Officials ignored warning on Limpopo school toilets
LIMPOPO - During their final arguments in their lawsuit against the Department of Education representatives for the Komapes argued that the family deserve to be properly compensated for their loss.
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Not our job to verify deaths says health department
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) says it is not their job to verify 12 more casualties from the Life Esidimeni move, shifting the responsibility onto Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba.
Teen pregnancies down, TB cure up
Teen pregnancies have dropped, while our cure rate for tuberculosis (TB) is the highest in a decade.
Esidimeni ‘disaster’ brings corruption in Gauteng health to light
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has vowed to fight corruption after testimony at the Life
Esidimeni arbitrations further exposed the levels of financial mismanagement in his
government.
Komapes shunned as they hope for #JusticeforMichael
LIMPOPO - Since learning that the Komape family is suing the provincial Department of Education for R3-million, the local community of Chebeng village outside Polokwane has turned against them.
Gauteng Health lied about financial pressures from Treasury
Gauteng Finance MEC Barbara Creecy has annihilated the claims and excuses put forward by the Gauteng Health Department as the reason why they went ahead with the deadly Life Esidimeni move that saw 144 mental patients die.
Threat of antibiotic resistance from Cape Town’s drought
Cape Town’s drought could fuel growing resistance to common antibiotics as more people are expected to become sick when normal hygiene practices are pushed aside in the name of saving water – resulting in more antibiotics being dispensed.
No end in sight for Vhembe’s water woes
LIMPOPO - Despite the Vhembe District Municipality having reached an agreement with the Department of Water and Sanitation to settle their bulk water bill which now sits at R 300-million, the rural municipality is facing various additional problems.
Abortion: the legal service mostly illegally performed
Healthworkers who refuse to help women who want abortions are driving them into the arms of illegal abortionists who perform over half of the country’s procedures. But activists believe it is time to stop stigmatizing this legal service.
Listeriosis death toll rises
The national death toll from South Africa, and the world’s, worst recorded outbreak of listeriosis has risen to 82, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed on Wednesday.
‘I do not carry personal blame’- Qedani
Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has told the Life Esidimini arbitration hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg that there was nothing wrong her going on political campaigns while the marathon project that resulted in patients dying was underway.
New medicine dispensing model a hit in Mpumalanga
The new, recently introduced Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme for patients on antiretrovirals and other chronic medication has already proven to be a major benefit.
Township wait 20 years for a new hospital
Despite plans for the building of Daveyton Hospital having been approved in 2006, 11 years have passed and it has yet to become a reality.
Life Esidimeni families ‘angry’ as Mahlangu takes the stand
The first day of former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu’s testimony at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings has left families disgruntled, angry and with more questions than answers.
Tackling rape culture in schools
How do we create a generation of young women who know their rights and young men who are less likely than their fathers to raise their fists? The Department of Basic Education believes we can learn from Sweden, and improve sexuality education in schools to teach learners about gender inequality, power, violence, and rape culture.