An example of a SAVE-P CPAP ventilator, pictured here within a specially sealed manufacturing cubicle. (Supplied, SAVE-P) A Durban-based non-profit has received regulatory approval for a locally produced non-invasive ventilator for Covid-19 patients.The approval comes after months of work and preparation.The design is based on a 40-year-old machine made by UK-based company, Penlon.A group of…
The National Lotteries Commission paid R22.5 million to an organisation called WAR_RnA to build an old age home.The organisation was dormant and the directors had no knowledge of the grant.The old age home was supposed to be completed in March 2020, but as of end of May was still incomplete.The police told a registered director…
Solidarity Helping Hand says it is preparing to take legal action against the government for allegedly centralising food distribution to the poor.In a statement on Monday, the organisation said it would take legal action "should [the government] continue to implement regulations prescribing that the distribution of food to the poor be centralised under government control"."It…
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted