Accused kidnappers Piet van Zyl, Laetitia Nel, and Tharina Human are seen during the Amy'Leigh de Jager kidnapping case. Deaan Vivier, Gallo Images, Netwerk24, file The father of a Vanderbijlpark girl who was kidnapped in September last year says he is relieved the case has finally ended. The four accused were convicted of kidnapping and attempted…
The father of the man charged with attempting to kidnap a girl at a restaurant says his son has had a drug problem for many years. Ebrahim Slamang says his son Naseem has been in and out of rehab, which has come at a great cost to his family. Slamang does not believe his son was part…
A 44-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping his two daughters. The mother was sentenced to five years imprisonment for failing to report the matter to police.It only became known after a teacher noticed a sharp drop in one victim's school performance.A 44-year-old man from Carolina in Mpumalanga was sentenced to life…
Protesters march against Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Durban. Darren Stewart, Gallo Images A man has been handed a life sentence for raping his 13-year-old daughter.The father pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping his child while her mother was away.The child eventually confided in a teacher, who reported the incident to the police.A 34-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man…
(Photo: Getty Images/Gallo Images) A man was arrested after he allegedly raped his daughter. He is expected to appear in court on Wednesday. Another man, 35, was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl who he was apparently in a relationship with. A 35-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly raped his 20-month-old baby in Kabokweni, Mpumalanga, 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