Police officers have been arrested. Eight Tactical Response Team officers have been arrested for allegedly taking money confiscated during an operation.Two arrests were made at a Kroonstad supermarket in June, when the owner and his wife were arrested for selling cigarettes while it was banned.After the store owner was released, it was found money confiscated…
The Hawks have arrested 5 men suspected of murdering a police officer in 2018. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 Five people, aged 28 to 41, were arrested in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday in connection with the murder of Sergeant Thomas Mashimbye.Mashimbye, 42, who was attached to the VIP Section at the Union Buildings, was…
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…
Police operations conducted in Gauteng over the weekend saw the arrest of more than 1 200 suspects for various crimes.The police also shut down two bars in Tshwane which were in contravention of the Disaster Management Act.In Sedibeng, a man was arrested for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman. More than 1 200 suspects were arrested during police…
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
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have