Professor Lungile Pepeta. Professor Lungile Pepeta died of Covid-19 on Friday, reportedly after being placed on a ventilator.He was a renowned paediatric cardiologist and had been helping to spearhead the response to Covid-19.Pepeta took up the chair at the CMS following the death of Dr Clarence Mini, also from the virus.Nelson Mandela University's health sciences…
Bidvest Wits squad (Gallo Images) Former Wits chairperson Raymond Hack says Wits University will continue its football programme and expects to see the side back in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) one day.Bidvest Wits will cease to exist next season after the owners of Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) bought the PSL franchise.They will relocate to…
Bidvest Wits squad (Gallo Images) Former Wits University chairperson Raymond Hack admits it was a shock to hear of the sale of the club to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.The owners of the GladAfrica Championship side purchased the Premier Soccer League franchise on Saturday and will compete as TTM in Limpopo next season.Wits were closing in on their…
Peter Shalulile for Highlands Park Highlands Park chairperson Larry Brookstone insists Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns would need to hand over R30m to prise Peter Shalulile away.The highly-rated striker has attracted interest from PSL rivals after scoring an impressive 12 goals in only 24 league games this season.However, Brookstone has made it clear that he…
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