A woman claims her 75-year-old mother contracted Covid-19 from staff at a private hospital in KZN.She also alleges that nurses assaulted her mother during a previous hospital stay.The hospital says it will continue to investigate the complaint and is not taking the matter lightly.A KwaZulu-Natal family is reeling after their 75-year-old matriarch went into hospital…
FAMILY. REPORTER: THEY REALLY DO. IT REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HATE TO REPORT TO YOU. THIS HAPPENED IN COMANCHE COUNTY. THE FAMILY SAYING THAT ANNA CARTER ONE HOUR AFTER ARRIVING AT THE COMANCHE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM HOSPITAL. -- FROM JUVENILE SCLERODERMA. THE FAMILY SAYING HER IMMUNE SYSTEM…
Nthuthuzelo Herald Ponoyi from George, Western Cape, died after being infected with the coronavirus. The family of a beloved minister from George is mourning his death after he succumbed to the coronavirus.Nthuthuzelo Herald Ponoyi died on 4 July after a short illness.His sister described him as the "captain of the Ponoyi ship" and "a born…
Wynand Breedt with his mom Beulah and sisters Lynette and Christelle. (Supplied) The family of Afrikaans singer, Wynand Breedt, say there is a void in their family after he was shot and killed last week.Friends describe him as caring and warm, as well as one of the best musicians. He also ran an academy.No arrests…
A Uitenage family had to organise two funerals in the space of four days after discovering that they had buried a stranger.The bungle was allegedly caused by Uitenage hospital mortuary workers after the name tags of the bodies were switched.The hospital refused to allow the widow of the one of the men to view the…
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
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out