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Ford names Angela Weathers Silverton plant manager

Dealers

Ford names Angela Weathers Silverton plant manager

2 days

Source: Supplied.

Surgical Equipment & Products

Defective medical devices and implants can cause harm: How to claim compensation

27 May 2024

Source: Supplied. The Tri for Life team are Jonty Wright, Gerhard Nieuwoudt, Alexander Van Wyk, and Henri Van Der Westhuizen.

Healthcare

Students’ ‘Life Pod’ project can save up to 100 lives per year

23 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

Algoa FM's Wayne Hart returns to the airwaves

Radio & Audio

Algoa FM's Wayne Hart returns to the airwaves

Issued by Algoa FM 29 Jul 2022

Groote Schuur is one of South Africa’s biggest teaching hospitals. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19

Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital

James Stent 12 Aug 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Construction & Engineering

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

NWU's partner consortium launches ventilator design competition for students

Higher Education

NWU's partner consortium launches ventilator design competition for students

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 21 May 2021

Mahlale Innovation Consortium opens ventilator design competition for SA students

Education

Mahlale Innovation Consortium opens ventilator design competition for SA students

21 May 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Covid-19

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

14 May 2021

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Covid-19

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Khalid Abdelaziz 11 May 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Covid-19

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Peter Diamandis – Executive founder of SingularityU.

Digital

#SUSASummit: Peter Diamandis opens SingularityU South Africa Summit

15 Oct 2020

Electric vehicles can provide power for emergencies

Fuel & Energy

Electric vehicles can provide power for emergencies

12 Oct 2020

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19

Health focuses on immunity, seroprevalence as Covid-19 cases decline

15 Sep 2020

Covid-19

Experts dissect SA's Covid-19 response

14 Sep 2020

Signs of daily Covid-19 infections stabilising

Covid-19

Signs of daily Covid-19 infections stabilising

3 Aug 2020

Ebrahim Patel, trade, industry and competition minister. Image: Wikipedia

Covid-19

Locally made ventilators go into production

17 Jul 2020

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

Corporate & Commercial Law

#BizUnity: Pro bono behind the scenes on the National Ventilator Project

Shan Radcliffe 14 Jul 2020

Steroid shows promise in treating serious Covid-19 cases

Covid-19

Steroid shows promise in treating serious Covid-19 cases

17 Jun 2020

Is our motor industry coughing?

Automotive

Is our motor industry coughing?

Issued by BrandMapp 10 Jun 2020

Dr Keith Cloete, head of department, Western Cape Health

Covid-19

Western Cape opts for high-flow nasal oxygen in severe cases of Covid-19

5 Jun 2020

Why Ford, Chanel and other companies pitch in during a crisis - without the government ordering them to

CSI & Philanthropy

Why Ford, Chanel and other companies pitch in during a crisis - without the government ordering them to

Elham Mafi-Kreft and Steven Kreft 26 May 2020

A health worker drags an electrocardiograph at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg.
Michele SpatariI/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

How South Africa's health system could take a hit from pandemic lawsuits

Keymanthri Moodley & Anita Kleinsmidt 22 May 2020

Mass burials in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Raphael Alves

Covid-19

Coronavirus: there is no global south exceptionalism

David Hunter 20 May 2020

Covid-19

#OnTheFrontLine with Dr Kerrin Begg

Nicci Botha 24 Apr 2020

Collaboration is crucial for scientists to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic. Getty Images

Covid-19

Coronavirus: never been a more compelling time for African scientists to work together

Salome Maswime, Collet Dandara & Sudesh Sivarasu 22 Apr 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

ESG

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

14 Apr 2020

NWU engineers rising to the Covid-19 challenge

Covid-19

NWU engineers rising to the Covid-19 challenge

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 9 Apr 2020

Emergency doctors and nurse performing CPR and inserting an IV drip on a patient. GettyImages

Covid-19

Tough choices about who gets ICU access: the ethical principles guiding South Africa

Keymanthri Moodley 8 Apr 2020

Gauteng calls for donations of PPE, ventilators

Health & Social Welfare

Gauteng calls for donations of PPE, ventilators

6 Apr 2020

Ford, GE Healthcare partner to produce ventilators

Manufacturing & Parts

Ford, GE Healthcare partner to produce ventilators

1 Apr 2020

CUT assists government with Covid-19 medical needs

Higher Education

CUT assists government with Covid-19 medical needs

2 Apr 2020

The symptoms are non-specific and very similar to other viral infections. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

#Coronavirus: How big, how bad, and what to look out for

12 Mar 2020

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

Villyen Motaze & Melinda Suchard 5 Dec 2019

Many countries around the world can’t meet the demand for donor organs. Shutterstock

Ethical Medicines

There are many complex reasons for South Africa's organ donor shortage

Harriet Etheredge 9 Jan 2019

Top five tips to keep your valuables safe in hotel rooms

Travel

Top five tips to keep your valuables safe in hotel rooms

23 Dec 2016

hearScreen mHealth solution first winner of SA Innovation Fellows Competition

Ear, Nose & Throat

hearScreen mHealth solution first winner of SA Innovation Fellows Competition

10 Dec 2015

Chance to meet Brazilian trade delegation

Import/Export

Chance to meet Brazilian trade delegation

21 Jul 2015

Canadian writes of battle to save baby as wife dies

Internet

Canadian writes of battle to save baby as wife dies

5 Feb 2014

South Africans are 'bleeding' medical aids

Medical Aid

South Africans are 'bleeding' medical aids

4 Jul 2013