Visuals of the smoke from the New England Road landfill site in Pietermartizburg on Friday The Msunduzi Municipality says smoke from the New England Road landfill site should be gone soon.A meeting will be held to discuss whether it should be declared a disaster site.Residents and motorists have been urged to keep their windows closed.Smoke…
The quarantine centre for Covid-19 in Pietermaritzburg. Main concerns are around restricted access to "the pleasures of life", minister confirms.Meanwhile, 13 deaths now recorded at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.Cold storage for more than 700 Covid-19 corpses will be in place by early July. Many people are refusing to be quarantined and isolated in the…
GroundUp reports."I do adhere to the rules of [the] Covid-19 lockdown … If a friend asks for a smoke, I give because it is their risk, not mine, but I don't ask for a skyf (puff) anymore," he says."The price of a Savannah fag jumped from R1.50 to R4.00 and the cheapest RG fag jumped…
conducted in April, said "a quarter of people in informal settlements were able to buy cigarettes".This was double the number in formal areas.Across South Africa in general, cigarettes were four times easier to access than alcohol – the sale of which is also banned, the data showed."One in five people in South Africa currently smoke,…
Tobacco decision was a collective decision, says RamaphosaCalled for comment, Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the inmates were demanding cigarettes and to be speedily taken to court.On Tuesday, the rioting took place amid allegations by inmates that they were being squeezed together inside overcrowded cells due to delays in court appearances, among…
As longevity science has entered the wellness zeitgeist, experts have worked to popularize the idea of healthspan over lifespan—the number of years you thrive, not just survive. And when it comes to the components that drive long-term health, muscle plays an outsize role, Gabrielle Lyon, DO, a family medicine physician and author of Forever Strong
3 min read HEART FAILURE. RECTAL cancer. Brain bleeds. Each of the people in this package of stories might not be alive today without a key medical innovation that took many years, millions of dollars, and countless setbacks and breakthroughs to get quite right. Who are the next people to be saved? Survivors Stories 1.
When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain to deal with the survival scenario at hand. “Beautiful” is the word Luke Henderson, PhD, uses to describe this process