Gauteng Premier David Makhura during a Covid-19 provincial presentation. -@GautengProvince, Twitter As of 29 July, Gauteng recorded 168 369 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1 836 virus-related deaths.In six days, between 24 and 29 July, the province recorded 19 515 Covid-19 cases.Johannesburg remains the worst affected region, recording 70 330 cases.As Covid-19 infections continue to surge in Gauteng, Premier…
Almost 50 people were arrested following various protests in the Cape Town area.Included in the protest action was a call to disrupt the day by Gatvol Capetonian, as well as separate protests over land occupations.Police said one police officer was injured in an altercation in Mamre in Atlantis.A total of 45 people have been arrested…
Scenes of protest in Cape Town on Monday. Five people were arrested by early Monday morning, following protests in various Cape Town suburbs. Gatvol Capetonian, a self-described pressure group, threatened to shut down the city in an attempt to highlight the plight of backyard dwellers. City of Cape Town mayor Dan Plato called on law enforcement…
A pedestrian walks by a retail store that has reopened on June 16, 2020 in San Francisco, California. A pedestrian walks by a retail store that has reopened on June 16, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A pedestrian walks by a retail store that has reopened on…
It has been 16 days since the killing of George Floyd - an unarmed black man who was pinned to the ground by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer, who has since been fired and charged for murder, knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, as Floyd pleaded "I can't breathe".Since…
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have