{"id":161918,"date":"2020-05-17T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T05:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/despite-14-new-coronavirus-deaths-sas-mortality-rate-well-below-global-average\/"},"modified":"2020-05-17T07:54:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T05:54:22","slug":"despite-14-new-coronavirus-deaths-sas-mortality-rate-well-below-global-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/despite-14-new-coronavirus-deaths-sas-mortality-rate-well-below-global-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite 14 new coronavirus deaths, SA\u2019s mortality rate well below global average"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Durban in the News:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.timeslive.co.za%2fnews%2fsouth-africa%2f2020-05-16-despite-14-new-coronavirus-deaths-sas-mortality-rate-well-below-global-average%2fc=12717067531923735935mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despite 14 new coronavirus deaths, SA\u2019s mortality rate well below global average<\/a>: Another 14 South Africans have died of Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 261, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dispatchlive.co.za%2fnews%2f2020-05-16-eastern-cape-and-western-cape-combined-comprise-91-of-new-sa-cases%2fc=2474543596511576943mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastern Cape and Western Cape combined comprise 91% of new SA cases<\/a>: Another 14 South Africans have died of Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 261, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sabcnews.com%2fsabcnews%2fcorrectional-services-records-10-new-covid-19-cases%2fc=2096112973451919063mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Correctional Services records 10 new COVID-19 cases<\/a>: The Department of Correctional Services says that is has recorded ten new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) at their correctional facilities, bringing the national total number to 388.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dailysun.co.za%2fNews%2fzululand-mayor-pleads-ignorance-20200516c=5666992814438070794mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zululand Mayor pleads ignorance!<\/a>: ZULULAND district municipality mayor Thulasizwe Buthelezi has pleaded ignorance about damning forensic report that directly implicates him in rampant corruption in the northern KZN municipality.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sabcnews.com%2fsabcnews%2f7-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-counterfeit-cigarettes-hair-weaves%2fc=9215716102681337886mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 arrested for illegal possession of counterfeit cigarettes, hair weaves<\/a>: Seven men have been arrested at Hluhluwe in northern KwaZulu Natal for the illegal possession of counterfeit cigarettes and hair weaves.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fnypost.com%2f2020%2f05%2f16%2fa-rhino-poacher-in-africa-reveals-why-he-kills-the-animals%2fc=8437546555983726895mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A rhino poacher in Africa reveals why \u2014 and how \u2014 he kills the animals<\/a>: Since lockdown, six rhino in Botswana have been slaughtered for their horn. Why do the poachers do it? In all the coverage of the rhino disaster \u2014 about the demand from China, the gangs who control \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=786FA7E018184A4CBA5B90ECD7D2D3F2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesouthafrican.com%2fnews%2fanother-kzn-private-hospital-reports-covid-19-outbreak%2fc=13607947072311073846mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another KZN private hospital reports COVID-19 outbreak<\/a>: Another private hospital in Durban was forced to shut down operations after staff members tested positive for COVID-19, reports IOL. Netcare Sunninghill Hospital closed down its main theatre as a \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to submit your News<\/a> \u2013 free.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Have you tried:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/MyZA.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travelling to South Africa<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact:<\/strong> Northern Natal \u2013 This is a huge area, but with the exception of a few major towns, like Ladysmith, Colenso, Dundee, Glencoe, Newcastle and Vryheid, this region contributes little to the industrial and commercial wealth of KwaZulu-Natal. It does, however house several major game-parks and tourist attractions. Steeped in history and the scene of some of the worst battles in South African history, between the Boers and the British and also the Zulus, this area has many museums and sites to visit.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Watch a Video:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban in the News: Despite 14 new coronavirus deaths, SA\u2019s mortality rate well below global average: Another 14 South Africans have died of Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 261, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday night. Eastern Cape and Western Cape combined comprise 91% of new SA cases: Another 14 South Africans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[8275,3335,953],"class_list":{"0":"post-161918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-durban","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-mydurban-co-za","9":"tag-newspaper","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}