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Massive raid part of asset recovery in Tembisa Hospital tender fraud
The Special Investigating Unit has seized luxury vehicles and artworks worth millions from businessman Hangwani Maumela’s Joburg mansion as part of an R820 million asset recovery
Floyd Shivambu appointed MK party secretary general
The party’s president, Jacob Zuma, said he had ‘full confidence’ in Shivambu
The heartbreaking journeys of Life Esidimeni families
Extracts from Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost
Remembering the Life Esidimeni tragedy
Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide
Inquest finds former health MEC Mahlangu caused Life Esidimeni deaths
The death of 141 mental health patients occurred when they were moved to unlicensed, ill-equipped NGOs This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…
Rise of fake doctors on social media ‘puts lives at risk’
The South African Medical Association says bogus medical practitioners operating online undermines the profession
Nehawu strike could have resulted in four deaths, says health minister
Joe Phaahla said no one needing emergency care should be turned away from health facilities, as had happened during the strike
Plea to repair and reopen Johannesburg’s iconic Charlotte Maxeke hospital now
If the government is unwilling to ensure our patients’ basic constitutional right to access healthcare, it is time to investigate a private-public partnership to repair our…
Treatment Action Campaign demands Makhura fix Gauteng’s health system ‘mess’ now
The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.
Life Esidimeni inquest postponed until August 30
The lawyer for the bereaved families argued that Dr Makgabo Manamela’s requests for postponements have a negative impact on the families of the deceased who seek closure
Joburg’s homeless people miss out on jabs
Gauteng has ‘no plan’ to vaccinate its 10 000 displaced persons
We had no control over rushed and haphazard transfer of Life Esidimeni patients, former director tells inquest
Worried and distraught patients were deeply shaken by the decision to move them to other facilities
Hawks swoop down with more arrests in R1.4-billion corruption blitz
The spate of arrests for corruption continues apace in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.
Health workers fight without fuel
Community health workers are at the frontline of the fight against Covid-19 in Gauteng, but many have not been paid for months. Sarah Smit and Paul Botes talked to workers who…
Gauteng responds to grave concern
The news of Gauteng’s grave site preparations raised alarm about the expected number of Covid-19-related deaths in the province