Eskom will implement stage 2 load shedding on Wednesday between 09:00 and 22:00. The power utility said the country's national grid was under severe pressure as a result of cold weather and faults at a number of generating units."As the aged generation infrastructure is unreliable and volatile, this constrained power system is expected to persist for…
Eskom will resume nationwide load shedding at 09:00 on Tuesday. This comes after power cuts continued until 22:00 on Monday. Find your load shedding schedule Eskom reintroduced electricity rationing on Friday, the first time the country experienced load shedding since the start of the lockdown in late March. In a statement on Monday evening, Eskom statement said breakdowns at…
The CDC is reporting 3,123 more cases of Cyclospora infections compared with a week ago in an outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms growing operation in Central Mexico. The total number of patients for the outbreak now stands at 9,481with 398 hospitalizations. Two people in Michigan have died. The Centers for Disease
Published: August 12, 2026, 7:23 pm Whole Foods Market is recalling dozens of products that contain jalapeños because they are part of a larger recall connected to a Salmonella outbreak. The jalapeños were sourced from Coast Citrus Distributors and were recalled because of Salmonella contamination. There are 345 confirmed patients across 27 states in the
Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and