Tshwane Metro Police officers during the memorial service of three police officers who were killed in an accident involving a suspected drunk driver. Phill Magakoe, Gallo Images Three officers died while providing backup after a vehicle driven by an alleged drunk driver was spotted driving recklessly in the Pretoria CBD.They will be buried in Limpopo…
Lungile Tom with his wife Nandipha Nombutuma. Supplied, Nandipha Nombutuma Lungile Tom, 45, a cameraman for eNCA, died of Covid-19 in a private hospital in Bellville, Cape Town, last month.His wife, Nandipha, is convinced her husband contracted the virus while covering a story.She had also been infected, but was recently retested. Her results were inconclusive.Lungile…
Pat Lambie (Gallo Images) Sibusiso Mjikeliso - Sport24 The Sharks were in Super Rugby pole position before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, playing an attractive rugby brand.Head coach Sean Everitt is described as an affable and honest character who "doesn’t have a big ego."Pat Lambie was part of the 2010 and 2013 Currie Cup-winning Sharks sides,…
Eastern Cape police commissioner self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19Leslie, a prison warder, said Andrew woke up the morning after the roadblock [1 May] complaining about a sore body. He suffered high fever on Monday 4 May, and died in hospital on Monday 11 May. He was buried three days later during a 30-minute funeral…
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