Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says there is a need for Gauteng to start ramping up screenings and testing for Covid-19. Mkhize says cluster outbreaks were inevitable as the country moved to Level 3.The Western Cape and Eastern Cape are also being closely watched by the department, with senior managers being…
The daily increase of Covid-19 cases in Gauteng is higher than at any point in the Western Cape outbreak.This week Gauteng recorded more than 20 000 active cases, a grim milestone never reached by the Western Cape.The number of cases in Gauteng doubled in eight days (18 to 26 June), compared to a 21-day doubling…
Bheki Cele, ministe of police. The man was arrested at a roadblock in Gauteng on 13 June during an Okae Molao operation.According to a tweet by the Gauteng Department of Community Safety, he was arrested for possession of alcohol, but its spokesperson said it was for drinking and driving.Neither the department nor the police have…
A woman accused of murdering her boyfriend has appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.The case was postponed to 29 June for bail information.The man's body was found under his bed with injuries to the upper body on Thursday.A Gauteng woman, who allegedly murdered her boyfriend, made her first appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on…
Taxis blockade main entrances in and out of Laudium, Pretoria. (Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee, Twitter) 6m ago A taxi operator who wishes to remain anonymous says they've just received the call to strike and will be embarking on it now. Says what the govt are doing is wrong, R5k not enough for him and his drivers.…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared an end to a dual outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella traced to alfalfa sprouts and the seeds used to grow them. The outbreak traced to Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis, MN, and Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, OH, was unusual because it included more than one pathogen
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based