Consumers are alerted to the recall of various SPAR yoghurt products, which may cause an upset stomach if consumed. The National Consumer Commission said the recall affects SPAR’s fat-free, low-fat, double cream, Indulge double cream and Active drinking yoghurts. These are in various flavours. Spokesperson Pheto Ntaba said the products were sold nationally from 15 June, with a sell-by date of 9 August and a use-by date of 12 August. The list of products includes: SPAR Low
A former South African Air Force brigadier general has been sentenced to six months in prison in the United States after pleading guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of the South African government and lying on a US security clearance application. Fifty-nine-year-old Portia “Posh” Anyamba was sentenced last month by a federal court in Tennessee. In addition to her prison sentence, she was ordered to pay a 9,500 US dollar fine and
South Africans whose identity numbers were blocked before November 2022 have until Friday, 10 July 2026, to visit a Department of Home Affairs office and verify their identity. The Department of Home Affairs is addressing identity numbers that were blocked through a nationwide verification campaign. The department says affected individuals must submit representations at Home Affairs offices (excluding refugee reception centres and banks), explaining why their identity documents should be unblocked.
More police officers have appeared in court this week for the wrong reasons. The latest incident involves five police sergeants from the Vanderbijlpark police station. They are facing charges of corruption and extortion. The case was postponed from this week to next week. More police officers in court for the wrong reasons According to Lt Col Granville Meyer, sergeants Johannes Thakhisi (45), Ntombeko Seya (44), Mpho Molatedi (39), Nhlanhla Sithole (42) and
A Mitchells Plain couple accused of fraud after allegedly using more than R171,000 intended for underprivileged youth to fund personal travel has been granted bail in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court. Siraaj Miller (48) was granted bail of R3,000, while his wife, Shamira Miller (41), was granted bail of R1,000. The Hawks’ Crimes Against the State and National Priority Violent Crime units, assisted by Lentegeur Visible Policing officers, arrested the pair on
