A KZN man who allegedly pretended to be a mayor has been arrested for extortion. A 28-year-old man is in custody after he was arrested for pretending to be the mayor of a municipality and offering a woman a tender in exchange for R200 000 up front.READ | Contractors, project manager accused of R9m tender…
Brenton Geach, Gallo Images, file A police officer has appeared in court for allegedly kidnapping his lover and her friend. The officer allegedly raped his girlfriend's friend while keeping them captive for four days at his home. The victims were freed after the intervention of various police units. A police officer has appeared in the Protea Magistrate's Court…
A man was allegedly caught in possession of dagga in KZN. Mario Marco, Getty Images A 40-year-old man was arrested in Louwsburg for allegedly being in possession of dagga. Police allegedly found marijuana worth R2.5 million in the minibus taxi. According to police, the weed was going to be smuggled out of the country. A 40-year-old man…
SANDF patrolling the streets. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan) A man appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Monday after his company allegedly issued expired food rations to South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed for Covid-19 lockdown duties. The company allegedly changed the best before dates of pre-packaged food rations, by…
Three suspects are due to appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court on Monday after being accused of murder.It is alleged they assaulted a man for allegedly stealing clothes off their washing line. The man later died of his injuries in hospital.Three suspects in Port Elizabeth, aged between 21 and 27, have been arrested following the…
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump