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Health hazard: Laboratory tests confirmed that glyphosate and its persistent metabolite aminomethylphos- phonic acid (Ampa) are present in bread, maize meal, wheat flour and infant cereal. Photo: File

Glyphosate found in staple foods in SA

The African Centre for Biodiversity is calling for deregistration of the herbicide while manufacturers insist their products meet regulatory limits

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Sabbir Alam of Bangladesh in his tuckshop in Meqheleng near the Ficksburg border post. (File photo: Thulani Mbele/Sowetan/Gallo images)

Transforming spaza shops from trouble into township titans

To safeguard their future, we must address regulatory gaps, ownership patterns and issues such as extortion

  • Des Erasmus
10 min read