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Five key failures exposed in deadly hospital cases

Today at 17:20 PM, via SowetanLIVE

The health ombudsman reported serious clinical failures and governance issues at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital and Netcare Femina Hospital, after two patient deaths.

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Mashatile denies any ties to ‘Cat’ Matlala

Today at 17:16 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has denied any association with Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala following testimony at the Madlanga commission linking him to Matlala.

South Africa

All systems go for the sixth South Africa Investment Conference

Today at 16:21 PM, via SAnews

All systems go for the sixth South Africa Investment Conference

Government is ready to host the sixth edition of the South Africa Investment Conference next week, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau said on Monday.“South Africa is open, South Africa is ready, and South Africa is an investment destination of choice,” Tau said.Addressing the media in Pretoria on the...

Business

Pain for the rand

Today at 16:06 PM, via BusinessTech

The rand is taking a beating as markets stick to a risk-off stance, worried about prolonged conflict in the Middle East and the resulting disruptions to global oil supplies.

Sport

Ex-France and West Ham midfielder Payet retires

Today at 14:27 PM, via BBC News

Former France and West Ham attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet says his retirement from a 20-year professional career “is the end of a beautiful journey”.

Education

‘Audiences told us we didn’t show enough teacher sex’: how we made Waterloo Road

Today at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

‘In series one, it was bullying, drugs and alcohol. Twenty years on, it’s vapes, cyber-bullying and bloody energy drinks’

I was working on women’s prison drama Bad Girls when the idea for Waterloo Road came up. Bad Girls creators Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus had a fiery belief in social justice and did rigorous research. Those are often the foundations of successful serial drama. Ann had...

Education

Nigeria: Investing in the Future

Today at 15:05 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Sanwo-Olu is committed to education and human capital development, argues

Science/Tech

Reddit Is Weighing Identity Verification Methods To Combat Its Bot Problem

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit’s CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it’s a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with...

Health

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

Today at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.