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Man arrested in connection with kidnapping & rape of 2 nurses at Limpopo clinic
Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has announced that a 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and rape…
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Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba sends condolences to families of bus crash victims
Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has expressed condolences to the families of 10 Zimbabwean nationals who were killed in a…
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Phophi Ramathuba elected Limpopo’s first female premier
Outgoing Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba is set to be sworn in as the province’s first female premier. The African…
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ANC’s Phophi Ramathuba set to be sworn in as Limpopo’s first female premier
Outgoing Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba is set to be sworn in as the province’s first female premier. The African…
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2024 elections: ANC reveals Limpopo premier candidates
The ANC had an impressive showing in Limpopo, garnering 74 percent of the vote. It’s now begun its search for…
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Botswana thanks South Africa for ensuring the safety of sole bus survivor
Botswana’s High Commissioner to South Africa Sanji Monageng has thanked Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba for ensuring the safety of…
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Repatriation of 45 Limpopo bus crash victims will give Botswana closure, says Ramathuba
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said the repatriation of the 45 victims of a bus crash from the province will…
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Update: Sole survivor of Limpopo bus crash recovering, set to be discharged soon
Health officials assessed the aftermath of the fatal bus accident near Mokopane, Limpopo, prioritizing support for families and monitoring identification…
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Process of identifying 45 victims of Limpopo bus crash to begin soon, says Health Dept
The Department of Health says the process of identifying and repatriating bodies from the deadly Limpopo bus crash is set…
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Health Minister heads to Limpopo after 45 people die in bus accident
Health Minister Joe Phaahla is expected to descend on Limpopo following the tragic bus accident that left 45 people dead.…
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Postmortems on the 45 Limpopo crash victims to start Tuesday
Limpopo Health MEC Doctor Phophi Ramathuba has confirmed that pathologists will on Tuesday start to conduct postmortems on the bodies…
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Limpopo family claims hospital negligence led to death of loved one
A family in Modimolle in the Waterberg region of Limpopo has accused the FH Odendaal Hospital of neglecting and refusing…
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Limpopo Health MEC criticises African leaders who seek healthcare abroad
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba is slamming African leaders who go abroad to seek healthcare. She is challenging them to…
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Cholera case in Limpopo linked to Zimbabwe
Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba says the cholera case recorded in the province, is not as a result of…
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Spike in Limpopo malaria cases
Limpopo health authorities are on high alert after an unusual spike in malaria cases. Over 1,400 cases have been reported…
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Power crisis: Limpopo hospitals turn to generators
With no end in sight for power cuts, the Limpopo health department is beefing up its backup generators for healthcare…
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Nehawu blasts Phophi Ramathuba after video shows her scolding clinic bosses
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) in Limpopo have called out the province’s Health MEC Dr Phophi…
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Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba cracks the whip
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba is not backing down following another controversial video that has set tongues wagging. In a…
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Concerns over teen pregnancies
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says society and communities should do more to protect and support young women. She says…
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Limpopo woman gives birth in a car
Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has called on heavily pregnant women to seek help timeously when they are due…
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Unhealthy Zimbabwe health sector pressures South Africa
Health workers and activists in Zimbabwe agree with Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba. They say the unhealthy sector in their…
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Gayton McKenzie reaffirms stance on immigrants
Gayton McKenzie says he won’t hesitate to switch off a foreign national’s oxygen to save a South African. His comments…
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Gayton McKenzie should face sanctions for migrants remarks, says Progressive Health Forum
The Progressive Health Forum has called for criminal sanctions against Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie. The call comes on the…
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Gayton Mackenzie launches attack on illegal migrants
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton Mackenzie has launched a vitriolic attack against foreigners who are in the country illegally, saying he…
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Dr Phophi Ramathuba: Calls for my resignation are from people who don’t use public health
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said calls for her resignation come from the middle class who do not use public…
