The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has urged healthcare practitioners to consult the council before signing any global fee or other financial or clinical arrangement with medical schemes, because these may violate the HPCSA’s ethical rules. Since issuing a media statement in April warning against the practice, the council has been engaging with..
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HPCSA warns against global fee agreements.
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Energy fund faces ruin if state mining company moves to Zwane’s department.
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The Central Energy Fund (CEF) faces financial ruin when Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi hands the state’s mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, to the department of mineral resources. This will take place in the few months left of this financial year. Sources in the department have told the Mail & Guardian it will..
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Can of worms opened after Grace Mugabe has received immunity
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A parliamentary inquiry is likely, after International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane gave Mugabe immunity in the wake of an alleged assault International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane quietly granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity on Saturday, potentially opening up the second legal can of worms for the country in as many years. A..
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Gupta owned companies New Age and ANN7 sold to Mzwanele Manyi for R450m
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A company owned by Mzwanele Manyi has forked out R450-million to buy The New Age (TNA) Media and ANN7 from Gupta-owned firm Oakbay. Oakbay announced the sale of its newspaper and TV channel on Monday, saying the agreement with the company Lodidox would conclude over the “next few weeks”. “We are delighted to have reached..
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Makhosi Khoza, African National Congress MP, hits back at claims that she ‘insulted’ ANC colleagues.
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Makhosi Khoza has denied she insulted ANC colleagues following a boycott of a meeting she chaired last week, saying she was responding to their initial taunts. Khoza was sacked as chairperson of the portfolio committee on public service and administration last Thursday, August 17, after ANC MPs wrote a letter demanding she be removed two..
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Robot-aided surgery now available in Eastern Cape Province
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The first robot-assisted surgeries to treat prostate cancer in the Eastern Cape were performed by Netcare Greenacres urologists Dr Hannes Brummer and Dr Johan Coetzee this week following the installation of the Da Vinci Si robotic surgical system at the hospital. Similar robotic systems have been installed at Netcare hospitals in Cape Town, Johannesburg and..
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Like father, like mother, like sons. Zimbabwe’s first family is also its most dysfunctional
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Judging by their big-spending, hard-partying lifestyles, it is advice Robert, 24, and his brother Chatunga Bellarmine, 20, have taken to heart. “Rule number 1: F@#ck what they think.” This advice can be found on Robert Mugabe Jr’s Instagram account, squeezed among photographs of him in sharp suits and expensive trainers; trendy club pics and fancy..
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Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana resigns after assault charges
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President Jacob Zuma has confirmed that he accepted Manana’s resignation and thanked him for his contribution during his term in office. Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has resigned. President Jacob Zuma has confirmed that he accepted Manana’s resignation and thanked him for his contribution during his term in office. Manana recently admitted to assaulting..
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National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete in hot water over secret ballot choice
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ANC chairperson and National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete could face sanction from her own party for allowing the motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma to be conducted by secret ballot. The Mail & Guardian has learned that the ANC’s top brass, particularly those in Zuma’s camp, are furious with Mbete for her secret..
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Comes as no surprize – CONFIRMED: Minister Nkoana-Mashabane granted Mugabe diplomatic immunity
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Johannesburg – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed that Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane had granted Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity. Mugabe is at the centre of an assault claim in South Africa. “I hereby recognise the immunities and privileges of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe,”..
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Broke Jacob Zuma Foundation dumps university students
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President Jacob Zuma’s foundation has run out of money and cannot pay university fees for students it promised to fund. The Sunday Times has established that the Jacob G Zuma Foundation admitted this year that it was unable to honour bursaries for at least 30 students. In a January letter to the University of Zululand,..
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R150-million “winter challenge” bonanza considered by bankrupt Eskom – Please tell us where you will get the money from?
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Cash-strapped Eskom is considering paying its employees a R150-million “winter challenge” bonus for avoiding power cuts, a move that has been slammed by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. The submission comes a month after the power utility reportedly paid R4.2-billion in performance bonuses to staff, and two months after Brown approved bonuses totaling R13-million for..
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Anti-apratheid cleric Allan Boesak: The ANC sold out
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South Africa’s negotiated settlement was a secret pact between white and ANC elites, which excluded the black majority who had sacrificed so much during the struggle for liberation. So says anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak, who spoke to City Press in Cape Town about his new book, in which he decries former liberators who adopt the..
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Medical software crippled by recent cyber attack
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Many doctors still can’t use a transcription service made by Nuance Communications Inc. three weeks after the company was hit by a powerful, debilitating computer attack. Hospital systems including Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said eScription, a Nuance staple product that allows physicians to dictate notes from a..
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‘No diplomatic immunity for Grace’ – says Government lawyers.
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The South African government has received legal advice indicating that, despite travelling on a diplomatic passport, Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe does not qualify for diplomatic immunity and may be arrested for allegedly assaulting a Johannesburg woman. The Mail & Guardian has learned that frantic behind-the-scenes negotiations are underway between Zimbabwe and South Africa in..
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