Police in the Western Cape had to deploy more officers to Kraaifontein following violent protests on Wednesday.Protesters looted stores, damaged a delivery truck as well as an ATM.Twenty suspects were arrested as a result of the protests.Police in the Western Cape had to deploy more officers to Kraaifontein on Wednesday after residents destroyed property, barricaded roads…
The property where police arrested five people who were allegedly behind a spate of kidnappings - inside and outside the country. Five foreign nationals linked to a spate of kidnappings have been arrested.They are linked to an international kidnapping and extremism syndicate.They were arrested after the kidnap of a prominent 72-year-old individual.Police have arrested five…
A 9mm pistol was found by the police buried under a stew in a three-legged potjiekos pot during a house raid in Port Elizabeth on Thursday.The firearm, with a filed off serial number, was drawn from the stew by members of the Anti-Gang Unit.The police had obtained information that the house, in the northern area…
Mapiti Matsena was stabbed to death in his bedroom. A manhunt has been launched for the person who killed ANC politician Mapiti Matsena.Matsena was with his family when a man entered their home and stabbed him to death.The DA in Gauteng has called for the arrest of the killer.National police commissioner General Khehla Sitole has…
Missing Durban teen Amanda Phungula. Durban teenager Amanda Phungula went missing for over two weeks.She disappeared from her home at Curlew Crescent in Yellowwood Park.Montclair Police are leading the investigation into her case.Durban police have called for help in finding Durban teenager Amanda Phungula, who was reported missing on 24 June. Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka…
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