Khomotso Phahlane. (Lindile Mbontsi, City Press) The former acting national police commissioner has been axed from SAPS, according to a media report.SAPS could not confirm or deny the report.Phahlane was suspended in June 2017 and is currently facing fraud and forgery charges relating to an R86m tender.Former acting national police commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane has…
Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said that while children may not suffer from coronavirus to the same degree as adults, there is still a lot of unknowns when it comes to how they are affected and having kids in school this fall could prove difficult in some places.In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Frieden…
A former policeman and alleged kingpin of a rhino poaching syndicate in Mpumalanga has been rearrested.The arrest is connected to a body that was found floating in the Bushbuckridge Dam in Limpopo. Earlier this year, the murder docket was handed over to Mpumalanga's specialised tracking team.A former policeman and alleged kingpin of a rhino poaching syndicate…
Former SSA director-general Sonto Kudjoe has been appointed secretary for defence.Current defence secretary Sam Gulube will retire at the end of July - and Kudjoe will start on 1 August.Kudjoe also served as South Africa's ambassador to Sweden and Egypt.President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former State Security Agency (SSA) boss Sonto Kudjoe as the new secretary for…
Johan Goosen scores a try against Australia in 2016. PHOTO: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Former Springbok rugby player Johan Goosen is being sued for damages following a shooting accident in 2017. A claim of R9 million has been instituted against Goosen by his friend and former employee, Armandt Stoman. Stoman was shot in the leg and…
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted