Researchers say part of the problem is the lack of coordination across the nation’s sprawling multi-agency system

Companies must behave like model democratic citizens if they are to earn and retain society’s social licence to operate

In February, the Johannesburg high court determined that Richard Spoor Attorneys could go ahead with a class action application

The listeriosis outbreak — the largest in recorded history — killed 218 people after more than 1 000 contracted the disease between 2016 and 2018.

Although the Enterprise Polokwane processed meat factory remains closed, Tiger Brands reopened its Germiston plant last month

Mr Price had a significant rise, while Tiger Brands had a phenomenal drop

But inspectors uncover counterfeit bottled water and spices.

The food brand is still waiting for data from authorities that would definitively show whether its products are connected to the deadly crisis

An application for a class action lawsuit against Tiger Brands and Enterprise Foods has been filed in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg

But there’s “no evidence” that listeria was imported from elsewhere in the world

South Africa’s food making giant, Tiger Brands, could have handled the listeriosis crisis better.

The company is closing down an abattoir and another factory in the hope of finding out how Listeria ended up in its products

​RCL Foods said in a statement on Friday that no trace of the listeria strain was found in the Free State polony facility of its subsidiary Rainbow

Listeriosis has already caused a fifth of processing industry workers to be laid off, analysts warn

Both Life Esidimeni and Listeriosis exposed leadership cracks in our public health system. Are political leaders held accountable for their actions?

A polony eater recalls her memories of the cold meat of her childhood, now ruined by listeriosis

Since announcing the class action plan last week, Attorney Richard Spoor has said his team has a mammoth task which may take years to come to fruition

SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.

If the lawsuits are successful, they could potentially result in hundreds of millions of rands awarded to victims and the families of those killed.

The Forum is concerned that South Africa’s entire processed meat industry has been implicated in the listeriosis outbreak