THE CURVE OF MADNESS: The CCP virus has been totally overblown compared to other illnesses, according to the government’s own advisors. Many of the country’s best scientists, including some who serve in the Health Minister Mkhize’s advisory committee, say the lockdown serves no purpose anymore and that the ANC government is not listening to their advice anymore. TB which has largely been sidelined for COVID-19, claimed the lives of 63,000 people in 2018, so the lockdown “cure” is almost certainly worse than the virus itself they say.
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Go To Lockdown Level 1 Now Say ANC Government’s Own Ministerial Advisors, But ANC LOVES The Power & Money Too Much To Listen!
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TECHNOLOGY NEWS:- Students develop diagnosis app for deaf people
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Cost-effective solutions to help deaf people navigate healthcare in developing countries is exactly what Banele Mhlongo and Vuma Mthembu, fourth-year medical students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), are trying to achieve with the app they are developing.
For people who are deaf, dealing with public services such as police stations or healthcare facilities without a sign-language interpreter can be stressful or at worst potentially dangerous. They are less likely to make use of healthcare facilities due to communication barriers, which can lead to an incorrect diagnosis or less than satisfactory treatment options.
The two students believe that communicating with the deaf is a vital aspect to create stronger health systems. Already, there is a strong focus on communication with patients at the UCT Health Science Faculty, where students learn isiXhosa and Afrikaans to ensure that patients can understand and respond to relevant questions when obtaining a medica
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#FeesMustFall protest – Naked woman arrested at UCT
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The stomach-churning stench of human faeces‚ piles of rubbish‚ ripped curtains and a commotion on campus as the woman was being dragged into a police van greeted students on Thursday. Parts of the campus were sealed off by police in riot gear and private security and at least three people were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain..
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FeesMustFall protests descend into chaos in Cape Town
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A third wave of #FeesMustFall protests has been marred by violence, as the demonstration marched its way to Parliament. The students are demanding the release of the fees commission report, which details funding of tertiary education. These protesters have made a slashing of tuition fees their main issue to raise, on the day Finance Minister..
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Transforming UCT is becoming a black and white debate again!
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Statement by The UCT Black Academic Caucus It has been encouraging to witness the revolutionary changes taking place at UCT over the past few years: the fall of the Cecil John Rhodes statue, the return of Mahmoud Mamdani, the renaming of buildings, the dialogues around sexual violence, artworks and curriculum change, and the many less..
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#UCTisSh*t. Architects of Apartheid throw Human Excrement in University Law Faculty, dumping UCT in the toilet again!
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#UCTisSh*t. Architects of Apartheid throw Human Excrement in University Law Faculty. Once again UCT is literally and figuratively in the toilet. When will this bastion of Marxism and Communism finally be shut down? As classes resumed at the University of Cape Town this morning, students were greeted by human faeces dumped in the Kramer building..
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