Media personality Sasha Martinengo has defended the comments he made on radio, in which he called EFF leader Julius Malema a “monkey”. Hot91.9fm fired Martinengo with immediate effect following his remarks on the breakfast show. He said: “[And] people still listen to this monkey.” In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Martinengo apologised but didn’t retract..
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Breakfast show presenter fired after calling Malema a monkey on air
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R18 million project on hold due to poor workmanship by the contractor
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The official unveiling of a R18 million road and stormwater upgrade project in Soshanguve has been put on hold after complaints was received of poor workmanship by the contractor. The 2.4 km of road construction and 2.9 km of stormwater project commenced in July 2017 and after inspection, the contractor undertook to repair the mistakes..
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South African Government is supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia, involved in Yemen war
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The government of South Africa has the blood of many Yemenis on its hands. South Africa is edging ever closer to ethical and legal fallout by continuing to supply weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These weapons, which have been proven to emanate from South African manufacturers, are being used in..
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15 000 motorists have been sued – Failed E-toll system has not yet been scrapped
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The Gauteng government has announced that it is not in their power to scrap the failed E-Toll system as it is a project of the national government. More than 15 000 motorists have been sued for outstanding e-Toll fees, according to Blade Nzimande. The ANC in Gauteng has already acknowledged that the system failed and..
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Limpopo medisyne krisis – hospitale en klinieke sonder die nodige medikasie tog verklaar Cyril dat alles in SA onder beheer is
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Die vorige stelsel van medisyne verskaffing in Limpopo is vervang met ‘n nuwe stelsel wat nie werk nie, en nou kan hospitale en klinieke nie medisyne bestel nie aangesien die stelsel nie bestellings “per hand” toelaat nie.
Weereens word daar nie gemeld wie die verskaffer van die nuwe stelsel is nie maar dit sal sekerlik ‘n Breë Swart Bemagtigingsmaatskappy wees wat betaal is voordat die stelsel getoets is.
Intussen sit hospitale en klinieke sonder die nodige medikasie, maar in die buiteland verklaar Cyril Ramaphosa dat dit klopdisselboom in die land gaan.
Deur: Die Vryburger
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Staatshospitale in SA bloei weens tekort aan medici
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Daar is meer as 4 000 vakatures by Gautengse staatshospitale in kritiek belangrike poste soos dié van spesialiste, aptekers, dokters en verpleegkundiges.
Dié situasie het aan die lig gekom in die jaarverslag van die Gautengse departement van gesondheid wat onlangs in die provinsiale raad ter tafel gelê is, sê Jack Bloom, die DA se woordvoerder oor gesondheid.
Uit dié verslag blyk dit daar is net 40 316 opgeleide personeellede in diens uit die 44 558 goedgekeurde poste, wat op ’n tekort van 4 242 mense in kritiek belangrike poste dui.
Bloom sê die situasie word vererger omdat hospitale selfs met die goedgekeurde getal poste sukkel om oor die weg te kom, want daar is net al hoe meer pasiënte.
Die party doen ’n beroep op die departement om kritieke poste te vul wat dringend nodig is om die onderliggende bestuurs- en begrotingsprobleme op te los.
Hy is veral bekommerd oor die hoë omset van aptekers (54%), dokters (46%) en spesialiste (18%).
The biggest medical aid schemes in South Africa – and how much they’re charging in 2018
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The majority of South Africa’s biggest medical aid schemes have released their prices for 2018, showing below 10% increases across all plans.
According to the latest statistics released by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), there are currently 82 medical aid schemes operating in South Africa with a total subscription of just under 8.9 million members as at December 2016.
Discovery remains the largest medical aid scheme in the country, with over 2.7 million members.
This is followed by the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) with 1.8 million members, and the Bonitas Medical Fund, with just under 680,000 members.
Due to the nature of medical aids, and how each scheme is structured to cater for different hospital networks and cover different medical needs, it’s incredibly difficult to compare like for like, especially on price.
However, with all medical aids now releasing their contribution structures for 2018, the tables below outline the pr
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SA gewaarsku oor dodelike longpes
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Die dodelike longpes wat in Madagaskar uitgebreek het, eis al hoe meer slagoffers met die dodetal wat nou al gestyg het tot 48 – en die Suid-Afrikaanse owerhede is gewaarsku om hier gereed te wees vir enige uitbreking.
Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie (WGO) sê 449 gevalle van longpes is reeds in Madagaskar bevestig.
Die WGO waarsku daar heers kommer op internasionale vlak daaroor nadat ’n Suid-Afrikaanse basketbalspeler wat ’n klubkampioenskapsreeks bygewoon het, ook aangesteek is. Die speler is in Madagaskar suksesvol behandel en het volgens die WGO na Suid-Afrika teruggekeer. Hy en sy spanmaats word gemonitor.
Daar is geen reisverbod na of van Madagaskar nie.
Die nasionale departement van gesondheid het verskeie maatreëls ingestel, soos om lugrederye te waarsku om op die uitkyk te wees vir siek mense op vlugte.
Amptenare by Suid-Afrikaanse hawens is gevra om hul prosesse op te skerp om mense wat in die land aankom, behoorlik te ondersoek.
Baba dood na swak diens in staatshospitaal – Nuwe ma ontneem van haar geluk
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‘n Bronkhorstspruit ma, Priscilla Fuhri (39), is ontneem van haar geluk toe sy moes toekyk hoe haar pasgebore baba dogtertjie voor haar oë versmoor en tot sterwe kom as gevolg van nalatigheid by ’n mediese regerings instansie.
