How Rwanda beat the odds to defy the Covid-19 onslaught That Rwanda already had structures in place to combat epidemics was a critical tool in containing the virus 10 May 2021 - 20:08
With a population of 12 million, of whom 83% live in rural areas where access to doctors is often scarce, the odds seemed stacked against Rwanda to deal with Covid-19. Yet its containment plans proved its salvation.
Officials in the tiny central African country watched the pandemic unfold in Europe, Asia and the US with growing concern.
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High-level panel recommends that the endangered species be moved from captivity to game reserves 03 May 2021 - 20:07
Private rhino owners have hit back at a government report that suggests SA should move away from having privately owned captive rhino populations and focus instead on managing them more efficiently in the game reserves.
The recommendations were contained in a report from a high-level panel convened by forestry, fisheries and environment minister Barbara Creecy in 2018 to investigate the management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling of elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros.
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02 May 2021 - 00:00
It was during hard lockdown last year when cardiothoracic surgeon and paediatric oncologist Dr Wilhelm Lichtenberg knew he wanted to speak to the hearts of nurses fighting on the Covid-19 frontline.
Lichtenberg, who is also known as the Singing Surgeon on account of his passion for music, which he indulges whenever he has free time, wrote a song called Healthcare Heroes.
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It’s Earth Day, but there’s not much to celebrate as water leaks drain SA dry Automation is key to managing infrastructure, while water reuse and desalination will mitigate shortages 21 April 2021 - 20:12
For every 100 litres of water treated and pumped through a network, about 41 are lost into the ground.
This is the result of SA’s creaking water supply infrastructure, which leaves communities cut off from a clean resource and sees embattled municipalities drowning in sewage as pipes burst and wastewater treatment works break down.
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Hospital goes from little fire to ‘frantic situation’ to provincial crisis The shutdown of Charlotte Maxeke is set to push Gauteng’s hospitals, already struggling to cope with Covid, to their limits 19 April 2021 - 19:45
Dr Suhayl Essa had just finished his shift at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital at 7pm on Friday and was heading home when his head of department called him on his cellphone and urged him to return to the hospital to evacuate patients.
He had known about the fire when he started work that afternoon, but the fire department seemed to have everything under control.
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