Like the youth of 1976, today’s young people are full of energy, ambition and willingness to develop their skills and stand on their own two feet, to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, writes Panyaza Lesufi.Halfway through the 2020 Youth Month themed “Youth Power: Growing South Africa together in the period of Covid-19,” it is relevant to…
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. @GautengProvince, Twitter Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi tested negative for Covid-19.Lesufi went into self-isolation after two staff members at the Gauteng Department of Education head offices in Johannesburg tested positive for the virus. The offices were closed on Wednesday and have undergone decontamination.Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi has tested negative for Covid-19,…
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. @GautengProvince, Twitter Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is self-isolating after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19.Lesufi is isolating as a precautionary measure while he awaits his test results.335 public servants have tested positive since March.Gauteng's Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is self-isolating after two staff members tested positive for Covid-19,…
Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was found stabbed and hanged in a veld on Monday. She was eight months pregnant. (@Keba99, Twitter) The body of a Soweto woman was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort on Monday.She was eight months pregnant and had been stabbed to death.She was last heard from after allegedly having an…
164 miners from Ashanti's Mponeng mine in the Merafong district tested positive for Covid-19. Most of the miners were reportedly asymptomatic. The MEC was speaking during a visit to Ga-Rankuwa Primary School on Tuesday where he was inspecting compliance ahead of its reopening. Grades 7 and 12 pupils are expected to be the first to return to school…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
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