South Africa ends daily Covid-19 case updates
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and National Department of Health will stop publishing daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths in South Africa after Friday.
The NICD is a national public health institute that provides...
South Africa is shutting down many Covid-19 vaccination sites
Many private Covid-19 vaccination sites in South Africa are shutting down because they are no longer financially viable.
At the same time, public sites might also function at a lower capacity as the sector is shifting its attention...
All the tech companies involved in dodgy Covid-19 deals in South Africa
The Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) report regarding the procurement and contracting of goods and services in respect to the National State of disaster and several tech companies are implicated.
The tech companies...
Big vaccination drive in South Africa — with cash prizes up for grabs
The National Department of Health will hold a Vooma Vaccination Week from 3 to 10 December 2021 to ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations before an anticipated fourth wave of infections hits the country.
The Vooma Vaccination Week is...
Warning over vaccine certificate personal information
The QR code on South Africa’s Covid–19 vaccine certificate contains personal information that is easily decoded, and should be treated like any medical record.
People who have been vaccinated in South Africa should therefore not post their...
This is how many vaccine certificates were issued last week
Over half a million digital Covid-19 vaccine certificates were issued in South Africa less than two days after being launched.
This was revealed to MyBroadband by deputy director-general at the National Department of Health, Nicholas...
South Africa's digital vaccine certificate delayed
Last week the National Department of Health announced plans to issue digital vaccination certificates to people who have received COVID-19 jabs.
While the details were sparse, Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla said that the certificates will...
Digital Covid-19 vaccine passport for South Africa — How it will work
The National Department of Health is developing a digital Covid-19 vaccine passport in South Africa, a departmental spokesperson has told MyBroadband.
This comes after the minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele said...
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize considerings resigning following alleged involvement in tender scandal
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is considering resigning over an investigation into a tendering scandal, according to two people familiar with the matter.
President Cyril Ramaphosa...
Criminals posing as Department of Health employees to rob homes
Fidelity Services Group CEO Wahl Bartmann has warned South Africans that criminals are pretending to be representatives from the Department of Health to gain access to their homes.
These criminals, who are dressed in uniforms and...
So over the past few years there have been a huge number of people studying medicine abroad at universities in the UK,Romania, Russia, China etc. These are self funded students which unfortunately are are the victims of the quota system which refuses applicants studying medicine here because...