As South Africa enters the festive season, more accidents are expected as people travel home at the same time the SANBS has warned there is a shortage of blood. Currently the SANBS is facing a huge blood shortage with less than three days stock of…
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the criminalisation of medical practice does not prevent human error, and that a transparent, fair, and consistently applied process must be used feel either unsafe or that the potential for a possible adverse outcome may constitute an unavoidable…
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…
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) welcomes the appointment of Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi as the new MEC for Health in Gauteng, and that it will provide any support it can to make her tenure successful. Dr Mokgethi was announced as the new MEC after a…
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…
Police foil a diamond outlet robbery, arrest 11 suspects and seize three unlicensed firearms Pretoria: 6 December 2020 - The South African Police Service National Crime Intelligence’s information dispatched to Gauteng Police results in a foiled business robbery in Bryanston and the arrest of 11…
WESTERN CAPE -Terence John Mouton (40) appeared at the George Magistrate Court for sentencing on a charge of theft on Thursday, 03 December 2020. Mouton attached to the TJ Mouton attorneys, received R275 209-99 into his trust account for the purchase of fixed property from…
WESTERN CAPE –The Hawks Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) together with Crime Intelligence and Anti-Gang Unit in Cape Town uncovered a fully operational hydroponic dagga lab in Montague Gardens. The team arrested the two suspects today aged 48 and 41at a premises unit 2, Railway Park,…
MPUMALANGA – Sipho Andrew Philane(58) appeared before the Nelspruit Magistrates for alleged fraud and tax evasion on Friday 4 December 2020. The accused was arrested earlier the same day following a Hawks` Serious Commercial Crime Investigation which revealed that the suspect was a member of…
Pretoria: 06 December 2020 - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has entered into a collective agreement in the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Councils (SSSBC) to restructure the organization in terms of SSSBC Agreement 1 of 2020. The agreement was entered into by SAPS…