Around the world people use bank machines to access cash: but in the Kenyan capital’s crowded slums, people now use similar machines to access an even more basic requirement — clean water.
In a bid to boost access to clean … Read the rest
Tag: health
SA mining safety lagging behind
The National Union of Mine Workers (NUM) says the country’s mining sector is still far lagging behind in implementing the required health and safety measures.
The union concedes that, although strides are being made by mining houses to improve safety, … Read the rest
Putin smiles at rumours of his ‘disappearance’
President Vladimir Putin commented on reports on the state of his health as various media had speculated during more than a week on the reasons why the Russian leader “had disappeared.”
“It’d be boring if there weren’t rumors,” Putin said.… Read the rest
Statin drug scandal continues
Dr. MaryAnne Demasi’s documentary on the criminal activity of the pharmaceutical industry regarding cholesterol-lowering statin drugs sent shock waves through the mainstream media in Australia at the end of 2013. Published in two parts on the popular news show The … Read the rest
‘This ebola is a very different bug’
Peter Jahrling of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease is on the front lines fighting this disease in Liberia. He is one of the top authorities in the world on Ebola.
Jahrling believes the current Ebola outbreak may … Read the rest
Formaldehyde in water allegedly causing ebola-like symptoms
A man in Schieffelin, Liberia, has been arrested for attempting to put formaldehyde into a well used by the community.
Reports say around 10 a.m., he approached the well with powder in a bottle. Mobbed by the community, he confessed … Read the rest
Iran’s leader suddenly takes ill
Though Iran has been broadcasting pictures and videos of top state officials and noted foreign dignitaries visiting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the hospital, the health of the man who has held the most powerful post in the Islamic … Read the rest
Mandela’s rates bill in arrears with Johannesburg
The City of Johannesburg is trying to find out whether former President Nelson Mandela owes it more than R6,000 for services.
Eyewitness News is in possession of a copy of a pre-termination notice dated 1 August that was stuck to
Witchdoctors perform ritual for Mandela
A group of Gauteng traditional healers performed a ritual for former president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday, outside the Pretoria hospital where he has been treated for 47 days.
The healers burnt incense in a pot, knelt on the ground, sprinkled … Read the rest
KZN health department reluctant to pay for cancer machine
The KwaZulu-Natal health department had paid the maintenance contract to keep two state-of-the-art cancer radiotherapy machines operational at Addington Hospital, in Durban.
Werner Bergere, the CEO of Tecmed, the company which installed the two Varian Rapid Arc Linear Accelerators, confirmed … Read the rest
Thousands sing ‘Happy Birthday’ for Mandela
Thousands of football-lovers descended on the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria for the first of two Nelson Mandela Football Invitational matches on Sunday.
Before kickoff, the crowd sang “happy birthday Tata” in celebration of Madiba’s oncoming birthday.
The anti-apartheid icon … Read the rest
Balloons, flowers, flags for Mandela
Colourful balloons, flower baskets, and South African flags were among the items left outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition.
People continued to visit the Celliers Street wall on Sunday, … Read the rest
Quiet at Mandela hospital
There was little movement on Sunday morning outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where former president Nelson Mandela is being treated.
Passersby took cellphone pictures and read messages supporting the ailing statesman.
In a hand-made card, Minewa Hu from … Read the rest
Mandela remains ‘critical but stable’
Ailing former president Nelson Mandela is still in a critical, but stable condition, the presidency said on Monday.
“We remind all South Africans to begin planning for Madiba’s birthday on 18 July,” President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.
“We … Read the rest