Refinery issues and weather delays were behind a recent LPG shortage.People on social media had complained of being unable to find gas for their stoves and heaters.The energy department said there should no longer be a shortage.The recent shortage of liquefied petroleum has (LPG) in the Western Cape was due to weather related and refinery…
4 228 public healthcare workers in the Western Cape have been infected with Covid-19.Numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past 10 days.The province currently has the second highest number of infections in the country.Covid-19 numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past…
According to a report, Western Cape's daily trauma cases went up 62% after lifting of alcohol ban on 1 June. After booze was unbanned on 1 June, trauma-related deaths went up by 307% and road deaths by 260%.These and more alcohol-related harms filled hospital beds - already needed by Covid-19 patients.This led to the Western…
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said the province is only using approximately 60% of its available oxygen supply as coronavirus cases increase. A total of 1 636 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalised in the Western Cape, with 300 of those in intensive care or high care units. The province is only using approximately 60% of its…
Western Cape premier, Alan Winde. (Malherbe Nienaber/Netwerk24) Western Cape Premier Alan Winde is self-isolating at home for the next 14 days after confirming he tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday."I received a positive test result for Covid-19 this morning, and I am in self-isolation at home for 14 days," Winde said in a statement on…
In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company’s profits and the lives of some of the world’s most fragile people: preterm infants. The upshot, she wrote in an email: Babies fed rival Mead Johnson Nutrition’s acidified liquid human milk fortifier — a nutritional supplement used in
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same