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Gauteng Health Department appeals court ruling on cancer treatment backlog
Gauteng Health Department appeals court ruling on cancer treatment backlog! The Gauteng Department of Health is seeking to overturn a…
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Newborn with birth defect left in filth at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
A mother’s worst nightmare became a reality at Steve Biko Academic Hospital when she found her two-week-old baby covered in…
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GHD: Steam boiler repairs at Steve Biko Hospital to be completed soon
The Gauteng Health Department said it expected the repairs on the steam-generating boiler at Steve Biko Academic Hospital to be…
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Patient dies after jumping from 6th floor window at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria said a male patient has died after he jumped from the window of…
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GP Health MEC concerned over number of fires at health care facilities
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi says while a police investigation into Monday morning’s fire at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital…
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Fire extinguished at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
A fire has been extinguished at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria. The blaze broke out in the early hours…
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Steve Biko hospital nurses demand better working conditions & more staff
Nurses and workers affiliated to the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union marched to the national Department of Health and Treasury’s…
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Steve Biko hospital ICU and operating theatres hit by power outages
One week after Steve Biko Academic Hospital was plunged into darkness twice in one day, answers to the outages remain…
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‘Tembisa 10’ mom gave birth to 10 babies – Investigation reveals
An investigative report released on Wednesday by Independent Media during a press conference revealed the decuplets were born. The media…
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Thousands await critical surgery at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
The backlog for patients awaiting surgery at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria has ballooned to more than 2…
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University of CT vice-chancellor apologises to LGBTQIA community over intersex lecture
University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has apologized to the LGBTQIA+ community after the university hosted a…
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Gospel singer Fifi Mabuza has died
Lead singer of SA’s celebrated and renowned a cappella group Masibuyele kuJehova, Fifi Mabuza, has died. She was 63. Her…
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More details about Tembisa 10 mom, Gosiame Sithole emerge – Her real age revealed
A report from the Sunday Times has revealed further details about the increasing implausibility that a woman from Tembisa ever…
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Tembisa 10 mom Gosiame Sithole seen n@ked – She was pregnant and gave birth to 10 babies, says Rampedi
After a lengthy article about him defending the sensationalized reporting of the so-called “Tembisa 10” story, Pretoria News editor Piet…
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Tembisa 10: Government sues over embarrassing story
The Gauteng provincial government has instructed the state’s lawyers to take legal action against Pretoria News editor Piet Rampedi and…
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Tembisa 10: Health Department sets the record straight on the 10 babies
The national Department of Health has maintained that there is no record of the delivery of decuplets in Gauteng and…
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Tembisa 10 mom’s lawyer sues government as case takes new twist
Gosiame Sithole will apply for an urgent court interdict to force the Gauteng Department of Social Development to release her…
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GP sees significant rise in COVID hospitalisations and new infections
As coronavirus infections continue to surge, The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has said that hospitals in Gauteng were…
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MEC Mamabolo visits Moloto road crash survivors
Three separate investigations will be held into Friday’s Moloto Road bus fire. It left six people dead. Gauteng Transport MEC,…
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More vaccination sites open across the country
The vaccination roll-out programme is picking up pace as the national and Gauteng health departments add more hospitals to the…
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Family sues Steve Biko hospital for negligence over bedsore
The family of an Eersterust woman have taken legal action against Steve Biko academic hospital after their mother was allegedly…
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Gauteng finishes 16 000 vaccine batch ahead of schedule
Over 16,000 healthcare workers in Gauteng have received the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine. In a statement, the provincial…
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Healthcare workers flood Steve Biko hospital
Gauteng Health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi has reassured healthcare workers in the province none of them will be excluded from…
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Health Dept in Gauteng assures healthcare workers no one will be denied vaccine
The Gauteng Health Department has assured healthcare workers that no one will be refused COVID-19 jabs. On Sunday, there was…
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Minister Mkhize welcomes staff boost for overwhelmed Steve Biko hospital
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has welcomed the news that a new batch of medical staff has been deployed to the…
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Health workers have gained crucial experience in fight against COVID-19, says Dr Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday said that health workers had gained crucial experience and confidence in the fight against…
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There’s an easing of COVID-19 cases at Steve Biko Hospital, says Dr Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mhize said there had been a slight easing of COVID-19 numbers at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital…
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Medical professor slams mischief makers over fake Steve Biko hospital message
A medical professor whose personal appeal to his family messaging group in March 2020 has been doctored and is being…
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David Makhura visits Steve Biko Hospital after facility’s chaotic scenes unfold on social media
Gauteng Premier David Makhura was on Monday scheduled to visit the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane which is battling…
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Steve Biko hospital battling massive influx of Covid-19 patients – Video
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria has been battling an influx of Covid-19 patients over the past few weeks,…
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Steve Biko hospital battling with increasing number of COVID-19 patients
Pretoria’s Steve Biko Academic hospital is battling an ever-increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Photos and video footage of patients at…
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Actress Thandeka Mdeliswa’s murder case back in court this week
Siyabonga Mbatha, the man accused of murdering iKani actress Thandeka Mdeliswa, is set to appear in court again later this…
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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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List of hospitals designated to treat Coronavirus patients in SA
The virus was identified in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December and is spreading throughout the world. Health…
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Anti-corruption unit arrests its training instructor for alleged drunk driving
The anti-corruption unit was alerted by concerned members of the public who saw the instructor allegedly drinking at a liquor…
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