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Health Department confirms one more positive mpox case

admin — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:21:33 +0000

The Department of Health calls for continued public vigilance as the country records one more laboratory-confirmed case. The patient is a 38-year-old man who sought medical intervention at a private medical practice in Cape Town, Western Cape on 4 September 2024 after he experienced typical mpox lesions on the face, trunk, thorax and genitals, and […]

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THE SAPS VACCINATION ROLLOUT PROGRAMME SURPASSES THE 20K MARK WITH THE PRIORITIZATION OF OPERATIONALLY EXPOSED MEMBERS

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:27:25 +0000

Pretoria, 15 July 2021: The South African Police Service (SAPS) Vaccination Drive has surpassed the 20 000 mark with the prioritisation of operationally exposed members, including cleaners and security personnel. With the planned vaccination rollout currently underway since last week, interventions are in progress to ensure the urgent vaccination of those members deployed to quell […]

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SAPS WARNS THE PUBLIC AGAINST PURCHASING FAKE COVID-19 VACCINES

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:14:13 +0000

The South African Police Service is advising members of the public to be wary of unscrupulous persons that are selling vaccines for Covid-19. This warning follows the swift action by the police in November last year which resulted in a raid of a warehouse and the arrest of four people in contravention of Counterfeit Goods […]

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COVID-19 Infection and death statistics Global WHO Situational Reports

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:04:59 +0000

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Epidemiological Update and Weekly Operational Updates are published here: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports The Weekly Epidemiological Update provides an overview of the global, regional and country-level COVID-19 cases and deaths, highlighting key data and trends; as well as other pertinent epidemiological information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update reports on WHO […]

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Tobacco and COVID-19 WHO Statement

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:40:49 +0000

Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean and Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head Secretariat of the WHO FCTC 25 January 2021 2020 will be remembered as the year everything changed due to the COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, 17 countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region moved to ban tobacco use in public […]

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TWO ATP CHALLENGER EVENTS CONFIRMED FOR SOUTH AFRICA IN EARLY 2021

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:29:31 +0000

International men’s tennis returns to South Africa, under strict COVID-19 protocols, with the news that Tennis South Africa (TSA) will be hosting two weeks of back-to-back ATP Challenger events in early 2021. The two ATP Challenger 80 events will take place in a COVID-19 bio-bubble at the tennis complex at North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom – […]

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ILANA KLOSS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS RETURN TO SA IN 2021

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:19:51 +0000

Tennis South Africa (TSA) has confirmed that the Ilana Kloss International – two weeks of back-to-back International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour events for women – will be taking place, under strict COVID-19 protocols, in February 2021. The two $25 000 prize money events, named after well-known former South African No. 1 player and […]

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Doctors Without Borders Calls for Development of a National COVID-19 Rapid Response System

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:05:28 +0000

StaffingWith infection surges in hotspots expected, swift assignment of COVID-19 experienced doctors and nurses is crucial to under-resourced areas After sending a team of health care workers to assist hospitals facing a COVID-19 crisis in Eastern Cape, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is urging the National Department of Health to improve its national emergency response capacity […]

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TENNIS LEGEND AND AUTHOR GORDON FORBES PASSES AWAY

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:37:28 +0000

Pretoria, South Africa, 10 December 2020 – Tennis South Africa, and the wider local and international tennis community, mourns the loss of Gordon Forbes, who passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 86. Forbes was born on a farm near Burgersdorp in the Eastern Cape in 1934 and sadly passed away in Plettenberg Bay […]

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HPCSA will not be conducting offsite registrations for 2020.

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:09:18 +0000

HPCSA will not be conducting offsite registrations for 2020. Alternative arrangements are in place for processing applications for registration during HPCSA peak registration period. MEDICAL INTERNS COMPLETING TRAINING ROTATIONS BY 31 DECEMBER 2020 AND QUALIFY FOR REGISTRATION AS COMMUNITY SERVICE DOCTORS HPCSA has written to Intern Curators to assist with confirming to Council, interns they […]

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SANZAF on the ground in the Eastern Cape as crisis worsens

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:08:00 +0000

On Thursday the 3^rd of December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa tightened COVID-19 rules in the Eastern Cape province where infections are rising the most, curbing movement and gatherings. The Eastern Cape accounts for 53% of new infections and more than half of the total deaths. This second wave of COVID-19 has left the province in […]

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Second special report on financial management of SA government Covid19 released

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:03:07 +0000

Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke today reported significant deficiencies in the procurement and contract management processes of the relief package government redirected in response to the covid-19, but applauded government’s ongoing efforts in fighting the pandemic. Releasing the national audit office’s second real-time audit report on government’s covid-19 expenditure, the AG acknowledged that in response to […]

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TRAVEL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:51:38 +0000

Important factors to consider when travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has made this a difficult period for travellers, both domestically and internationally. As indicated by the World Health Organisation, leading global experts and our own National Department of Health, travel poses specific risks during COVID-19, as infections may be transferred from hotspot […]

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South Africa fears virus comeback as cluster outbreaks flare

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:50:44 +0000

Localised coronavirus outbreaks in parts of South Africa have raised fears that the country could see a resurgence in cases compounded by gatherings during the upcoming festive season. Officials in Africa’s hardest virus-hit country are scrambling to contain infections after a flare-up was reported in the impoverished Eastern Cape province.

