SIU head Andy Mothibi in Parliament. (Jan Gerber/News24) The SIU is investigating 658 PPE contracts worth more than R5 billion in provincial and national departments, Scopa has heard.Most cases come from the Eastern Cape Department of Health, with 239 cases worth R622.4 million.The SIU will reprioritise cases related to Covid-19. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says…
The illegal occupation of land resulting from fraudulent sales is a growing concern in Polokwane.Police are investigating a fraud case involving millions of rand.The case centres on the long-running illegal occupation of a farm in Dalmada, near Polokwane.Almost 200 people are set to collectively lose millions of rand and their properties after falling victim to…
Prasa has launched an investigation into the leaking of a confidential security tender.Prasa administrator Bongisizwe Mpondo has employed retired Brigadier General Tebogo Rakau to investigate the leak.The state owned company recently fired four senior officials found guilty of gross misconduct. The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has launched an internal investigation into how a confidential…
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