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Eastern Cape Health MEC lambasted for ‘slothful’ approach to litigation

Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has been sent packing by Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha) Judge Richard Brooks in a R23m medical negligence...

Dis-Chem appeals excessive pricing conviction and R1.2m fine

Dis-Chem is appealing its excessive-pricing conviction and its R1.2m fine by the Competition Tribunal, arguing that it does not have dominance in the...

Fita appeals COVID-19 health ban on tobacco sales

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has applied for leave to appeal against the ruling by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) that...

SIU move against former head of Gauteng Health over Life Esidimeni fraud

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has pounced on government officials and public representatives who defrauded the government of more than R10.6m...

COVID-19 database: Amendments around privacy

Although the law permits the National Health Department to develop and maintain a national database to assist in combatting the spread of COVID-19,...

African Peer Review report on lockdwon rights’ violations

A new draft report by the African Peer Review Mechanism on governance during COVID-19 assesses the impact of lockdowns and states of disaster or...

Criminalisation raises HIV risk fivefold for MSM living in Africa

Men who have sex with men (MSM) living in sub-Saharan African countries where homosexual activity is severely criminalised are at a nearly five times...

Intended beneficiaries still awaiting silicosis pay-outs

The landmark silicosis settlement reached in 2018 has not brought financial relief for many of its intended beneficiaries, Rapport reports. After 12...

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