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DA demands explanation from Health Minister over ban on hijabs for Muslim nurses

Tembisa Hospital
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Tembisa Hospital: Six out of nine officials implicated in SIU report suspended

Watch Cholera outbreak prompts urgent health warnings video
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WATCH: Cholera outbreak prompts urgent health warnings [VIDEO]

DA
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DA demands explanation from Health Minister over ban on hijabs for Muslim nurses

Tembisa Hospital
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Tembisa Hospital: Six out of nine officials implicated in SIU report suspended

Watch Cholera outbreak prompts urgent health warnings video
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WATCH: Cholera outbreak prompts urgent health warnings [VIDEO]

Christmas babies
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Christmas babies: Western Cape welcomes over 200 new residents

By Samantha Riddle26-12-2021 15:17

The Western Cape Department of Health has warmly welcomed over 200 new baby residents born on Christmas Day.

Covid-19
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COVID-19: No more contact tracing, quarantine for South Africa

By Thabo Baloyi24-12-2021 11:27

A circular by the Department of Health says contacts for COVID-19 don’t have to test , unless they are displaying some symptoms

Vaccine booster shots
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Vaccine booster shots: When we’ll get them & everything you need to know

By Weekend News Producer18-12-2021 09:25

Vaccine booster shots will be rolled out to South Africans in the coming weeks. Here’s what you need to know.

noodles death
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Noodles latest: Children ate ‘deadly’ noodles from TWO brands

By Dan Meyer22-11-2021 13:53

After two sets of children died from eating instant noodles last week, the Health Department has ramped up its investigation.

health
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Department of Health probes assault of medical students in Cuba [WATCH]

By Lyse Comins10-11-2021 06:10

A video of South African medical students being assaulted by men in uniform in Cuba has gone viral on social media.

Teen sentenced to 35 years for
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Teen sentenced to 35 years for murdering sisters in blood pact to win lotto

By Thabo Baloyi29-10-2021 15:39

The sisters were slaughtered minutes after celebrating one of their birthdays – their limbs were found intertwined at a park

Gauteng Health Department
Health and Fitness

Denosa urges healthcare facilities to service back-up generators

By Erene Roux28-10-2021 17:36

Denosa says that it had to represent nurses in cases of negligence where the cause was both load shedding and failure of back-up generators, forcing nurses to use their cellphones in most cases.

Tembisa 10 Piet Rampedi
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Tembisa 10: Health Dept ‘shocked’ by Independent Media’s allegations

By Thabo Baloyi28-10-2021 00:05

The Gauteng government announced it was taking action against Independent Media over wild allegations about the Tembisa 10’s ‘disappearance’

Getting vaccinated without par
Health and Fitness

Getting vaccinated without parental consent is ‘only possible in theory’

By Erene Roux26-10-2021 09:49

It looks like a child will find it ‘effectively impossible’ to try and get the vaccination without parental consent.

Vaccine
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Government: No second jabs and vaccine certificates for foreign nationals

By Siseko Gwegwe19-10-2021 10:55

Foreign nationals need second jabs after their first doses outside Mzansi borders – but SA can’t provide the service, nor vaccine certificates.

Health workers booster
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Health workers to receive additional COVID-19 booster vaccine jabs

By Siseko Gwegwe18-10-2021 12:52

The Department of Health has confirmed talks to rollout additional COVID-19 vaccine booster jabs for South African health workers.

COVID-19
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COVID-19: Johannesburg districts with the most positive cases and deaths

By Siseko Gwegwe07-10-2021 17:10

Gauteng Health has marked COVID-19 cases and deaths per Johannesburg district. Soweto, Dobsonville and Protea Glen lead with 2092 deaths.

SIU Digital Vibes Zweli Mkhize COVID-19 vaccinated
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Digital Vibes: ANC MPs accused of shielding Mkhize from accountability

By Thabo Baloyi02-10-2021 09:05

Parliament’s Health Committee held a sitting to outline a way forward after the release of the Digital Vibes report by the SIU

SIU report zweli mkhize
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SIU report: Here’s how Digital Vibes siphoned R150m of taxpayers’ money

By Gcina Ntsaluba29-09-2021 12:05

The SIU report indicates that Minister Zweli Mkhize and his family benefited from the R150 million contract.

sandile buthelezi digital vibes
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Digital Vibes of corruption: Health Dept suspends Director General over R150m contract

By The South African26-09-2021 18:54

The Health Department has finally acted on the Digital Vibes scandal. After months of allegations, Director General Sandile Buthelezi has been suspended.

covid vaccinations
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COVID-19: Sanlam announces mandatory vaccination for all staff

By Siseko Gwegwe10-09-2021 15:31

South Africa’s giant finance corporation Sanlam has announced that all staff must be vaccinated – with a few exceptions.

HIV
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HIV in South Africa: 4.4 million girls infected, expert explains [watch]

By Siseko Gwegwe10-09-2021 08:45

Parliament’s portfolio committee on basic education has heard disturbing statistics on HIV infection among girls and young women in SA.

Digital Vibes: Dr Nicholas Cri
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Digital Vibes: Dr Nicholas Crisp appointed Health Department acting DG

By Thabo Baloyi03-09-2021 06:46

The Department of Health’s Director-General Dr Sandile Buthelezi has asked to take leave and faces questions over the Digital Vibes saga

Children vaccination
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C.1.2: Vaccines effective against variant, booster shots a possibility in future, says health minister

By Storm Simpson31-08-2021 16:28

Dr Joe Phaahla told parliament that vaccination still offers protection against the C.1.2 variant of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

naledi chirwa EFF Conspiracy birther mmusi maimane
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Digital Vibes: EFF MP GRILLS Health Dept over ‘lack of action’

By Thabo Baloyi25-08-2021 10:12

EFF MP Naledi Chirwa questioned the Department of Health on what action has been taken against officials impicated in the Digital Vibes saga

Senior health official shot
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Manhunt launched: Senior health official shot dead outside Joburg home

By Andrea Chothia23-08-2021 15:59

According to police, a senior official from the Gauteng Health Department was shot multiple times outside her home on Monday morning.

covid-19
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COVID-19 latest: SA reports 6 787 new reported cases, 199 deaths

By Corné van Zyl09-08-2021 19:12

The Health Department has said on Monday that the cumulative number of recoveries now stands at 2 308 054 with a recovery rate of 90.9%.

Omicron variant
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COVID-19 latest: SA reports 10 008 new reported cases, 190 deaths

By Corné van Zyl08-08-2021 19:28

The NICD has said on Sunday a further 190 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 74 813 to date.

Dedanimabhunu Dedani Mkhize Digital Vibes SIU
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Zweli Mkhize’s son hits back at SIU over Digital Vibes report

By Nokwanda Ncwane31-07-2021 10:45

Dedanimabhunu Mkhize has implied that the SIU report on Digital Vibes relies on media reports and not a tested legal process.

Only five EC health workers
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ONLY five EC health workers hospitalised with Covid-19 after the vaccine

By Corné van Zyl18-07-2021 10:15

The Eastern Cape has recorded 98 cases of COVID-19 infections among health workers who have been inoculated since the vaccination programme started.

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