Monday, 19 October 2026

Health officials recorded 408 gastrointestinal illness cases between 7 and 8 October, peaking at 72 in one day on 13 October; no patient tested positive for cholera.

Lab tests on patient stool specimens and water samples from the treatment plant indicated residents were exposed to contaminated water, the minister said.

The police union SAPU wants the national commissioner's term extended, after criminal charges were withdrawn last month for lack of evidence and his six-month suspension ended.

Dr Kumalo has been appointed vice-chair of SAFA's technical committee, but says nothing has yet been tabled, and his focus is development and spreading coaching education nationwide.

An assistant coach told the show he lashed out after being spat at and racially abused by a rival coach, and CAF is expected to investigate the weekend altercation.