Judge Lebogang Modiba was not persuaded by Ndlovu’s claim that the refusal of the stay application would violate his constitutional right of access to the courts
The businessman used just 13% of the millions paid to him by the National Health Laboratory Service to supply PPE — the rest was for himself
The NHLS will collect samples from at least 300 participants and bank them for use in future rapid or serological tests
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the Covid-19 — called 501Y.V2 — had been identified in South Africa. Here’s a look at what we’ve learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country’s second wave of infections
The Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak
Lockdown easing will happen and so will the increase in positive cases. This balancing act will require rapid returns to stringent measures to protect thousands of lives
100 000 tests. 600 000 people screened. And an increase in daily tests to 30 000 — inside what the state is doing with the time the lockdown bought
The disease has a unique trajectory in South Africa, thanks to the rapid move to declare a national disaster and institute a lockdown. But this has only bought time to prepare for the worst
We have to ensure our health system is not completely overrun, warns health minister
SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.
The national health department says provinces have paid up but the head of lab services denies this.
The second industrial action in as many years is likely to stretch into its second week.
The nationwide industrial action is expected to last at least until Friday and could affect patients living with conditions such as cancer and HIV.
Unions say they will not accept anything less than 7.3% wage increases.
Poor patients will be the biggest casualty if the National Health Laboratory Service collapses.
The Gauteng health department says the National Health Laboratory Service will not suspend its services to it despite money being owed.
New management system and text alerts vastly improve services for HIV/Aids patients.
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/ 2 December 2011
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world.
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/ 22 January 2008
Researchers from the University of Cape Town have developed two test HIV vaccines — the first wholly South African-developed products to enter the human clinical-trials phase, the Herald Online reported on Tuesday. The vaccines are just months away from being assessed in human clinical trials, the report said.