The land invaders use graders to erect illegal structures. There have been at least 260 incidents of alleged land invasions in Cape Town during the April to July lockdown period.In addition to damage to roads and infrastructure, more than R1.3 billion of housing projects are under threat.The provincial government is counting on the police and…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised South Africans for 'delaying' Covid-19 infections and deaths.His statement comes as the country prepares for a peak in infections in August. As of Saturday night, South Africa had recorded more than half a million confirmed cases.President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country could have experienced dramatic loss of life and an…
SARS Commission Edward Kieswetter. (Photo: Elvira Wood). SA has lost more in tax revenue since the lockdown began than the loans it got from two multilateral development agencies.SARS Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, says there was a need to raise R40 billion more in the February budget but that gap has widened significantly because of Covid-19.Tax Relief measures…
Two magisterial districts have released the latest Level 3 lockdown fine schedule. Offenders will face hefty fines if they fail to adhere to lockdown regulations. Repeated offences within the Alert Level 3 period will be referred to the court for prosecution. Thinking of breaking Level 3 lockdown regulations?Lawbreakers will pay a hefty fine if they fail to adhere…
Minister of Justice and Correctional Development, Ronald Lamola. Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said the lockdown regulations are "rationally connected" to curbing the pandemic. DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach accused Lamola of turning citizens into criminals by endorsing draconian regulations.MPs are concerned about the NPA's resources and its lack of prosecutions.The lockdown regulations are "rationally connected" to curbing the…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him