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[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 7h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare The number of new Covid-19-related cases identified in South Africa since the last report has risen from 1,092 to 1,863. This brings the cumulative number of Covid-19-related cases registered in the country to 719,714, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in …

[ad_1] Finance Minister Tito Mboweni (right) makes his way to deliver the mini budget. (Photo: Gallo Images / Jeffrey Abrahams) Wednesday’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is a political balance sheet. Compensation juggles the billions of the SAA bailout, a cooldown in public wages, and legislative changes to allow workers early …

[ad_1] The strict restrictions that will take effect from Monday, November 2 until the end of the month, would limit outdoor contact to people from two households. Bars, cafes and restaurants are due to close, although take-out and delivery services may continue. An informational poster on the use of face …

[ad_1] A Cape Town doctor tested positive for Covid-19 twice in three months. She is urging South Africans to help avoid an anticipated second wave of Covid-19. More than 300 deaths have been recorded among health workers in the public and private sectors. “We are not safe from the clutches …

[ad_1] Pfizer previously said it could have the data in October, which could have moved the process forward before the November 3 presidential election. NEW YORK (AP) – Pfizer executives expressed measured optimism Tuesday about the possibility of providing a coronavirus vaccine in 2020, even as they noted that key …

[ad_1] Wits geneticists and partners published a groundbreaking study reporting on the history of the African population, environmental adaptation and susceptibility to disease. More than three million new genetic variants were discovered in one of the largest studies of high-depth sequenced African genomes reported to date. Photo: Cover of NATURE …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – Reality star Kim Kardashian faced a backlash Tuesday after chartering a private jet to fly her entourage to a remote tropical island for lavish 40th birthday celebrations during the Covid pandemic. Kardashian and her “closest inner circle” spent the past week dancing, kayaking and swimming with …

[ad_1] The National Treasury is adopting zero-budget processes in which government departments have to justify from scratch each program they spend on, to determine if it offers value for money or should be phased out. Learning and culture continue to receive the highest government consolidated spending allocations of R2.1 trillion …

[ad_1] By Tebogo Monama 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare New research by African geneticists has given them insight into how migration has changed DNA and protected Africans from disease and viruses. Researchers have identified about 62 genes associated with viral immunity, DNA repair, and metabolism in Bantu-speaking populations. The …

[ad_1] The biggest risk to overall financial health is not containing the rising public sector wage bill. The government is fighting in court with public sector unions over their refusal to implement the final leg of a costly wage deal signed in 2018. The government has proposed moderate wage increases …