Covid-19 pandemic causes shortage of organs for transplants
By Norman Cloete
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Johannesburg - South Africaâs official cumulative death rate from Covid-19 hit 45Â 902 on Friday. Now experts are warning 10 percent more South Africans â adults and children â could perish if they donât get the vital organ transplants that the pandemic has denied them.
The reasons are two-fold: coronavirus has temporarily halted all transplants, but the donor pool is shrinking too â because of the prohibition of alcohol sales that had been in place until Tuesday this week.
Road accidents are the main source of organs for transplant operations, with alcohol being a contributing factor in 27.1 percent of all fatal crashes in South Africa according to a survey conducted by the Road Traffic Management Corporation, the South African Medical Research Council and the University of South Africa last year.
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Outstanding report delays sentencing of corrupt KZN traffic officials
By Zainul Dawood
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Durban - Five former employees of the uMngeni licensing office in Howick breathed a sigh of relief when their sentencing for fraud was halted because of an outstanding report in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Courts on Wednesday.
Dumisani Nkala, Lindiwe Xulu, Meshack Ndlovu, Matthew Zondi and Dumisani Phungula was found guilty of fraud in court.
They assisted motor vehicle learner’s licence applicants to pass their tests. The matter was set for sentencing, on Wednesday, however Magistrate G.Davis heard from state prosecutor Advocate M.Magwanyana that the correctional services reports for Nkala and Ndlovu were outstanding.
Corrupt KZN officials who helped pass learner drivers to be sentenced 03 February 2021 - 06:00 Five KZN licensing office officials will be sentenced on Wednesday on hundreds of counts of fraud after they were found guilty of assisting learner drivers to pass their tests. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/HONGQI ZHANG
Five former employees of the uMngeni licensing office in Howick, near Pietermaritzburg, will have their fate determined by the court on Wednesday when they appear on graft and corruption-related charges.
Dumisani Nkala, Lindiwe Xulu, Meshack Ndlovu, Nkosinathi Zondi and Dumisani Phungula are set to appear in the Durban specialised commercial crimes court, where they will be sentenced for fraud cases after they assisted scores of motor vehicle learner’s licence applicants to pass their tests.
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The National Traffic Police thwarted the alleged hijacking and robbery of a truck loaded with goods worth R12 million in Tshwane.
Traffic officers were conducting overload control on the N1, R21 and N4 freeways on Monday when they spotted a white truck they suspected of being overloaded. The officers stopped the truck that was travelling on the N1 and instructed the driver to proceed to the Donkerhoek weighbridge. However, the driver reacted by jumping off the truck, running over the highway and entering an unknown red vehicle that sped off, Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) spokesperson Simon Zwane said.