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SAMA notes that the South African Government did not pay the COVAX fee

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:48:16 +0000

The COVAX initiative is one of three potential strategies to access vaccines. The South African Medical Association (SAMA) urges the National Department of Health (NDoH) to urgently explore all options to ensure that health care workers and those most at risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 receive these vaccines before the winter season. SAMA is […]

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Essential that all Community Service doctors are placed

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:47:07 +0000

Essential that all Community Services are placed – SAMA All Community Service doctors in South Africa must find placement and the fact that more than 175 have not for 2021 is unacceptable. This is the view of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) which was commenting on numbers provided by the Department of Health in […]

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WITHDRAWAL OF SCREENING BY PORT HEALTH SERVICES AT DOMESTIC DEPARTURE

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:49:04 +0000

Port Health Services has been conducting screening at domestic departures following the reopening of domestic travel at the international airports. Domestic travel resumed when the country entered alert level 3 of the current COVID-19 pandemic. To date the country has entered alert level 1 of the pandemic following the easing of further restrictions. Although the […]

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Firearm licence backlog resulting from Covid-19

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:14:26 +0000

Central Firearm Registry (CFR) is working tirelessly to address firearm licence backlog resulting from Covid-19 Pretoria: 27 August 2020 – The South African Police Service management wants to reassure firearm licence applicants that the CFR is attending to licencing backlogs which resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. Like most businesses in the country, the CFR is […]

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TENNIS SA AND BNP PARIBAS RE-COMMIT TO LOCAL TENNIS DEVELOPMENT BY ADAPTING TO COVID-19 HURDLES

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:58:04 +0000

Tennis SA launches third edition of BNP Paribas Coaches Mentorship Programme Pretoria, South Africa, 08 June 2020 – Tennis South Africa (TSA) and BNP Paribas today announced the continued sponsorship of the third annual BNP Paribas Coaches Mentorship Programme, which aims to widen the diversity of registered tennis coaches in South Africa. The good-news announcement […]

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Update on Positive Cases at Mponeng Mine

admin — Mon, 25 May 2020 06:33:16 +0000

AngloGold Ashanti confirms that, following the detection of its first positive COVID-19 case at its Mponeng Mine last week, a comprehensive screening, contact tracing and testing programme has revealed several cases at the site in Merafong, in Gauteng Province. AngloGold Ashanti conducted 650 tests since last Thursday, including primary contacts and many who wished to […]

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Smithsonian Science Education Center With Support of the World Health Organization Launches New COVID-19 Guide for Youth

admin — Thu, 21 May 2020 12:00:46 +0000

The Smithsonian Science Education Center, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)—a partnership of 140 national academies of science, engineering and medicine—has developed “COVID-19! How can I protect myself and others?,” a new rapid-response guide for youth ages 8–17. The guide, which is based on the UN Sustainable Development […]

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Korrupsie-epidemie in Suid-Afrika moet nou beveg word

admin — Wed, 20 May 2020 10:33:39 +0000

Skokkende bewerings van wydverspreide korrupsie onder die dekmantel van die COVID-19-pandemie kom toenemend onder die aandag van die VF Plus en die party is bekommerd oor die stroping van die rampfonds en die staatskoffers wat in die afsienbare toekoms ŉ groter krisis kan raak as die pandemie self. Hierdie epidemiese korrupsie kan selfs groter skade […]

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VF Plus gaan hof toe om grendelstaat te beëindig

admin — Thu, 14 May 2020 09:55:19 +0000

VF Plus gaan ŉ dringende aansoek na die hooggeregshof bring om die geldigheid van die Nasionale Rampbestuurswet te betwis en om die hof te vra om te bevind dat die regering dié wet misbruik wat daarop neerkom dat die ramptoestand en die gepaardgaande regulasies ongrondwetlik is. Die gewig van algemene belange deur die ontsluiting van […]

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Minister van finansies was volgens hom, self nie daarvan bewus dat ramphulp aan kleiner sake-ondernemings op ‘n rassegrondslag geskied nie

admin — Wed, 06 May 2020 10:35:50 +0000

Die minister van finansies, Tito Mboweni, het vandag tydens ŉ gesamentlike vergadering van die staande en gekose komitees oor finansies erken dat hy nie daarvan bewus was dat ramphulp aan kleiner sake-ondernemings op ŉ rassegrondslag ingevolge Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtigings-voorskrifte (SEB) geskied nie. Hy het onderneem om die aangeleentheid op te neem met die minister van […]

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Verslapping van Covid-19-regulasies tot Vlak Vier

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:08:09 +0000

Verslapping van Covid-19-regulasies tot Vlak Vier skep die indruk dat regering onseker is oor optrede en geen vertroue het in die samewerking van die publiek nie Net soos wat die regering ŉ verantwoordelikheid gehad het om inperkingsregulasies in te stel om die verspreiding van die koronavirus te keer, net so het hy nou die verantwoordelikheid […]

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