About 70% of the doctors who emigrate are pushed out of the country by excessive taxes, unsatisfactory fringe benefits and poor remuneration
Three cases in Gauteng were imported or import-related from Malawi but the increasing number of locally acquired cases is raising concerns
People without identity documents will have to wait for the government to put in place a proper vaccination system for them
Low uptake anticipated because of festive season, but healthcare workers stand ready
The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the virus
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates
Meeting between scientists of both countries may pave way for removal from red list