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The head of Gauteng’s department of health and wellness, Lesiba Arnold Malotana. (Gauteng Department of Health)

Gauteng head of health and wellness suspended

This comes amid the Special Investigating Unit’s crackdown on people linked to corruption at Tembisa Hospital

MK party leader Jacob Zuma (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

MK party denies MPs have to pay R10 000 of their salaries to Zuma’s bank account

Some members, however, contribute in their ‘personal capacities’ and buy the former president cattle as a ‘goodwill’ gesture

The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million PPE contract

Special Tribunal declares PPE contract awarded by Gauteng health department unlawful and invalid

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Back to where it began: The child in the precedent-setting judgment was born with cerebral palsy following
the negligence of maternity staff at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital. Photo: Lesedi Sikwe

Gauteng health department fails to provide bulk of care promised to cerebral palsy patient

In a precedent-setting negligence case brought by a woman on behalf of her cerebral palsy child, a judge in Gauteng allowed the department to offer services in its own facilities…

Tembisa Tertiary Hospital

How ‘corruption mafia’ looted Gauteng hospitals

Ashley Mthunzi, the suspended Tembisa Tertiary Hospital chief executive, signed off on R3-million in purchases that were not vetted

The need to tackle racial inequality in health is worldwide

‘Corruption mafia’ looting Gauteng’s ailing health system

Ashley Mthunzi, the now-suspended Tembisa Hospital chief executive, is allegedly the head of a corrupt supply-chain management clique

Recent reports have exposed child trafficking, neglect and abuse on a shocking  scale inside Ukraine’s own state and state-linked systems.

Teenage pregnancy – which is often child rape – should enrage us

Fixing the system starts at home, where parents and guardians who shield the perpetrators of sexual assault must be held accountable for their complicity

President Cyril Ramaphosa accompanied by his former spokesperson Khusela Diko. (Elmond Jiyane/GCIS)

Wanted: A new spindoctor for Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be looking for someone who can bridge the gap between his office and the media.

Yay for SA’s child health policies

Constitutional Court to rule on leave to appeal in Tembisa Hospital cerebral palsy case

Lawyers representing Tembisa Hospital say there is nothing staff could have done to avoid newborn’s brain damage.

Gauteng premier David Makhura. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Makhura ‘liable’ for R42.8m in PPE corruption

In court papers, former Gauteng health chief financial officer Kabelo Lehloenya shifted blame onto premier David Makhura for his alleged failure to prevent unlawful contracts.

The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million PPE contract

PPE graft involving R332m claims another Gauteng scalp

Gauteng health chief director Thandiwe Pino has been axed for her role in awarding ‘irregular contracts’

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has sought to debunk claims made against it by former Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku, calling his words misleading. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Former GP health MEC Masuku calls disciplinary ‘unfair’

The ANC’s disciplinary hearing against Dr Bandile Masuku has started; however, the matter against Khusela Diko has been shelved after her husband’s death

Khusela Diko, now suspended, earned a cushy salary during her ‘special leave’

The presidency confirms spokesperson Khusela Diko has been suspended; meanwhile, her full salary was paid while she was on ‘special leave’

Former Gauteng premier David Makhura, who runs the ANC political school, said there was a need for the party to both educate its existing members and ensure that those who joined in future were “in good standing in the community”.

Corruption forces health shake-up in Gauteng

Dr Thembi Mokgethi appointed as new health MEC as premier seeks to stop Covid-19 malfeasance

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has sought to debunk claims made against it by former Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku, calling his words misleading. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku’s first rule: Don’t panic

As Gauteng braces for its Covid-19 peak, the province’s MEC for health, Bandile Masuku, is putting his training to the test as he leads efforts to tackle the impending public…

Worldwide, it has been shown that healthcare-user fees dramatically reduce demand for health services ― especially preventive services, because people may not perceive that they need interventions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Crime and medicine: How to keep criminals out of our hospitals

There may be no quick fix to making our hospitals safer, but there may be one simple place to start

Junior doctors lives stand still as they wait to be paid after the human resource staff failed to capture their details to the payroll system on time.

Gauteng health department misses deadline to pay junior doctors

With no money for petrol, many doctors have applied for authorised special leave. But some hospitals have warned there will be consequences.

Misstep: Although matric pupils who did not get the results they wanted can write supplementary exams, there is concern that pupils will be lost to the system after the dates for the exams were changed from March to June. Photo: Madelene Cronjé

Fatal Johannesburg building fire reignites

The building is shared by the departments of health, human settlements and cooperative governance

Old news: The ANC Gauteng Chief Whip and former health MEC Brian Hlongwa says recent headline-grabbing allegations are not new. In fact

Hawks given new instructions in Hlongwa graft allegations

Hlongwa, who is currently the ANC’s chief whip in Gauteng, has allegedly been linked to corruption amounting to R1.2-billion

Former Gauteng health MEC

SIU report a ploy to ’embarrass Gauteng ANC’ — Hlongwa

Hlongwa says a report by the SIU linking him to corruption ​amounting to R1.2-billion, was nothing new and a ploy "to embarrass the Gauteng ANC"