The SACC is set to hold a day of prayer against Covid-19 corruption. Church leaders across the country will stand in silent prayer on Tuesday to demonstrate against Covid-19 corruption. Throughout the pandemic reports have emerged of corruption relating to Covid-19 procurement. The SIU is investigating 658 contracts related to Covid-19 procurement worth around R5 billion.Church leaders…
Eskom will implement Stage 2 load shedding throughout the weekend, in order to replenish emergency reserves and to better prepare for the coming week.The power utility on Friday afternoon issued an update on the power system. Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented on both Saturday and Sunday, between 08:00 and 22:00, the statement read.Earlier in…
29m ago Jan Cronje Subscribers can listen to this article A candle in the dark. Getty Power utility Eskom says it will move from stage 2 to stage 4 load shedding at 15:00 on Wednesday due to "exceptionally high demand". Stage 4 power cuts will continue until 22:00. Eskom did not immediately say what caused the…
Sello Headbush, the owner of a funeral parlour, uses the light from his mobile phone during load shedding to check on a heap of discarded PPE left on a stretcher in front of the cold storage room in Port Elizabeth. MPs were left frustrated after Eastern Cape health officials presented the province's Covid-19 challenges without…
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your
5 min read WHEN THE JUSTICE Department released a trove of Epstein-related files on January 30 and then pulled down thousands of pages after redaction failures exposed victims’ identifying information and explicit material, I felt a familiar gut-drop. Once again, the people with the least power were being asked to pay twice—first for the abuse