Koelsoem Kamalie and her cooking partner Flori Schrikker. Beloved Bonteheuwel cook and author Florence "Flori" Schrikker has died.Schrikker was the co-host of the popular Flori en Koelsoem se Kosse show alongside the late Koelsoem "Koeli" Kamalie.Ward 50 Bonteheuwel councillor Angus McKenzie described Schrikker as a stalwart of Bonteheuwel and a hero.Popular television cooking show host…
A truck overturned with zebra carcasses. SALTruckers (@SALTruckers, Twitter) A popular Durban butchery has rubbished claims that it sells zebra meat.The rumour emerged following a social media post showing zebra carcasses spilling out of a van following a car accident.Emam Bux claims a rival competitor started the rumour and spread the post.Popular Durban butchery Emam…
Sbusiso Mseleku (City Press/Twitter) Well-known South African sports journalist S'busiso Mseleku has died.The news was confirmed by family friend, Duma Ndlovu, on Facebook on Tuesday. Mseleku, who was a former Sport24 columnist, died at the Midvaal Private Hospital in Vereeniging after having tested positive for the coronavirus. He was 59. Over the course of his career Mseleku worked for the Sowetan,…
a post on its Facebook page, the health department said the patrons admitted to not practicing social distancing or prevention measures during those visits.In the release, officials urged anyone who may have been at those locations during the listed time periods or shortly after to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days following the possible exposure.…
WINNIPEG -- Several batches of Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, is being recalled. Apotex Inc. is voluntarily recalling nine lots of its prescription metformin drug, APO-METFORMIN ER (extended release) 500mg tablets. Test results from the company showed one of the lots (PY7174) contains a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) that increased over…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…