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The Netherlands has since culled more than 500,000 minks from 13 infected fur companies. The goal of the grim task, set to continue until the farms are virus-free, is to snuff out the possibility of the animals becoming a reservoir for the virus that causes covid-19, which could stymie efforts to end a pandemic that…

Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with a mass shooting at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto last week. Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with a mass shooting at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto last week, which left six people dead.According to police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza, a multi-disciplinary team of…

Four people were injured and 100 homes destroyed after a fire broke out in KwaMashu.Paramedics and firefighters are at the scene.Firefighters are still busy battling the blaze.Four people have been injured and about 100 homes have been destroyed after a fire broke out in KwaMashu, north of Durban on Monday.A fire in KwaMashu on Monday…

A burning fuel tanker near Grabouw after a car collided with it. PHOTO: Twitter via @TrafficSA Two people died after a car collided with a petrol tanker on Houwhoek Pass near Grabouw in the Western Cape.It is understood the female passenger in the car died on impact.Paramedics said eyewitnesses told them they saw the driver…

Covid-19 is hitting obese people hard, with statistics showing obesity as a regular comorbidity in coronavirus deaths.The Western Cape showed President Cyril Ramaphosa that obesity was one of the most prevalent comorbidities in its deaths.An insider at one major hospital said the vast majority of Covid-19 patients they admitted to their intensive care unit were…