Month: May 2022

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while 70% of the population has come into contact with COVID-19 – and have some form of immunity – the best form of defense against the disease remains vaccination.

Phaahla said this when he tabled the department’s budget vote before a mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Tuesday.

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South Africa has recorded 7 523 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 852 148.

This increase represents a 23.0% positivity rate.

“Today, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reports 26 deaths and of these, eight occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100 559 to date,” the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Tuesday.

The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (38%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (24%). The Western Cape accounted for 17%; Eastern Cape 8%; Free State 5%; North West 4%; Mpumalanga 3%, and Limpopo and Northern Cape each accounted for 1% of the new cases.

“The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (23.0%), and is higher than yesterday (18.7%). The 7-day average is (24.7%) today, and is higher than yesterday (24.0%),” the NICD said.

In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase of 148 hospital admissions.

South Africa has to date conducted 24 726 029 COVID-19 tests in both public and private sectors.

#COVID19 UPDATE: 32,756 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 7,523 new cases, representing a 23.0% positivity rate. @HealthZA reports 26 deaths; of which 8 occurred in the past 24-48 hours. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths are 100,559. More here: https://t.co/egjYF466a6 pic.twitter.com/jkL8ITVned

— NICD (@nicd_sa) May 10, 2022

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Eskom has warned that it could implement load shedding at short notice if it experiences any more challenges at its generation units.

The power utility suspended load shedding on Saturday afternoon following at least five days of continuous load shedding last week.

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With evening peak supply constraints persisting, Stage 2 loadshedding will again be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 tonight, with the possibility of higher stages should any breakdowns occur during the day pic.twitter.com/b2ExoCzP1u

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) May 10, 2022

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Eskom Group Executive for Generation, Phillip Dukashe, has resigned from his position, following a 26-year association with the power utility.

The power utility announced Dukashe’s resignation on Monday – just more than a year after his permanent appointment in April 2021.

“A true, loyal asset to Eskom and the country, Mr Dukashe’s last day will be on 31 May. In his resignation letter and discussions with Eskom executives, Mr Dukashe has cited the critical need to achieve a balance for the benefit of his health, family and work responsibilities.

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Rhulani Mathebula will act as Generation Executive as Phillip Dukashe resigns to leave Eskom at the end of the month pic.twitter.com/0nrG3RvoAi

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) May 9, 2022

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Eskom has warned that it could implement load shedding at short notice if it experiences any more challenges at its generation units.

The power utility suspended load shedding on Saturday afternoon following at least five days of continuous load shedding last week.Read more:

#POWERALERT1

The power system will be severely constrained during evening peaks, with the possibility of loadshedding at short notice should there be any unit breakdowns pic.twitter.com/yE34NUM4zX

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) May 9, 2022

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