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AfriForum to serve Health Dept with legal papers over COVID-19 vaccine procurement April 13, 2021
Image: Reuters South Africa has signed agreements for 31 million doses of vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and 20 million from Pfizer Lobby ...group AfriForum says it has instructed its legal team to serve the Department of Health with an application under the Promotion of Access to
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Answers regarding Covid-19 vaccinations demanded – AfriForum April 12, 2021
Organisation says it is very suspicious that South Africans may not know what is stated in confidentiality agreementsof Access to Information Act (PAIA) on the Department of Health. This follows after the Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, admitted on social
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‘Deaf and blind’ to the risks of corruption: High court knocks down Bandile Masuku’s last stand – his lawyers’ interpretation notwithstanding April 12, 2021
‘He took no steps at all to lead and protect his department from stumbling into the predictable chasm,’ court finds.. It found that: “As the political head of the GDoH [Gauteng Department of Health], which had taken on the front-line role of centralised
HIV and cervical cancer: Behind South Africa’s dramatically high numbers April 12, 2021
A recent study published in The Lancet found that women living with HIV made up an astonishing 63.4% of new cervical cancer cases in South ...to the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Policy issued by the national Department of Health in 2017, women older than 30 years of age
Ten years and millions of rand later, state pharmaceutical company exists ‘only in name’ April 12, 2021
Blade Nzimande details the long list of blunders and failures that have led to the venture being a complete non-starterproduce and supply Ketlaphela-branded ARV tablets to the department of health. To incentivise ARV suppliers to collaborate with Ketlaphela
Corpse goes missing at Bara Hospital April 12, 2021
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found maladministration and improper conduct by Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital after it failed to ....” Mkhwebane has directed the acting head of the provincial department of health, Arnold Lesiba Malotana, and hospital CEO Dr Nkele Lesia
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Covid-19 funds used for Sol Plaatje bailout April 12, 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is deeply concerned that Covid-19 funds are being used to bail out Sol Plaatje municipality. This, at a time ...elections? The DA will be submitting written questions to the national minister of health, asking whether he is aware of the Northern Cape
Healthcare workers infected with Covid-19 in the Western Cape continue to drop sharply April 12, 2021
The current number of active cases among healthcare workers is just 16.the rollout of this programme has had to date. The Provincial Department of Health not only attributes this success to the low number of
Unions differ over extended public works project April 12, 2021
THE Gauteng Department of Health Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has reportedly caused tension between labour unions. The ...THE Gauteng Department of Health Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has reportedly caused tension between labour unions. The
High court dismisses Masuku’s application to challenge SIU report April 12, 2021
© Provided by The South African The High Court, Gauteng division has dismissed former Health MEC Bandile Masuku’s application to ...action himself and his failure to act allowed malfeasance in the Department of Health to continue,” said SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago.

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