South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 15, 2022

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Banyana Banyana vs Tunisia, Cape Town, baby socks, Union Buildings in Pretoria (file photo).
15 July 2022
allAfrica.com
By Esther Rose

Cape Town —  

Update as at 16h30 SAST

Banyana Banyana Through to WAFCON Semis!

A 1-0 win over Tunisia in Rabat, Morocco yesterday has given Banyana Banyana a place in the semi-final at WAFCON and a ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Coach Desiree Ellis's side will meet Zambia in the semi-final match in Casablanca on July 18, 2022.

Cape Town Steps Up Plan to Break Free From Eskom and Load Shedding

Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis is going ahead with his election campaign mandate to be the first South African city to buy electricity from Independent Power Producers (IPP). South Africa has been hard hit by load shedding for decades and this past month has seen an escalation in the load shedding schedule. According to News24, the city intends purchasing solar panel-generated electricity from businesses and households around Cape Town, which it will deliver back into the grid.

Large Numbers of Newborn Babies Suffer Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

A large study led by experts, focusing on newborn babies with clinically diagnosed sepsis has revealed the impact of antibiotic resistance on neonatal sepsis, a major cause of death in newborn babies.  The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership released their second wave of findings - funded by the Gates Foundation. The findings which was shared at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, involved the study of 3,200 newborn babies with neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening bloodstream infection that affects up to 3 million babies a year. A high prevalence of infections in babies, caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria has also been found in South African hospitals - largely in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.

If You're Not a Politician You're Probably Carrying More of The Load Shedding Burden

Pretoria authorities have admitted that the Bryntirion Estate, which accommodates official residences of the president, Cabinet ministers and other State VIPs, are benefiting from regulations that exempt the Union Buildings from load shedding. The Democratic Alliance said it was "scandalous" that the Bryntirion Estate was exempt from load shedding, while hospitals were not, News24 reports. Load shedding has been at its worst in 2022, with the impact being felt across communities and small businesses.

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