Phophi Ramathuba
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South Africa News
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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Accidents
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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Suspect arrested after allegedly stabbing psychiatric patient to death in Limpopo hospital
The DA has called on the Limpopo health department to prioritize patient safety at the province’s facilities after a 77-year-old…
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Army stepping up the fight against illegal crossings from Zimbabwe
Security measures at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe are being upped as the festive season comes…
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COVID-19: Christmas gatherings blamed for Limpopo infections spike
The Limpopo health system is starting to feel the consequences of the Christmas gatherings according to the province’s Health MEC…
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Paramedic heavily beaten by motorist
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has condemned the attack on a paramedic. Sidwell Maluleke (41) was allegedly moered and…
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Nehawu and DA call for Stan Mathabatha to suspend MEC Ramathuba
The DA called on Mathabatha to request the SIU investigate all Limpopo health department tender contracts, and to put Ramathuba…
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Limpopo MEC tests positive for Covid-19
A Limpopo MEC has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This was announced by Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha in a…
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DA wants to know why ANC thinks it’s OK to call Covid-19 screeners as cadres
Trained community healthcare workers and volunteers carrying out screening are being referred to as though they’re ANC members. The Democratic…
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Prophet jailed for telling congregants to ignore President Ramaphosa’s lockdown
A self-proclaimed prophet has been arrested in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, for allegedly denouncing the national lockdown. The video of a self-proclaimed…
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COVID-19: More medical personnel wanted in Limpopo
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says she is concerned the province doesn’t have enough resources to combat COVID-19. The province…
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