After recovering three generation units overnight, Eskom has announced that supply constraints have eased sufficiently to allow for the suspension of loadshedding. No loadshedding was expected for the rest of the weekend.Three generators were returned to service at the Lethabo, Medupi and Kusile power stations while another unit at Kusile was taken offline for repairs.Eskom…
Minister of Public Service and Administration, Senzo Mchunu. Salaries for suspended provincial and national department officials have topped R17 million.Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu confirmed in reply to a parliamentary question from DA MP Michele Clarke that salaries have been paid to more than 230 provincial department employees and 50 in national departments.The…
Published on May 25, 2020HCQ trails suspended amid safety concerns | WHO | COVID-19 treatment The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended the trial of the controversial drug Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ. WHO has now cited safety concerns as the drug's efficacy is still under concern. #WHO #HCQ #HydroxychloroquineAbout Channel:The World is One News, WION…
Third Tygerberg Hospital nurse dies of Covid-19Kupelo claimed the dead nurse was infected by a family member from the Western Cape. He, however, described the reports of critical shortages of personal protective gear as allegations that do not hold water.National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) regional secretary Mlu Ncapayi confirmed the suspensions. "It's…
Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their two-year-old daughter. He’d stop at a hotel after work just to take a shower. He’d wash his clothes in Lysol disinfectant. But at Providence Saint John’s health center in Santa Monica, California, Gulick and his colleagues worried that caring…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
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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