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|  | | Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has opened the Reverend Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital in the Eastern Cape to bolster the province's Covid-19 response...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This July #BizUnity Month will replace the former Mandela Month but, still, retain the same objectives - focusing on companies standing together for good! This is a prime opportunity for a sponsor to be seen to be standing up and together for SA business... Read |  | YAP BOUM Ebola, a viral haemorrhagic fever of humans and other primates, has become endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The country has had 10 outbreaks in 40 years and has recently declared the 11th... Read |  | A study is underway to assess the numbers of children who may have had Covid-19, and if those children have antibodies that may be able to fight off the infection... Read |  | Scientists have analysed data from around the world to examine the accuracy of antibody tests for Covid-19, and have shown that the timing of testing is critical... Read |  | ISSUED BY REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL An MBA in Healthcare Management from Regent Business School empowers healthcare executives with the latest knowledge and skills in business and hospital management to overcome the extraordinary challenges facing today's healthcare industry... Read |  | MILTON SEGAL When the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2019, and wishes of health, happiness and prosperity for the new year were extended by all, no one could have imagined the trauma that 2020 would bring only a few weeks later... Read |
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 | SAMSON FEMI AGBEROTIMI More than ever, the world is facing a challenge of non-medical use of prescription drugs among people of all ages, genders and occupations. Evidence show that pharmaceutical opioids, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and amphetamines are the most common types of prescription medication used in a non-medical context... Read |
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 | REAGAN MOGIRE The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, and the number of diseases associated with it, seems to be increasing worldwide. Africa is known to have a huge burden of disease, but little is known about the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency... Read |
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 | STEPHEN ONYEIWU Covid-19 is increasingly wreaking havoc on the health of Nigerians, but its economic impact may well be more devastating... Read |
 | OLUDAYO TADE Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy... Read |
 | "Can you imagine explaining 5G or autonomy or the cloud to a mine boss from, even the, mid-twentieth century? Or even remote technologies that we're using now, pre-Covid-19 in some cases?" Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE A look at the future of young entrepreneurs in Africa... Read |
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 | Mercia Jansen, area manager for Southern and Eastern Africa at Motul, talks challenges, achievements and of course, coping with the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | The Jobs Fund together with Black Umbrellas has shifted its focus to deliver inclusive support for SA startups through virtual and in-house support... Read |
 | The operative provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 will come into force on 1 July 2020... Read |
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 | Business for South Africa (B4SA), working with partners, is providing business in the informal sector with a set of easy to use Return to Work resources to help guide them... Read |
 | ALEX VAN DEN HEEVER The supplementary budget tabled last week by South Africa's finance minister, Tito Mboweni, whose primary objective was to make more money available for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, sheds no light on the relative prioritisation of prevention over treatment for Covid-19... Read |
