South African Official News

Ministry of Health, Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC), UNICEF, and WFP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which reaffirms their commitment that no child in Ethiopia suffers from severe acute malnutrition.Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse stressed the need to invest in prevention and building…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the disciplinary action taken against Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital officials based on findings and recommendations made by the SIU.This comes after the Gauteng Department of Health earlier this week announced that it has suspended six of the nine officials that were sighted in…

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has announced that more than one million ordinary health passports were at the general stores in Windhoek by the end of July and that health facilities should submit their orders.Health Executive Director, Ben Nangombe said the ministry is also procuring additional health passports.Nangombe’s…

A Chinese medical team has provided free medical care for 300 people who are working in the Dukem Industrial Zone in Ethiopia.The Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia organized the provision of medical services where more than 30 doctors and medical professionals treated the 300 workers.The medical team has provided medical services…

Ethiopia and Russia have signed agreement which enables the countries to jointly establish a biological research center.Innovation and Technology Minister Belete Mola and Russia's Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov signed the agreement today.Russian researchers had been conducting biological related researches over the past 35 years in Ethiopia.This agreement…

MEC Nkomo-Ralehoko visits Charlotte Maxeke following Joburg CBD explosionThe Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko will this morning pay a visit to the victims of the Joburg CBD explosion who are currently admitted at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.Following the explosion incident in the Joburg CBD on…

Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, together with Acting Limpopo Premier, Seaparo Sekoati, will on Tuesday, 18 July 2023, preside over the sod-turning ceremony for the first Central Hospital in Limpopo.“This follows a feasibility study conducted and submitted to National Treasury in July 2018, which established a need to develop…

Gauteng Health conducts over 700 surgical marathons on Mandela DayThe Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) will on Nelson Mandela Day embark on massive surgical marathons as part of continuous efforts to address surgery backlogs.Currently, the province has a backlog of over 18 000 patients awaiting surgical procedures. This was reduced…

The Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday handed over multi-media technology equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS).Speaking at the handover ceremony in the capital, MoHSS Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, expressed gratitude on behalf of the ministry.“This momentous occasion marks a significant milestone in…

South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons, his foundation says."He will be returning to the country once his doctors have completed their treatment," its statement said.The announcement comes a day after the Constitutional Court upheld a ruling that Zuma was granted medical parole unlawfully…