·7 Sep 2025
Stats SA has published the latest cause of death data for South Africa, showing that diabetes and heart disease are the biggest killers in the country.
The data, which reflects the reported and assessed causes of death for 2022, represents the tail-end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As such, the impact of Covid-19 is less pronounced in the data, particularly when compared to the 2020 and 2021’s data where the virus accounted for up 15% of recorded deaths.
Taking wider view of the trend, 2022 represented a ‘normalisation’ of deaths…
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\”Reeeelly??\” says Van.
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He starts steering towards the pedestrian, grinning from ear-to-ear, then at the last second he swerves back onto the road. But he hears a terrific \’thud\’, and he glances left to see Van closing the door.
\”What the hell, man!\’ he shouts.
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