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Post-election violence mars otherwise calm poll

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The Ghana Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent president, Nana Akufo-Addo, the winner of the 2020 elections
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Construction sites are a ‘death trap’

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Four children died at Pretoria sites in just two weeks, but companies deny they’re to blame
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Air pollution link in 15% of global Covid-19 deaths

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Researchers have found that, because ambient fine particulate air pollution aggravates comorbidities, it could play a factor in coronavirus fatalities
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‘Jobs vs health’: What will shape public-health policies after Covid-19?

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Comorbidities, particularly noncommunicable diseases have been put into the spotlight during the Covid-19 pandemic. How we approach preventing NCDs in the future will depend on how the effects of the coronavirus are framed
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South African universities record 22 deaths from Covid-19

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A Universities South Africa survey shows that 20 people — 19 staff members and one student — at local universities have died after contracting the coronavirus
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Hard-hit municipalities brace for more deaths

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South Africa’s Covid-19-related deaths have been comparatively lower than the rest of the world. But municipalities are preparing for the worst
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Gauteng responds to grave concern

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The news of Gauteng’s grave site preparations raised alarm about the expected number of Covid-19-related deaths in the province
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Looking after the Covid-19 dead to protect the living

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South Africa has largely escaped the fate of several European countries and the United States, but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare, just in case
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