Hip hop artist Pitch Black Afro was sentenced for his wife's death. Gallo Images / Sowetan / Veli Nhlapo Thulani Ngcobo, known as Pitch Black Afro, will serve an effective five years in jail after being found guilty of culpable homicide.Ngcobo was initially charged with murder which was later changed to culpable homicide after the…
Thulani Ngcobo, also known as Pitch Black Afro. Rapper Pitch Black Afro has reportedly been found guilty of culpable homicide for the murder of his wife.The rapper's trial started last year in March when he was in custody on charges of premeditated murder and defeating the ends of justice.He previously admitted to the court he…
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