2015-06-18 South Africa Health

Reuters   

Quarantine Area: Korean patients tested by MERS lockdown   
Reuters
SEOUL Hwang Jeong-rye went to hospital in Seoul on June 9 for a back problem and has been stuck there ever since - locked-in along with 78 others as South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
South Korea's MERS Toll Rises to 23 With 3 More Deaths   NDTV
South Korea's MERS Deaths Reach 23   New York Times
MERS virus now blamed for 23 deaths in South Korea   OCRegister

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CBC.ca   

Ebola infection may be concealed by pregnancy   
CBC.ca
Ebola infection continues to surprise scientists. The latest twist: The deadly virus may hide in pregnant women without obvious symptoms. A new case report describes a 31-year-old woman in late pregnancy who went to a hospital in Liberia complaining of ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Science

Reuters   

On eve of encyclical, pope appeals for 'our ruined' planet   
Reuters
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis, on the eve of the most contested papal writing in half a century, said on Wednesday that all should help to save "our ruined" planet and asked critics to read his encyclical with an open spirit. In the highly personal and eloquently ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Sports

Sport24   

SA's Anderson set for dual nationality   
Sport24
London - South Africa's Kevin Anderson has revealed he is set to take US citizenship and have dual nationality later this year. Anderson, who lives in Delray Beach in Florida and is married to an American, applied for US citizenship two years ago and the ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

Channel O 'welcomes dialogue' over Youth Day ad   
Channel 24
Cape Town – Channel O (DStv 320) says it "welcomes the dialogues" around its Youth Day ad which is raising eyebrows for its pop culture take on an iconic and harrowing struggle era photo from 1976. The M-Net supplied music channel on MultiChoice's ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Technology

htxt.africa   

Project Isizwe expands free WiFi internet access to Eastern Cape   
htxt.africa
Residents in two rural areas in the Eastern Cape will as of today get access to free WiFi on the Project Isizwe network, after the service launched in the province today. Project Isizwe currently operates a network of free hotpots in the Tshwane area. The service ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

Eskom to increase maintenance 'without more power cuts'   
Times LIVE
A shopkeeper counts change by the light of a battery-powered lamp during a load shedding electricity blackout in Cape Town April 15, 2015. File photo. Image: MIKE HUTCHINGS REUTERS. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. plans to increase maintenance on ...

2015-06-18 South Africa South Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Ramaphosa shielded from Bashir questions   
Mail & Guardian Online
Cyril Ramaphosa dealt with wage inequality, growth strategies and government cost-cutting in his Q&A session, but not Omar al-Bashir's departure. NCOP chair Thandi Modise stopped Ramaphosa from answering questions about Bashir, saying the matter ...

2015-06-18 South Africa Africa

The Punch   

Senators earn N506, 600 each as wardrobe allowance –RMFAC boss   
The Punch
The Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission, Mr. Elias Mbam, said on Wednesday that each senator earns a yearly sum of N506, 600, per annum, as wardrobe allowance. Mbam, who paid a courtesy visit to the Senate President, ...

2015-06-18 South Africa World

Sky News Australia   

31 die in blasts at Shiite sites in Yemen   
Sky News Australia
At least 31 people have been killed and dozens wounded in five simultaneous blasts at Shi'ite mosques and a house in the rebel-held Yemeni capital, medics and witnesses say. Two car bombs on Wednesday targeted mosques, while a third hit the house of ...