Parkinson’s disease (PD) which involves the death and malfunction of vital nerve cells in the brain, called neurons. This usually occurs in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. It leads to a reduction in a chemical called dopamine in the brain. Dopamine plays a vital role in regulating the movement of the..
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder, read on for more information about PD.
Eskom warns of winter power cuts – unless Treasury signs new coal deals with Gupta owned company
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Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane has warned that South Africans can expect power cuts this winter unless the National Treasury urgently signs purchase agreements so Eskom can build up its coal reserves, according to a report by TimesLive. Speaking at the sidelines of African Utility Week conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Ngubane noted..
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Department of Public Works can not be used to solve country’s unemployment problem
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The government can not use the Public Works Department to solve the country’s unemployment problem. The country needs a smaller and more competent department to do its job more effectively, says Dr. Corné Mulder, chief whip of the FF Plus. Dr. Mulder said today with the department’s budget debate there is no way in which..
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Police Minister declares that South Africa Is A Very Safe Country -You got to be kidding me?
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says South Africa has a world-class police service and a strong crime prevention unit. Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has refuted claims that South Africa is not a safe country. This comes after Kenya’s government issued a travel warning to its citizens planning to visit the country. Mbalula says South Africa has..
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ANC has ordered Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board to rescind Brian Molefe’s return.
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“We met with Lynne Brown and all of us present said ‘comrades, that decision must be rescinded’,” ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. The party’s top six summoned Brown to Luthuli House on Monday. He said the party warned that the matter was likely to end up in court. The DA approached the high court in..
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On a point of order: I can’t correct my mistakes if no one tells me what I did wrong – Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that he cannot fix any of the mistakes he has made if people don’t tell him what it is he has done wrong. “[People say] ‘there is a problem in our country,’ as they say ‘there is a crisis’. Why? What has happened?” Zuma asked congregants at a service..
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All African citizens to enter SA without visas in near feature
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South Africa is working towards allowing all African citizens to enter the country without visas – but at first “trusted travellers” like diplomats, officials, academics, business people and students will be the only ones to benefit. The Department of Home Affairs outlines the steps that will be taken towards scrapping visa requirements in its latest..
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The winter is on it’s way so keeping the dreaded flu at bay !!
Spoiled brat of the Gupta’s is back in the seat and reinstated as Eskom CEO
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Despite outrage by the ANC as well as pretty much every other opposition party and South African, Brian Molefe has been reinstated as Eskom CEO, just a few months after quitting — in the wake of his name appearing on the State of capture report alongside the Guptas and several other Zuma allies within the..
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Climbdown on medical aids
Just a question – Should the broadcasting Act be amended ??
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s recent proposal to amend the Broadcasting Act (1999) is, in principle, correct. But the manner in which the SABC wants the Act changed is helpful to the SABC and to marketing its case to the public. The Act, specifically the regulations regarding television licence fees, prescribes payment of a fee..
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Best and worst medical aids in South Africa.
Lindiwe Sisulu’s court bid will help reverse effects of apartheid.
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The Western Cape ANC welcomed Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s decision to take the Western Cape government to court over the sale of the Tafelberg property, saying it will help reverse the legacy of apartheid. In March, the provincial cabinet announced it approved the sale of the property to the Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School..
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64-year-old farmer stabbed, set alight in the Bulwer/Underberg area of KwaZulu-Natal
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A group of men stabbed to death and then set fire to a 64-year-old Bulwer farmer on Wednesday. The man’s wife, who had luckily not been home at the time, discovered his charred body inside their house on the Midlands farm. Authorities responding to the scene said the charred remains of a KZN farmer killed..
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