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…
Four companies control about 80 percent of the U.S. beef market, and there is no reason to believe that any of them are satisfied with their share. Published: April 05, 2026, 8:00 am The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported that Listeria monocytogenes was the most frequent cause of outbreaks it investigated during fiscal year
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States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify