By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The Department of Health confirmed that more than 300 medical graduates have been placed at health facilities in the last month. This announcement follows the ongoing concern that the health sector faces immense staff shortage while many medical graduates are left unemployed in the country. Speaking[…]
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in South Africa has climbed to 32 after the death of a woman from Parys in the Free State on Thursday. She’s the second person confirmed dead by the provincial Department of Health. Last month a 33-year-old woman from Vredefort died in Parys[…]
The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) will march to the Gauteng Department of Health on Wednesday morning, protesting against the decision not to renew temporary nursing posts. The Department says it cannot afford to renew all eight-thousand temporary posts created at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The jobs were rolled[…]
LOCAL The National Institute for Communicable Diseases recorded 9,828 new Covid-19 cases in its latest 24-hour report. This represents a 26.6% positivity rate. The majority of new cases were from the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal with 26% each, followed by Gauteng with 17%. The Eastern Cape reported 12% of the[…]
With the festive season around the corner Western Cape residents are urged to get vaccinated. Health officials have indicated that there’s early signs of the start of the fourth wave in the Western Cape. Over 4 million people have been vaccinated in the province. 42% of the total adult population[…]
Phase two of South Africa’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine rollout could begin at the end of April. To date, over a hundred thousand healthcare workers have been vaccinated in phase one of the Johnson& Johnson vaccine drive. Deputy Director General at the Department of Health Doctor Anban Pillay explains that the[…]
South Africa has recorded 2 888 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number to 757 144. In a statement, the Department of Health also reported 123 new COVID-19 related deaths. “Regrettably, 123 more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 35, Free State 31, Gauteng 4, KwaZulu-Natal 3, Limpopo[…]
South Africa has recorded 2 055 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number to 708 359. The Gauteng province accounts for 31% of the total number of cases, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 17.2%. In a statement, the Department of Health also confirmed 85 more deaths. This brings the total number[…]
South Africa has surpassed the 700 000 mark in confirmed COVID-19 cases. The country recorded 2 019 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 700 203. The country also recorded 69 new COVID-19 related deaths, taking the total number of people who succumbed[…]
Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the R125 million tender for the COVID-19 personal protective equipment is the biggest financial scandal his government has faced since he became Premier in 2014. Makhura has placed Health MEC Bandile Masuku on a leave of absence over his alleged involvement in the controversial tender[…]
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