The National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise believes that AfriForum’s decision to privately prosecute her for animal cruelty is to advance the narrative of the failure of black farmers. The lobby group and the SPCA announced on Thursday it would pursue the case. Modise believes that AfriForum is targeting her to show that black..
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Poor little Thandi Modise states that ‘Black Farmers Do Better Than White Farmers In South Africa”, but your farm failed (photo’s)
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This very popular birth control shot is out of stock for the second year running. Read why
Well well, ‘Captain Hat’ Bheki Cele expected to clear the air about rumoured SAPS strike, O REALLY!
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After recent murmurs of a planned SAPS strike, Police Minister Bheki Cele noted that he, alongside national commissioner general Khehla Sitole, would address the media on this issue on Thursday, 14 March, at the Gauteng SAPS Provincial headquarters, in Parktown. Is the SAPS strike legitimate? As reported by The Mercury, the rumours surfaced on social..
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It is definitely a FACT that fires are deliberately created by humans to destroy our beautiful country
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A man was arrested and charged with arson on Sunday, after Auxiliary Law Enforcement officers found him setting fire to the mountain side. The Auxiliary Law Enforcement officers were responding to a call for assistance from the City Bowl Armed Response on the local Neighbourhood Watch community radio. A caller reported that a “riotous male”..
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Ill baby denied healthcare at state hospitals, as a result of very arrogant medical employees the infant died – death could have been prevented if medical team chose to do their job properly
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A Pietermaritzburg woman’s impassioned plea for nurses at two city hospitals to help her very ill infant fell on deaf ears and hours later the five-month-old baby died.
After his mother was turned away from two state hospitals — Grey’s and Northdale — baby Brody Lee Bezuidenhout could not hold on any longer and died.
The grieving family told The Witness on Monday that had he been attended to urgently they believe Brody Lee would still be alive today.
The five-month-old baby died at Edendale Hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning after his family were allegedly earlier turned away by nurses at Grey’s and Northdale Hospitals.
A series of tests later revealed that baby Brody Lee had contracted bacterial meningitis. His bereaved aunt, Janine Kemp, said the infant woke up crying on Saturday night. The mother noticed that the baby was running a very high fever and could not calm down.
When he continued to cry, they knew something was wrong and
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The Police bust SAA pilot who was fired for flying with fake licence for 20 years
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A senior SAA pilot, who had been asked to resign earlier this year after it was found that he had flown commercial airplanes for more than 20 years with a fake licence, has been taken into custody, police have said. Police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo said William Chandler appeared in Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on..
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More ‘money wasted’ and there are lots of concerns over incomplete Free State drug treatment centre
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The Portfolio Committee on Social Development wants to have a meeting with the National Treasury and the Department of Public Works as to why a drug treatment centre in the Free State has not been completed.
In a statement the committee said the facility has been under construction for three years without any progress. This was despite funds having been allocated and made available to the province annually, as a conditional grant.
“This delay impacts negatively on the agreement of having at least one drug treatment centre in every province,” committee chairperson, Zoleka Capa said.
The committee received a shocking report from the Central Drug Authority (CDA) on how the use of drugs is escalating in communities, something which leads to crime and violence in communities.
“This has increased the committee’s belief in the fact that these drug treatment facilities in all provinces should be prioritised in order to deal with this scourge. The committee
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Sleep Restores Immunity and Lack of Sleep Destroys It – How To Burn This Problematic Candle From Both Ends…
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Previous studies have linked lack of sleep to a number of health issues such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes. Lack of sleep also affected the immune system and now new studies reveal that lack of sleep has the same impact on the human body as high stress does. As reported in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “Sleep deprivation effect on the immune system mirrors physical stress.” – ScienceDaily, 1 July 2012.
You’ve probably noticed yourself that after a stressful time like a new job, moving, exams and those kinds of things, you suddenly get flu?
Stress creates a type of fight or flight reaction in your immune system and it can take a long time to get back to full balance. But now it’s apparent that it’s not only stress that needs to be looked at and balanced, it is also sleep, or lack thereof.
In the clinical trial some of the steps taken to help the participants get a good night’s rest started before the trial itself. The steps were ensur
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Hospitaal se hele bestuurspan in die pad gesteek in Limpopo – ‘n Mens kan hier doodgaan terwyl jy wag dat ’n dokter of verpleegster jou spreek
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Skokkende wanbestuur by die Tshilidzini-hospitaal in Limpopo het daartoe gelei dat dr. Phophi Ramathuba, LUR vir gesondheid in Limpopo, dié hospitaal se hele bestuurspan in die pad gesteek het.
Die hospitaal in die Vhembe-gebied bedien ’n groot gemeenskap.
Probleme by die hospitaal sluit in vervalle geboue, swak diens, lang toue mense wat ure lank wag net om huis toe gestuur te word sonder enige hulp. Dit word grootliks toegeskryf aan swak bestuur.
