South Africa's first Satanic church was registered in February this year as a non-profit company, under the category of religious organisation.The co-founders felt the religion was misunderstood and needed an official body to represent it.The organisation will be translating the Satanic bible into Afrikaans, which will be published next year.At the start of this year,…
Two luxury vehicles forced a cash van off the road Johannesburg. Robbers torched the money in the van with the explosives used to gain access. One security guard sustained minor injuries and was taken to hospital. Main Reef Road in Johannesburg had to be cordoned off to traffic on Monday morning after yet another cash-in-transit heist.A police report…
South Africa has been under lockdown for 100 days, although initially it was going to last only 21 days. The ban on alcohol and cigarettes made headlines, but so did rotisserie chicken and flip-flops.We take a look back at the last 100 days in a quick six-minute video recap. South Africa reached its 100th day of lockdown…
Five nuns died and 17 tested positive at Glen Avent convent in Mthatha, which was then turned into a quarantine site.Sister Nokwanda Bam describes the indignity of having to bury their own, naked and in plastic, with no traditional send-off.Bam also says the stigma, and fear of the virus, was not pleasant, as staff became…
Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Bulelani Qolani, who was evicted from his house while taking a bath earlier this week.The minister will launch an investigation into the matter. Residents of Khayelitsha don't want an investigation - instead they want the law enforcement officers arrested. Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Bulelani Qolani in Khayelitsha on Saturday morning, and listened…
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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