Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Municipalities across the country are failing to reduce irregular expenditure.In some municipalities, there is a lack of responsiveness to implement and monitor action plans.Interventions by provincial governments have at times worsened the problems in municipalities.South Africa's municipalities are drowning in their financial sorrows and the casualties are…
may drop to Level 3 of the national lockdown at the end of May. In a statement shortly after the address, Steenhuisen said Ramaphosa was attempting to defend the indefensible.He called for an end to the lockdown, citing that it had cost more lives than it had saved. Irrational decisionsSteenhuisen called out the National Coronavirus Command Council…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him