South Africa: Government Investigates Gastrointestinal Illness Cases in the Eastern Cape

AllAfrica22 October 2026, 15:30 UTCSouth Africa

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has launched an investigation into reported cases of gastrointestinal illness affecting 111 people at Rhodes University in Makhanda and 23 inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay.

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