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Cabinet to decide on NHI Bill in January
Cabinet will convene a special meeting in January to discuss the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, according to government sources.
Sibasa Clinic toilets fixed as Vhembe cleaners remain unpaid
LIMPOPO – After weeks of patients and staff having the use of only a single toilet at Sibasa clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, an expose by Health-e News has prompted action by the Department of Health.
Innovating in the fight against trafficking
From the simple use of cellphones, to the galactic potential of satellites, innovators and activists are hot on the tracks of traffickers worldwide.
Equal Education marches to Department of Education
Five years after pledges were made to address sanitation issues in Gauteng schools, still there are schools with more than 51 learners poor toilet, broken toilets, broken taps, toilet doors that don’t lock and schools with more than 400 children per cleaner.
Gauteng food banks remain empty
Amost half-a-million Gauteng beneficiaries reliant on feeding schemes under the suspended provincial food bank programme, having already gone hungry for four months, are now facing a bleak Christmas.
SA sleeping on the most successful HIV weapons
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), taken as a once-daily pill, has been hailed the world over as one of the major HIV prevention interventions in the fight against AIDS. Yet, apart form sex workers, very few South Africans are using PrEP or even know it exists.
HIV: One child infected every two minutes
AIDS kills 76 adolescents around the world every day, and some 360 000 will die by 2030 unless “urgent” action is taken.
Health Ministry attacks NHI critics
The Health Ministry has condemned those who have criticised the speed at which the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is being processed, claiming they want to “delegitimising” the process.
NHI Bill being pushed for elections?
The Presidency and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi seem intent on pushing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill through Parliament before next year’s election despite major unanswered questions.
Litigation is in the air
Mpumalanga’s filthy air is likely to be the subject of court action, as environmental justice groups have grown tired of government giving Eskom’s coal-fired power stations free passes to pollute.
SADMON 5: When social media doesn’t go viral
While Sadmon’s management of the Department of Health’s Twitter account is not disastrous, there is little evidence of the kind of sophisticated social media campaigns one would expect as part of a R352 million contract. The evidence also shows that the Department of Health has not done particularly well on social media when compared to other government departments.
SADMON 4: Autopsy of the Phila campaign
The bill for July 2017 was R17-million but very little was achieved - and the Department of Health shouldered some of the blame as it often was not available to approve Phila activities.
A non-violent society needs non-violent parenting
Children learn violence from a young age, often within their homes, so to create a more peaceful South Africa, experts warn that care-givers must stop spanking kids.
SADMON 3: Red Ribbon or white elephant?
Millions of condoms pile up at the Department of Health's Red Ribbon warehouse as there seems to be no budget to pay couriers.