (HIPs) will become mandatory for one and two-bedroom homes.
This final phase of the roll-out means all properties will now require a HIP when they are put on the market.
The Association of Home Information Pack Providers, which has been campaigning to get HIPs rolled out for the benefit of consumers and [...]