Verskeie pasiënte het by Ramathuba gekla toe sy onlangs die hospitaal besoek het. Van hulle het gesê dat hulle ure gewag het, maar niemand was bereid om te help nie.
Ramathuba sê sy is bekommerd oor die negatiewe verslae wat die hospitaal gekry het en ’n regrukstrategie moet bewerkstellig word om die vertroue van die publiek te herstel.
“Soos dit blyk uit gesprekke met van die werknemers, is dit duidelik dat die hospitaal nie ’n behoorlike bestuurstelsel het nie. Daar is ’n groot behoefte aan lei
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‘Horrifying Cruelty By The ANC – South Africans endure pain, suffering and neglect at Robert Sobukwe Hospital
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‘Horrifying Cruelty By The ANC; Onlookers Shocked in Ward 31 This Morning’
South Africans endure pain, suffering and neglect at Robert Sobukwe Hospital, Kimberley last night and this morning. This photo shows the sick and injured who are forced to lie on cold floors. Many cry in anguish and discomfort, and embarrassment. Their frustration is evident, some wail in pain and frustration, others beg desperately for help from hospital workers, to no avail.
If you are sick or injured, don’t come to Robert Sobukwe Hospital, ANC Ward 31, unless you plan to leave you dignity at the door.
“Why has our government forgotten us?” cries a young teenage girl. She holds the hand of her grandmother who looks extremely weak. I looked into her grandmother’s eyes and saw no emotion, her tears have dried in salty streaks down her cheeks, disappearing under her wrinkled chin, the smell of urine comes from her chair. Her suffering is wrapped with a bow with kind regards from our
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Hard times lies ahead for the ANC’s Department of Health:- angry nurses says, No jobs, no vote
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“No jobs, no vote,” shouted disgruntled nurses who marched to the provincial health department in Pietermaritzburg.
Hundreds of nurses carried placards and handed over a memorandum demanding that unemployed nurses be employed by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health. Nurses from the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (HOSPERSA) were part of the march.
The marchers said there were 15,000 unemployed nurses in KZN and 40,000 vacancies for nurses nationwide, according to a “study”.
But when GroundUp asked the provincial chairperson of HOSPERSA, Thamsanqa Zondi, the source of these figures, he said the figures were estimates and should not be used by the media. He said the union did not have a copy of the study.
Last year nurses marched three times demanding that the health department prioritise their demands.
United Nurses Forum president Bhekithemba Gumbi said nothing had changed. Quoting the same figures, he said there was
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Desperate times calls for desperate measures, but is this the right thing to do? After all financial losses occurred due to incompetence, negligence and corruption – SAA is borrowing R3.5bn from local banks
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South African Airways (SAA) received a R3.5bn loan to keep it going until the end of March. This forms part of the R21,7 billion SA management believes is needs to make its turnaround strategy succeed. SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali confirmed the R3,5bn was received from local banks. This comes after National Treasury gave R5bn to..
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Pietermaritzburg mortuary mess:- workers return to work after arrests
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The Fort Napier workers had been on a go-slow since November. They have been demanding a wage increase, back pay and better working conditions.
Seventeen employees of the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg, who were arrested on Monday, were released with a warning on Tuesday. They were arrested after the Department of Health issued an ultimatum to workers to return to work or face arrest.
Department of Health spokesperson Ncumisa Mafunda said that on Tuesday, 16 forensic pathology staff members from Gale Street Medico Legal Mortuary in Durban had also been arrested. According to National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) provincial secretary Phakama Ndunakazi, they were released the same day.
Mortuary workers demand better pay
The Fort Napier workers had been on a go-slow since November. They have been demanding a wage increase, back pay and better working conditions.
“The 17 employees were release
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SAPS under fire for “negligence” in their investigation of Naka Drotské’s case
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The family of Naka Drotské revealed he is in a “critical condition” on Wednesday. His family want justice, but there could already be obstacles in the way.
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Less than 2000 state ambulances nationally may be on the road
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The national health department says it is against outsourcing emergency services. But with a grave shortage of ambulances, it may have no choice.
Just 1971 state ambulance vehicles are on the road nationally, a Bhekisisa survey reveals.
Health department guidelines say there should be at least 5 700 ambulances in operation — or one for every 10 000 people, according to standards quoted in the KwaZulu-Natal health department 2017 annual report. But with less than 2 000 actually functioning, there are only enough state emergency vehicles to cater for about a third of the population, data from provinces show.
A May audit of provincial health departments by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) found shortages of ambulances and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in several provinces.
In response, Bhekisisa requested the latest EMS vehicle and personnel numbers from all nine provinces. The Gauteng, North West, Western Cape, Mpumalanga, and Eastern Cape hea
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