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CAPE TOWN- Caroline Pule, a Stellenbosch University (SU) doctoral candidate is using her expertise to join a global team of researchers to understand and ultimately, find a cure for Covid-19. Pule has recently joined as a volunteer for the CrowdFight Covid-19 initiative in South Africa. It's global organisation where volunteer ...
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DURBAN - South Africans are finding new and interesting things to digitally consume on a daily basis. Here are 3 tv shows that are trending in South Africa right now ; 1) Tiger King This docuseries is about the weird domestic breeding of tigers in America and the feud between ...
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DURBAN - South Africans can now drive to a shopping centre and get tested for the coronavirus and have their results in 24 to 48 hours after testing. This comes after Pharmaceutical retailer Dis-Chem launched its drive-through testing sites today at their Olympus and Athol Oaklands (Blue Bird) branches in ...
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DURBAN - Chatsworth ward councillor Previn Vedan has appealed for calm after the township South of Durban recorded its first Covid-19 infection earlier this week. Vedan said the infected person was treated at the RK Khan hospital before being transferred to Greys Hospital in Pietermaritzburg some 80 kilometres away. He ...
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CAPE TOWN- Another Covid-19 related death has been recorded in South Africa, bringing the total to 13, while infections now stand at 1749, an increase of 63. Health minister Zweli Mkhize made the announcement at the Motsepe Foundation in Johannesburg. The latest victim is a 60-year-old male from KwaZulu-Natal who ...
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DURBAN -  During the national lockdown, many South Africans that are not working from home are finding various ways to entertain themselves. Here is what they are doing: - 1) Playing Video Games Various gaming platforms, such as Sony Playstation have offers on various games to download and play for ...
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South Africa shows their support with a message to nurses, doctors and all essential workers who are on the front line during the 21-day lockdown period due to Covid-19. CORONAVIRUS MONITOR ...
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DURBAN - Not only has the coronavirus changed how we live our lives, from the way we wash our hands, how we shop and how we speak but the pandemic has created a whole new vocabulary and in the process resuscitating some old words which were always there, but not ...
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CAPE TOWN - In 2020, one thing is for sure, we all know the importance of washing hands and its role in preventing disease. In 1846 however, Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian doctor who first theorised the importance and preventative effects of washing hands made enemies and lost his job. Eventually ...
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DURBAN - Who would have ever thought that when we were counting down the final seconds to 2020, that we would only have three months to be outdoors? Just three months.  With the national lock-down almost half-way through, South Africans share what they miss the most during the lockdown period.  ...
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