Priscilla het op Maandag, 11 September in kraam gegaan. Sy was teen die tyd net ses maande en ’n week swanger. Sy moes as gevolg van komlikasies, op vier en ’n half maande gaan vir steke in haar baarmoeder. Die rede hiervoor was dat haar baarmoeder te klein is en die steke verhoed dat die baarmoeder skeur wat ‘n vroeë kraam belemmer.
Om ongeveer 16h00 die Maandag het Priscilla abnormale voorgeboorte tekens gewys soos bloeding en vererge kraampyne. “Dit het groot kommer gewek” sê sy. Sy is deur ’n barmhartige Samaritaan na die Bronkhorstspruit Hospitaal geneem. Daar aangekom is sy op ‘n drup geplaas. Sy is toe per ambulans na ’n Staatshospitaal vervoer.
Daar aangekom is Priscilla direk ongevalle toe. “’n Paar dok
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ATM pharmacy launches in Bloemfontein (Free State)
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Twin City Mall in Bloemfontein is the newest site for the innovative ATM pharmacy that gives patients with chronic illnesses repeat medication in under five minutes.
The Pharmacy Dispensing Unit (PDU) was unveiled on 25 September, during Pharmacy Month, at the central community shopping centre, which is on main transport routes and is open for extended hours including weekends and public holidays. The first such dispensing unit was launched in Alexandra in Gauteng in March this year.
The Pharmacy Dispensing Unit works like an ATM for medication, with Skype-like audio-visual interaction between patient and a remotely located tele-pharmacy contact centre. Patients are able to talk to pharmacists in a call centre 400km away in Centurion, Gauteng – showcasing the benefits of tele-pharmacy to patients in rural and outlying areas. This allows patients to access accurate medicine information and counselling from qualified pharmacy staff.
The dispensing data is hosted
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Why is alcohol withdrawal so hard on some people, the genes may hold the answer
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Some heavy drinkers suffer intense withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop drinking – some, less so. A new Yale-led international study of individuals with alcohol dependence has identified gene variants that may help explain why “detox” from alcohol is particularly difficult for some people.
The researchers reported their findings on 25 September in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the official journal of the Research Society on Alcoholism.
“Alcohol takes more lives in the United States and South Africa every year than opioids, but there are few effective treatments to help people who have an alcohol use disorder,” said Andrew H. Smith, lead author of the study and a research affiliate in the laboratory of senior author Joel Gelernter, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience. “For people who experience intense withdrawal symptoms, that’s one more barrier they have to face while
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It is time to cough up Babelas Dlamini – Minister of Social Development gets slammed by the Constitutional Court
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The Constitutional Court ruled that the social development minister, Bathabile Dlamini, has to pay 20% of the legal costs herself regarding to the social grants court case. Furthermore, Judge Froneman recommended that the court documents be referred to the Public Prosecutor to see if Dhlamini should be prosecuted for perjury. Read the original article in..
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Goedkoop generiese antiretrovirale middels wat deur die staat versprei word veroorsaak kommerwekkende newe-effekte
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Een van die generiese antiretrovirale middels (ARM’s) wat deur Sonke Pharmaceuticals namens die staat versprei word, veroorsaak kommerwekkende newe-effekte.
Só sê Sello Mokhalipi, voorsitter van die Positive Action Campaign (PAC) in die Vrystaat, ná ’n besoek Donderdagoggend aan die Bloemspruit-kliniek buite Bloemfontein.
Tans gebruik dié pasiënte Abacavir vir babas. Dit help nie. Inteendeel, dit veroorsaak die ontwikkeling van weerstandigheid by MIV-pasiënte.
Die PAC het onderhoude met verskeie pasiënte gevoer en ook met die fakulteitsbestuurder vergader.
Sonke Atenef-tablette veroorsaak na bewering die ontwikkeling van weerstandigheid teen ARM’s, asook vergrote borste en voortdurende menstruasie by vroue.
“Die newe-effekte word deur goedkoop medikasie van ’n maatskappy met die naam ‘Sonke’ veroorsaak,” sê Mokhalipi.
Pasiënte wat ARM’s vir die eerste keer neem en wat nie nierprobleme het nie, word Sonke Atenef toegedien om
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Security guards denied woman entry at Steve Biko Academic Hospital to see dying mom
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Health authorities were on Tuesday scrambling for explanations on why security guards denied a woman entry to Steve Biko Academic Hospital to say goodbye to her dying mother.
All the provincial Department of Health could say was that it would try to ascertain the facts around the allegations made by Laetitia Musiker.
The woman wept uncontrollably as she spoke of her battle to gain access to the hospital, having earlier been phoned and asked to rush there as her mother was dying.
On arrival, Musiker alleged security guards insisted that she joined the queue of visitors. While she battled to convince the security personnel to allow her in, her 84-year-old mother, Joanna Fraetas, died.
“I had just wanted to thank her for everything and that I loved her because she deserved to hear that in her last moments, but I was denied that chance,” said a sobbing Musiker.
She told the Pretoria News she received a call from the hospital at about 10am. Medical staff
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Is that so? – South Africans not paying TV licenses blamed for collapsing the SABC
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According to Deputy Communications Minister Pinky Kekana, an SABC TV license is great value for money. Deputy Communications Minister Pinky Kekana has called on South Africans to pay their TV licenses in order to save the SABC from complete financial collapse. Kekana made her impassioned plea before Parliament’s communications committee on Tuesday. The Deputy Minister..
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