Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola. The Department of Justice and Correctional Service has, in the last five years, added 2 650 extra beds at prisons.In the next five years, it plans to add another 3 006 extra bed spaces.The Eastern Cape and Gauteng have recorded the highest prison overpopulation figures.Government has in the…
GroundUp reported.This is according to data provided by Dunoon ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni. He sits on the Dunoon Community Health Committee which interacts with hospital staff to get pandemic updates.The Western Cape government has been publishing the number of infections per sub-district. Dunoon falls under the western sub-district, which, as of 8 May, had 736…
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to