Netstar to keep Comrades Marathon runners, thousands of spectators on track with real-time route monitoring

Netstar to keep Comrades Marathon runners, thousands of spectators on track with real-time route monitoring

Keeping everyone on track. Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron and a company which positions itself as South Africa’s leading vehicle tracking and telematics provider, has announced a partnership with the Comrades Marathon. Under the campaign banner, Keeping Everyone on Track, Netstar will deploy its real-time traffic monitoring technology across the full route, giving organisers and marshals…

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Africa: WHO Says Hantavirus Ship Operation Completed, Monitoring to Continue

Africa: WHO Says Hantavirus Ship Operation Completed, Monitoring to Continue

A complex international operation to disembark and repatriate passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius has concluded in Tenerife, with the World Health Organization (WHO) praising Spain’s leadership while warning that global coordination must continue in the weeks ahead. Almost 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries had been stranded aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship for…

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Netcare turns to wearables for 24/7 hospital patient monitoring

Netcare turns to wearables for 24/7 hospital patient monitoring

Netcare CEO Dr Richard Friedland JSE-listed private healthcare group Netcare has partnered with Dutch medical technology company Corsano Health to bring full-time diagnostics through wearable devices to its hospitals and clinics in South Africa. Netcare CEO Dr Richard Friedland said the partnership will allow for continuous patient monitoring and offer “numerous benefits” to Netcare’s staff…

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Russia monitoring Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia monitoring Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow is closely monitoring the West’s supply of weapons to Ukraine, the Kremlin’s spokesperson says shortly after United States President Donald Trump announced the resumption of arms deliveries to Kyiv. Dmitry Peskov also noted on Wednesday that a new phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not currently planned but could quickly…

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