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Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku to appear before the Integrity Committee
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku is expected to appear before the ANC’s integrity committee on Monday. It is investigating the…
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Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku and wife take leave of absence over controversial R125m PPE scandal
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku and his wife, Loyiso, have taken leave of absence after being linked to a controversial…
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ANC to give an update on controversial Personal protective equipment tender Scandal
The ANC is expected to report back on the probe into the R125-million PPE tender scandal. Senior officials are linked…
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Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku faces battle to clear his name in R125m PPE tender saga
Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku faces a daunting challenge to convince the Gauteng ANC executive committee that he had…
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EFF wants Health MEC Bandile Masuku to step down over Covid-19 tender’s scandal
The EFF on Tuesday demanded the embattled member of the executive council for health in Gauteng, Bandile Masuku, step down…
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Health MEC Bandile Masuku distances himself from R125m PPE tender allegations
Gauteng Health MEC, Bandile Masuku is distancing himself from corruption allegations related to COVID-19 relief funds. This after a Sunday…
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Fever tents in Gauteng hospitals to help fight COVID-19: Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says fever tents at hospitals are to ensure patients are not turned away. Masuku also…
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Helen Joseph Hospital saw over 700 trauma cases in June, 481 of which were assaults
Gauteng Health MEC Dr. Bandile Masuku has welcomed the decision to ban alcohol and added it will bring much relief…
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Minister Mkhize asks command council to debate surge in alcohol-related trauma cases
The minister noted the increase in the number of alcohol-related trauma cases and its impact on the health system, and…
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We have not dug one million open graves, Gauteng Health clarifies
The Gauteng Department of Health has released a statement clarifying early reports that approximately 1.5-million graves that can be “easily…
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More than 1.5 million gravesites for Covid-19 deaths in Gauteng
As Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Gauteng and the country, a burial site with capacity for 24000 graves is…
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COVID-19 deaths spike: Mass gravesites prepared in Gauteng
More than one million gravesites are being prepped in Pretoria as the province braces for an increase in COVID-19 deaths.…
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Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku states COVID-19 strategy is focused
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has rubbished the assertion that Gauteng has no proper strategy to fight COVID-19. He was…
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Strict lockdown rules on the way for Gauteng and here is what to expect
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has blamed the accelerated spread of COVID-19 in the province on the “blatant disregard” of…
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We have no cash flow problems despite owing service providers R1.2bn: Gauteng Health Department
The Gauteng Health Department has stated that it does not have cash flow problems after admitting to owing service providers…
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Gauteng government considering a ‘harder lockdown’ as COVID-19 cases skyrocket
Gauteng’s MEC for Health, Bandile Masuku, has revealed that his department is weighing-up the possibility of the province moving back…
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4 more violent incidents by mental health patients at Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital
Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto has recorded four more violent incidents by mental health patients since the stabbing to…
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Gauteng to add more beds as COVID-19 cases surge
Gauteng hopes to have 15,000 more beds for COVID-19 patients by the middle of August. Health MEC, Bandile Masuku, says…
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Gauteng malnutrition cases decrease
This is compared to 240 cases reported during the same time last year. There has been a significant reduction in…
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Gauteng health MEC says psychiatric patients responsible for most attacks of healthcare workers
Forty-one staff in Gauteng public hospitals were assaulted last year, the majority by psychiatric patients. This was revealed by Gauteng…
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Gauteng’s COVID-19 battle gets boost from Cuba
After completing their 14-day quarantine, it’s now all hands on deck for the 217 Cuban healthcare workers in South Africa.…
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Lockdown has worked for Gauteng – Premier Makhura
The lockdown has worked for Gauteng and there’s been progress. This is according to Premier David Makhura. Gauteng currently has…
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Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku addresses nurses day event
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku joins nurses at Zone 17 clinic at Sebokng to celebrate International Nurses Day. Throughout the…
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Gauteng Health MEC Masuku visits Lenasia South community during COVID-19 testing drive
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has joined health workers in Lenasia south to test and screen residents for COVID-19. The…
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Transnet hands over PPE worth R5 million to Gauteng health department
Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku has received personal protective equipment (PPE) worth over R5 million from Transnet on Saturday. The…
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Western Cape COVID-19 death toll currently sitting at 15
The Western Cape’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 15. The fatalities are part of the 50 national deaths reported…
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Over 10 000 arrested in Gauteng for breaking lockdown regulations
Over 10, 000 people have been arrested in Gauteng for breaking lockdown regulations. The province has recorded 930 coronavirus cases,…
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Bandile Masuku apologises over Mamelodi hospital reaction
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has apologized for how he responded to overcrowding at the maternity ward at Mamelodi Hospital.…
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Gauteng COVID-19 centre to open next week
The Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg — most famous for hosting the Rand Show — is being repurposed for…
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Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku says Mzansi can overcome this pandemic
Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku remains hopeful the country will overcome the Covid-19 pandemic with limited casualties. We believe we…
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Coronavirus – Some people who were tested in Gauteng, now nowhere to be found
As Gauteng continues to record a high number of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Department of Health is searching for…
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Makhura announces appointment of Coronavirus steering committee
The steering committee will be headed by health MEC Dr. Bandile Masuku who was also been announced as the province’s…
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Shortage of medicine for psychiatric patients in Gauteng
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku this week revealed that over the past year, the province has been experiencing a shortage…
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Gauteng health department to use mediators for lawsuits
The Gauteng health department is dealing with medical negligence lawsuits amounting to some R330-million as well as a backlog with…
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Overcrowding blamed for deaths of 10 babies at Tembisa Hospital
Overcrowding is being blamed for the deaths of ten infants at Tembisa Hospital. Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku, says the…
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Gauteng MEC encourages new moms to breastfeed babies for 6 months
The province recorded 213 babies born at a public hospital on New Year’s day, the first for this decade. Gauteng…
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Moms celebrate a very special Christmas with newborn babies
Several mothers are celebrating a very special Christmas Day with their newborn babies. Boys dominated the birthday race between midnight…
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Tshwane hospitals & clinics affected by floods still operational – Gauteng health MEC
‘The extent of damage has been reported to the district office and the department of infrastructural development to fast-track the…
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Tshwane promises Hammanskraal residents running water
The City of Tshwane is promising Hammanskraal will have water again by Thursday at the latest. Patients have been at…
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3,832 deaths in Gauteng hospitals were largely avoidable, DA claims
Jack Bloom says that despite the high number of serious adverse events, only 77 cases were referred for disciplinary action.…
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Mamelodi Hospital is a death trap: DA
The Democratic Alliance says Mamelodi Hospital in Pretoria is overcrowded, understaffed and under-equipped. DA’s national and Gauteng health spokespeople, Siviwe…
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Two doctors, nurse & a security guard placed on special leave over hospital shackling
A few staff members have been placed on special leave after footage of Marais shackled to a chair trended on…
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Patient’s family to lay charges against Mamelodi Hospital
The family of 76-year-old Martha Marais is laying charges against Mamelodi Hospital. They were horrified to find her handcuffed to…
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Health MEC promises answers on hospital abuse
The Gauteng Health Department is investigating the Mamelodi Hospital after allegations of abuse surfaced. In a video that’s gone viral,…
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