Nehawu marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday 3 September to hand over a list of demands for healthcare workers.
at Springs train station, the Phelophepa train will be administering health services to people who struggle to gain access to clinics.
The SIU’s special tribunal granted an order to freeze R38.7 million in the bank accounts of 40 companies linked to PPE tender irregularities.
Acting MEC for Health in Gauteng Jacob Mamabolo has assured COVID-19 contract nurses that they will be paid their outstanding salaries.
In a statement, the premier’s office said, as a matter of principle, it was agreed upon that Makhura’s wife and children would not be doing any business with government.
While Madzikane ll Thandisizwe Diko has denied receiving a cent from the Gauteng Health department over the PPE contract, recent media reports seem to suggest otherwise
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said he is disappointed over allegations that Health MEC Bandile Masuku could have influenced the awarding of a lucrative tender to prove PPEs
Khusela Diko and husband King Madzikane II Diko said the decision to get into business with the health department was an error of judgement.
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has been implicated in a PPE tender scandal that will be investigated by the SIU.
Masuku said the process of awarding contracts within the department rests entirely with the Supply Chain Management function in Finance
Two hospitals in Gauteng have been accused of negligence.
Gauteng is reportedly looking to introduce a different type of hard lockdown that what was experienced in the rest of the country.
Gauteng needs to have created bed capacity of close to 10 000 by the time peak COVID-19 hospitalisation demand hits.
Liquor sales could soon be prohibited again in Gauteng if evidence points to alcohol as the cause in the spike in trauma cases.
The Gauteng health department has established response teams who will follow up newly-identified cases in healthcare establishments and communities.
MEC for Health in Gauteng, Bandile Masuku, has noted, with serious concern, the problems with government’s payment systems.
Gauteng has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa.
The Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg is being considered as a potential quarantine site. It has the capacity for more than 100 000 people.
Provincial government has warned that if violence against health workers continues, they will have to withdraw their efforts.
The Katlehong community tipped the health department off about a church that failed to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures.
The Grayston Preparatory School in Johannesburg closed its doors on Monday after a teacher was suspected of having the coronavirus.
The tool kit can provide early diagnosis and the University of Johannesburg say it will assist with under-staffed Gauteng hospitals.
Footage of the inhumane treatment of 76-year-old Martha Marais at Mamelodi Hospital went viral in 2019.
DA states that R439 million had to be returned to the National Treasury.
Some nurses from the national government training programme have allegedly not been receiving a salary for the last six months.