(Jaco Marais, Gallo Images, Netwerk24, file) Fifty shacks were gutted in Alexandra on Thursday.The shacks destroyed were inside and outside an old building.The cause of the fire is being investigated.Fifty families in Alexandra have been left homeless after their shacks were gutted in a fire on Thursday.Johannesburg emergency medical services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said they…
What happens to Cape Town's homeless as lockdown is eased?"The group of homeless individuals steadfastly refused accommodation at smaller shelters and opted to return to the CBD to be closer to the expanded Culemborg Safe Space," said councillor Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, in a statement."No provision has been made…
Cape Town convention centre to be used as temporary hospital"We have indicated on several occasions that it would be closing. We are at pains to point out that the phased closure is not because of pressure from any particular grouping."As of today, no more people will be taken in at Strandfontein. Those who require further…
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The