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  1. Jan

    NICD and DoH end daily Covid-19 case updates - will resume if something changes

    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...
  2. Jan

    Many private Covid-19 vaccination sites in South Africa are shutting down

    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...
  3. Jan

    List of tech companies in SIU Covid-19 procurement report

    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...
  4. Jan

    Vooma Vaccination Week - cash prizes for jabs

    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...
  5. Jan

    PSA: Vaccine certificate QR code contains easily decoded personal information - don't post it on social media

    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...
  6. Jan

    584,074 vaccine certificates downloaded by Sunday

    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...
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    South Africa's digital vaccine certificate delayed

    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...
  8. Jan

    How South Africa's digital Covid-19 vaccine passport will work

    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...
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    Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize considerings resigning following alleged involvement in tender scandal

    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...
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    Criminals posing as Department of Health employees to rob homes

    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...
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    The HPCSA blatantly refusing to let self -funded South African Doctors which studied abroad Sit for Board exams

    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...
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