Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, Operations and Stewardship Manager at CropLife South Africa joins Kwena Moabelo on the POWER Breakfast show on a strong growth in German cockroach populations which has led to a cockroach outbreak . Pesticide trade organisation CropLife SA says the German cockroach population has "reached near pandemic levels," and the severe outbreak has reached a point where the mainly nocturnal animal can be seen running around during the day.