The windy weather brought with it blankets of foam as waves crashed along the Sea Point area. The Cape has been battered by multiple cold fronts in recent weeks. Weather-related power outages were recorded in several areas.The cold conditions moving across the Cape will spread to the remainder of the country later in the week.Residents of Cape…
Debonairs Pizza in the Tsakane Mall, east of Johannesburg, closed its doors after video footage showed staff working without masks.Staff were issued with verbal warnings for their conduct.They also had to repeat training in risk mitigation measures before the store could be reopen.Debonairs Pizza issued verbal warnings to staff at the Tsakane Mall branch, east…
A strong storm has lashed Cape Town overnight as the city receives reports of trees being uprooted, flooding in some areas and even one school's structures being blown over by strong winds.The City's traffic services spokesperson Richard Coleman said there were reports of 19 roads affected by uprooted trees as of Monday morning where trees…
The Storm Report SA team took this picture on the Barkly Pass between Barkly East and Elliot. A cold front has brought snowfall, low temperatures and heavy rain to the Cape provinces.Very cold and windy conditions are expected in places over the southern parts of the Northern Cape, southern parts of Free State, northern interior…
Johannesburg Zoo's western lowland male gorilla, Makokou,has turned 35.The birthday boy was spoilt with rooibos tea, jelly, fruit cake, fruit and vegetables.Makokou is recovering well from surgery to remove a growth from his nasal passage. Johannesburg Zoo's beloved silverback gorilla, Makokou, turned 35 years old on Thursday and he had plenty to celebrate this year. He…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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