A gunman has killed a shop assistant. Western Cape police have launched a manhunt for two people who killed a shop assistant during a business robbery near George.On Friday night, two people entered a spaza shop in Touwsranten, Wilderness, near George. Both wore facial masks."According to information gathered at the crime scene, the suspects opened…
Health 28 August 2020 By Jessica Hamzelou WHO epidemiologist Marie-Roseline Darnycka BélizaireWHO/Lindsay Mackenzie Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire is a country preparedness and international health regulations officer for the World Health Organization. After supporting the response of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the Ebola outbreak, she was recently relocated to the Central African Republic…
Staff at a hospital. Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo An investigation has been launched after a doctor died of Covid-19 at a Tshwane hospital.There have been allegations that the death was caused by a lack of PPE. The health minister has assigned a team to probe the issue.An investigation has been launched into the circumstances that led to…
An investigation will be launched into an accident involving the KwaNongoma mayor's convoy, which killed two teenage girls.The girls were reportedly walking next to the road when they were knocked down and dragged for several metres.KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Bheki Ntuli says the investigation will probe allegations of excessive speeding and the driver's condition at the…
‘He was trying to get out of the way’ – boy, 5, shot dead in backyard"One of the suspects... shot the defenceless boy as he lay there unresponsive and they took a television set before fleeing the scene on foot."Hlathi said police and medical personnel were notified about the incident by neighbours who had heard…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…