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 Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak
The National Health Laboratory Services finally admitted to a bottleneck last week, after denying there were any issues since April. According to the service, the backlog of 80 000 tests started in the first week of May
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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.
The Gauteng health department says the National Health Laboratory Service will not suspend its services to it despite money being owed.
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/ 2 December 2011
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world.