The Department of Health and Ndlambe Municipality say a cholera diagnosis in a Port Alfred resident last month was isolated and no other cases of cholera, nor source of the organism, has been found in or around the town. Talk of the Town…
Retirement complex residents, families evacuated Fire halted just before hospital grounds Residents battle flames with buckets and hosepipes to save their homes Twenty four hours after a veld fire was halted just short of a retirement…
Two people died on the R72 near Port Alfred and one sustained severe injuries after two vehicles collided head-on. The incident occurred around 4.30pm on Saturday 29 April, 18km east of Port Alfred (towards East London). Department of…
A fire destroyed a disused building at Settlers Hospital in Makhanda around midday on 11 September 2022. Health Department spokesperson Yonela Dekeda said staff on duty noticed the fire close to the south-western boundary of the hospital…
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has been discharged from hospital, according to cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams. The minister tested positive for Covid-19 on 14 July 2020 and went into self-quarantine. On 20…
Some hospitals expect patients coming in for surgery or dialysis to pay for their own tests. People covered by medical schemes no longer have to pay for negative Covid-19 tests done in the private sector‚ as long as they are referred by a…
The South African Medical Association (Sama) in the Western Cape has rejected a government call to put people who have tested positive for Covid-19 under quarantine in field hospitals. On Saturday‚ health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize…
The KwaZulu-Natal health department has given St Augustine’s hospital a week to move dialysis patients out of its centre after several patients there tested positive for Covid-19. The centre, which is housed in a building separate from…
A department of correctional services official based at the East London prison in West Bank is in critical condition after being rushed to hospital on Tuesday. The woman is one of 23 officials who have tested positive for Covid-19 at the…
It’s time for this year’s Pineapple Cricket tournament, and the schedule is full of must-see matches and exciting competition to establish the 2020 Pineapple Cricket winners. Here’s the schedule. The 116th Pineapple Tournament 2020…
Paramedics worked frantically to stabilise a pedestrian who was struck by a bus on the Higginson Highway, in the south of Durban, on Monday. Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said the man was hit by the bus as he was jumping off a…
The SA Humans Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Thursday conduct a site inspection of Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. The inspection follows reports of nine infants dying at the hospital due to a…
More than 180 Grade 12 pupils were rushed to hospital in Libode with suspected food poisoning on Thursday. The Tutor Ndamase Senior Secondary School pupils’ symptoms included vomiting‚ diarrhoea‚ stomach cramps and headaches. At the time…
