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Factory worker loses hand in maize mixing machine
Horrific! The Department of Employment and Labour has taken action against the Queenstown food company where a worker’s ...
6-Year-old dies after being crushed by stormwater pipe in PE
Absolutely tragic! The community say they have previously asked the municipality to remove the concrete pipes to no ...
Hospital tragically loses 9 healthcare workers in one week!
NEHAWU held a wreath-laying ceremony at Edendale Hospital in tribute to nine health workers who died last week ...
Research reveals the truth behind Booze Ban – Did it really help?
Groote Schuur Hospital trauma surgeons and Medical Research Council researchers have provided some answers using health records from ...
R350 grant: “Agents” charge R50 to queue for beneficiaries
Young men in Gauteng are making money by queuing on behalf of social grant beneficiaries at post offices.
Covid-19: What’s all the fuss about Ivermectin?
There is a clamour by some people for ivermectin to be approved by the South African Health Products ...
Desperate citizens risk arrest for camping outside Home Affairs for IDs
On Tuesday Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi temporarily suspended certain services, including applications for new IDs, passports and ...
Restaurants, gyms & places of worship spark infection rates – study
These places are often more crowded for longer and have poor ventilation and mask-wearing adherence.
No help for blind pensioner who queued for hours outside SASSA
A blind pensioner was turned away at a SASSA office in Uitenhage on Wednesday morning despite her plea ...
Shocking! Over 20 000 South Africans died in first week of 2021
The latest mortality surveillance report presents a harrowing picture of the devastation wrought by the second wave of ...
