According to non-profit organisation Safer Spaces up to 40% of South African women have experienced sexual and physical intimate partner violence in their lifetime. Thabo Nonkenge and his SOSS Tech group have developed a tech-based solution that seeks to realise greater community cooperation for safety. SOSS Tech is a technology company that seeks to create…
Beneficiary Nkosinathi Ntenda (second right) received an RDP house from Eastern Cape MEC for Human Settlements, Nonkqubela Pieters (second left), Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks (right), and Sarah Baartman Speaker, Mzimkhulu Njadayi, on Saturday. Photo:SUPPLIED Eastern Cape housing beneficiaries are still without houses after more than 20 years.The province has allocated R69 million to upgrade…
previously did not alert the public to 53 infections tied to a fruit company in Fairview.Those infections at Townsend Farms only became public after state officials announced a separate outbreak linked to the company among 48 seasonal farm workers who just arrived in Oregon.The initial outbreak at Townsend Farms appears to be the largest among…
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