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[ad_1] Staff members and patients at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19, the Western Cape Department of Health has confirmed. But it refuses to divulge how many cases had been reported there, claiming this was “in order to uphold both patient and staff confidentiality”. Department spokesperson Natalie Watlington …

[ad_1] Restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages have had a significant impact on sales by Distell, one of Africa’s biggest producers and marketers of spirits, wine and ciders. The Stellenbosch-headquartered company buys 35% of South Africa’s grape volumes each year, of which less than 4% comes from its own …

[ad_1] Freedom Front (FF) Plus intends to file an urgent application with the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge the validity of the National Disaster Management Law and request a finding that the government is abusing the Law, which it will mean that the announced state of disaster and …

[ad_1] He said he needed more time before he could report specific details about the resumption of teaching and learning. FILE: Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that while she was pleased with the progress made so …

[ad_1] “I think the government is violating the rights of smokers by banning cigarettes. It is my money and my health and I have the right to decide when to quit smoking,” says Veli Hlongwane of Maliwa Street, Mzimhlophe, in Soweto, GroundUp reports. “I adhere to the rules of [the] …

[ad_1] Eskom is trying to change the terms of a $ 3.75 billion World Bank loan to avoid spending money to cut emissions from one of its largest power plants. The 2010 loan is being used to partially finance the construction of the 4,764-megawatt Medupi coal-fired power station east of …

[ad_1] Freedom Front (FF) Plus intends to file an urgent application with the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge the validity of the National Disaster Management Law and request a finding that the government is abusing the Law, which it will mean that the announced state of disaster and …

[ad_1] Nzimande said they were acquiring them centrally for TVET colleges and recommending the same for universities, but they would allow those institutions that have already started giving devices out, or think it’s better if they provide the devices themselves to do so, provided that “we are convinced that their …

[ad_1] The Western Cape Government will use the process of consultation announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to lobby for the province to move down to level 3 as soon as possible, preferably before the end of May 2020. “With our healthcare system prepared, it is simply no longer possible to …

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says his department is awaiting validation of some promising antibody tests for COVID-19. Mkhize says there are several concerns and problems when it comes to antibody testing. READ: Makhura: COVID-19 now in municipalities “Antibody tests have their own problems and therefore must be …