Digital Vibes, an obscure communications company from KwaZulu-Natal, appointed two close associates of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize as paid consultants after it secured an irregular communications contract from the national Health Department, claims...South Africa
A forensic administration found that executives of the Government Employees Medical Scheme, which is positioning itself to administer the National Health Insurance fund, have engaged in tender rigging, fraud, maladministration and corruption...South Africa
The findings of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe into the procurement of motorcycle ambulances by the Eastern Cape government are “shocking, defamatory, condescending, unlawful and unconstitutional”.
A Daily Dispatch report says this...South Africa
More than half of South Africans probably have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2, with blacks three-to-five times more likely than white people to have antibodies to the virus, found a SA National Blood Service study.
Despite this, "As has...South Africa
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told a parliamentary portfolio that she knew about the SA National Defence Force's purchase of interferon from Cuba but had no idea the drug was not registered with the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority...South Africa
South Africa's vaccine drive started on Wednesday (18 February) with assurances that there are enough vaccines in the pipeline to inoculate the 40m needed to achieve herd immunity, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said, writes MedicalBrief.
On...South Africa
The national Department of Health has issued a statement in which it denied a weekend newspaper report that there was tension between the political principals responsible for South Africa's vaccine rollout plan. "The working relationship between...South Africa
The Public Protector’s office has upheld Wits University’s decision not to readmit four medical students who failed to obtain minimum marks allowing them to progress to the next year of study.
According to an IoL report, the Office of the...South Africa
The ANC’s business wing, the Progressive Business Forum (PBF), is pushing for its members who help fund the party to secure a cut of the contracts for the vaccine supply chain. Business Maverick reports that the PBF met the ANC’s top leadership...South Africa
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) spent more than R73.5m on an investigation into the irregular admission of students at its Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, it has revealed, in compliance with a court order.
News24 reports that the...South Africa
Following media reports that the M5 MediGroup (Traditional Practitioners) had positive results from their own testing of a potential “alternative remedy” for COVID-19, the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) has stressed that all...South Africa
Health officials expect to see a shortfall of 40m doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, a News24 investigations has found.
In an 'exclusive' News24 reports that this is according to estimates prepared for government's recent Cabinet lekgotla which...South Africa
TheMedical Protection Society has urged theSouth African government to introduce COVID-19 disaster legislation to protect healthcare professionals from legal challenge relating to clinical resourcing decisions they may have to make during the...South Africa
Corruption has negatively impacted the ability of countries around the world, including South Africa, to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Transparency International's latest Corruption Index.
South Africa has barely shifted its...South Africa
Some companies with no experience or expertise in COVID-19 sanitation earned millions for just hiring subcontractors to do their work for the Gauteng government's R431m classroom sanitation programme. In one case, two companies that served as...South Africa
A "sombre" President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that the government might not be able to achieve everything it planned due to the pandemic, including its landmark policy to overhaul the crisis-plagued national health system, reports...