An Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) inspector at the Department of Labour has closed a school following a proactive inspection that took place on Friday at Sigonde Primary School in Musina, Limpopo.In a statement on Monday, the department said the …
From being born with a visual impairment to fighting against homelessness and family abuse, Marco Hartse recently won first prize as part of a national COVID-19 vaccine awareness art competition for young people.The #KeReady2Flex Challenge was initiate…
The Constitutional Court on Monday confirmed that the suspension of the declaration of the order of invalidity of the 2017 Preferential Procurement Regulations is still valid for 12 months.The confirmation by the apex court on Monday came after its 16 …
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported a COVID-19 positivity rate of below 10%.This as the NICD reported at least 1004 new cases of the virus over the past 24-hour reporting period with a positivity rate of some 9.4%.The p…
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched a new province-wide app that allows road users to report poor road conditions and other road maintenance issues that require attention.Launched as part of Smart Mobility Weekends Programme, the…
South Africa has administered a total of 3 255 COVID-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of vaccines to 36 020 076 to date.According to data by the National Department of Health (NDoH), the highest number of vaccines were from t…
The Gauteng Health Department says at least 18 people and a corpse have been evacuated at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital (SBAH) after a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning.In a statement, the department said the fire broke out at a st…
GENEVA— Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries.They are arguing that governments and the World Health Organ…