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Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba justifies payment comments to patient
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said that her instruction for a foreign national patient to pay for elective surgery at…
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Health Department investigates Dr Phophi Ramathuba over comments to a foreign patient
The National Health Department is probing a provincial MEC over comments made to a foreign national undergoing treatment at a…
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Deputy Health Minister says Limpopo MEC Phophi Ramathuba is not xenophobic
The Health Department does not believe it’s Limpopo MEC Phophi Ramathuba is xenophobic. It comes as a video of her…
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Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba responds after viral clip
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has responded to outrage over her treatment of a patient in a public hospital. SA’s…
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Limpopo Health MEC speaks on reports woman was denied access to clinic
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says she’s unhappy about reports of a critically ill woman being denied access to a…
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Conjoined twins born in Limpopo, Health Dept confirms
A set of conjoined twins were born at Jane Furse Hospital on Thursday, said the Limpopo Department of Health. A…
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R14 billion in medical negligence claims in Limpopo
Limpopo Health faces medical negligence claims to the value of R14-billion. The Vhembe district has the highest number of claims…
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South Africa minister Phophi Ramathuba tells schoolgirls to open books and close legs
A regional health minister has come under fire in South Africa for telling schoolgirls to “open your books and close…
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Limpopo to set pop-up vaccination sites at roadblocks
The Limpopo government will launch pop-up vaccination sites at roadblocks to enhance vaccinations. The province’s health MEC Dr. Phophi Ramathuba…
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SA COVID-19: 70% of Limpopo senior citizens vaccinated
Limpopo has fully vaccinated about 70 percent of its senior citizen population. Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says this is…
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Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba – No Vaccination, No Alcohol
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba wants liquor outlets and tavern owners to stop selling alcohol to customers who have not…
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Health MEC urges no vaccination, no booze
Limpopo MEC for health Phophi Ramathuba is planning to embark on a campaign to plead with liquor outlet owners to…
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COVID-19: Limpopo administers one million jabs
Limpopo has achieved one million COVID-19 vaccinations. The province has the largest percentage of adults inoculated so far. Limpopo Health…
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Third-wave: Limpopo hospitals discharge other patients to make space for COVID-19 patients
As Gauteng races against time to flatten the curve, the rapid rise of COVID-19 infections is now spilling over into…
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Limpopo making strides in COVID-19 vaccine drive
Limpopo is leading in the registration of senior citizens for COVID-19 vaccinations. That’s compared with Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape…
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Police officers go beyond call of duty
The issue of clinics being operational for 24 hours is in the spotlight after a Limpopo woman gave birth in…
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Limpopo’s COVID-19 fight hampered by lack of ambulances
Limpopo provincial health has a total of 280 ambulances but of the total, 80% of them have recorded more than…
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Limpopo Health MEC Ramathuba praises hospital staff for putting out deadly fire
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has praised staff at Modimolle’s FH Odendaal Hospital after they helped put out a fire…
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Fire breaks out at Limpopo hospital
A fire has broken out at the FH Odendaal Hospital in Limpopo. The blaze apparently started in the COVID-19 ward.…
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COVID-19: Limpopo to assist elderly people register for vaccine
The Limpopo Health Department says it’s put measures in place to help elderly people unable to register online. The province…
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COVID-19 vaccine: Limpopo healthcare workers frustrated with online system
Some Limpopo healthcare workers are getting frustrated with the Electronic Vaccination Data System. They say the platform is glitchy and…
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Health research councils warn of bogus Covid-19 researchers
The Limpopo provincial health department, Human science research council (HSRC) and the South African medical research council (SAMRC) have warned…
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Healthcare facilities running short of children’s vaccines in Limpopo
Hundreds of thousands of children in Limpopo are at risk as the province’s healthcare facilities continue to experience a severe…
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Limpopo MEC slams accusations of bed shortages in the province
Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has slammed accusations that there is a shortage of beds in hospitals around the…
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Pregnant woman among 3 killed in Giyani taxi and ambulance crash
A crash between a minibus taxi and an ambulance has claimed three lives and four people were critically injured on…
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