Health

[ad_1] The company used Mkhize’s personal assistant, Tahera Mather, as well as another close associate, Naadhira Mitha, as paid consultants. Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Health Department suspended the controversial contracts awarded to the associates of Minister Zweli Mkhize. Last month, the …

[ad_1] Some 400 vials, equivalent to about 2,400 doses, containing the fake vaccine were found in a warehouse in Germiston, Gauteng, where officers also recovered a large quantity of fake 3M masks and arrested three Chinese citizens and one Zambian citizen. (Photo: Interpol) Police have warned the public not to …

[ad_1] City Press | 07 March 2021 NEWS Why does Cele want Sitole to be eliminated? As the national police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, seems increasingly likely to lose his post, City Press has established that the chief police officer allegedly met with President Cyril Ramaphosa recently in a last-ditch …

[ad_1] Illustrative image | Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, Tahera Mather (left), Naadhira Mitha (black top, glasses) on March 26, 2019 (Photo: Facebook) | Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize. (Photo: Gallo Images / Darren Stewart) | (Photo: Adobe Stock) The Health Department has suspended a questionable Covid-19 communications contract while a …

[ad_1] Siviwe Gwarube, the district attorney, said there was obviously a lot of confusion between the differentiation of the trial, the actual launch of the vaccine, and the various phases of that launch. “I think maybe instead of hitting each other, as members, I think it’s an opportunity for the …

[ad_1] Dr. Bradley Naidoo was part of the team that treated South Africa’s first Covid-19 patient. (Kaveel Singh, screenshot) A KwaZulu-Natal doctor who was part of the team that admitted and treated the country’s first Covid-19 patient has recalled his experience. He said there was a lot of uncertainty a …

[ad_1] Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. An unsuspecting MEC of Health in the Eastern Cape, Sindiswa Gomba, says she will not be found guilty of any crime in her court case. This comes as the Hawks said the case was heading to Superior Court due to strong evidence and …

[ad_1] A genomics team led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) found that people who have been infected with this variant have some level of protection against reinfection. This undated brochure image, courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency, shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. …

[ad_1] Scientists in South Africa have discovered the variant. Gallo Images / Brenton Geach The 501Y.V2 Covid-19 variant is capable of generating immune responses that neutralize itself and other lineages. Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande says this means that vaccines can now be developed that address the …

[ad_1] A group of students have had their enrollment certificate withheld. More than 70 Butterworth Revival Christian School students have been denied enrollment certificates as the Provincial Examination Irregularities Committee investigates allegations of exam fraud. Some students described how they found comfort in alcohol, while others cried themselves to sleep …