Health Minister Zweli Mkhize PHOTO: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images Two kinds of antibody tests are now legal in South Africa - five months since the tests were first deemed essential.They are "rapid, point-of-care tests" and laboratory tests.Nine companies have been licensed by regulatory agency Sahpra to offer the tests.The health ministry has also listed the limitations…
Sale Sharks (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images) Solidarity has hit out at minister of sport Nathi Mthethwa for criticising South African rugby players refusing to kneel for the Black Lives Matter movement.The trade union says the minister's behaviour infringes on the players' freedom of speech, belief and religion. DA member of parliament Zakhele Mbele has…
Chairperson of the ad hoc committee tasked with amending Section 25 of the Constitution, Mathole Motshekga. PHOTO: Jan Gerber, News24 The basic education department has said Minister Angie Motshekga's husband does not own a factory that produces sanitisers for schools.The department said the allegations made against Dr Mathole Motshekga were "desperate and far-fetched lies".It added…
WATCH the stream on News24 50m ago South Africa had 21 325 murders between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, the police announced to the Portfolio Committee on Police on Friday.This is 303 murders more than the previous year, and increase of 1.4%. 57m ago FF Plus thanks Cele for rural safety strategyFF Plus…
Zimbabwe's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has died. Zimbabwe's Lands and Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri has died just days after his driver, who succumbed to Covid-19.The cause of Shiri's death has not been made public yet.He was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, several days after his personal driver was buried. The assistant had tested positive for…
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