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North West Hospital blasted for placing newborn babies in boxes
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“They have looted all the money for public healthcare and now babies are suffering. Bushy Maape must resign for this,” said Maimane​

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Toddler dies after inverter battery dies

​Government maintains there have been no deaths of patients that can be linked to blackouts. But, now a 3-year-old has died as a direct result of a power outage. She was on oxygen at home, but the inverter failed and the family was unable to keep the oxygen machine on. eNCA's Heidi Giokos joins us with more. #DStv403

Over 400 businesses have been liquidated in South Africa this year so far

Over 400 businesses have liquidated in South Africa so far this 2023.
The latest March 2023 statistics of liquidations provided by Stats SA showed that over the course of the third month of the year, there were 168 liquidations.
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Over 1,900 businesses shut down in South Africa – these sectors were hit the hardest
According to the director and head of the insolvency and Business Rescue Practice group at Werksmans Attorneys, Dr Eric Levenstein, the data from 2022 paints a bleak picture for businesses in 2023, with the year already off to a rocky start for many in the face of extended periods of blackouts due to load shedding.
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