There are no Ebola cases reported or confirmed in South Africa, the health department said on Friday. This was while the total number of cases in the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone had risen to 3069 probable and confirmed cases, spokesman Popo Maja said[…]
African countries have tightened travel curbs in an effort to contain the Ebola outbreak, ignoring World Health Organisation (WHO) warnings that such measures could heighten shortages of food and basic supplies in affected areas. In the West Point slum in Liberia’s capital Monrovia, the scene of violent clashes with the[…]
A South African man admitted to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital for suspected Ebola tested negative, the health ministry said on Monday. “The condition of the patient is stable and the results of the Ebola virus disease are negative,” spokesman Joe Maila said in a statement. “We have also conducted the tests[…]
A 37-year-old South African man, working as health and safety officer in a mining operation in Liberia, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, the department of health said. Spokesman Joe Maila said the man arrived in the country on August 6. “He was scanned as normal routine in accordance with[…]
South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said. In a speech delivered at the University of Stellenbosch on Saturday, Madonsela said the country was one of the most unequal society despite the constitutional promises which include the substantive notion of equality.[…]
There is no known Ebola case in South Africa, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday. A woman who arrived from Conakry, Guinea on July 28 through the OR Tambo International Airport was meticulously tested and was negative, Motsoaledi told reporters at the Edenvale Hospital in Johannesburg. “She was admitted[…]
The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) says local hujaaj do not need to worry about the Ebola virus during the haj season. In the midst of an alarming outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, the Saudi Ministry has opted to suspend the issuance of haj and[…]
A Rhodes university professor believes the South Africa government is far too sympathetic to the Israel regime. Prof Robert van Niekerk was commenting on the fact that South Africa has yet to take any decisive diplomatic action against the Zionist regime, despite calls for South Africa to recall its ambassador[…]
More aftershocks were expected following the 5.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the North West province, the Council for Geoscience (CGS) said on Wednesday. “Aftershocks, ranging in magnitudes one to 2.5 have occurred and are expected to continue in the coming days,” said Michelle Grobbelaar, manager of the council’s seismology unit.[…]
Residents of the Khuma township near Orkney in the North West, the epicentre of an earthquake that left a trail of mayhem in the province, were still assessing damages on Tuesday. Sonwabile Klaas arrived home to find her house dislodged from its foundation and an outside room completely destroyed. “It[…]
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