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1 week ago |
health-e.org.za | Sandile Livingstone Mbili
In Embo, a small community outside Hillcrest, northwest of Durban, Maxwell “Starring” Nxele (56) is changing lives, one punch and leg lift at a time. The karate sensei and professional fitness trainer who’s a branch chief of the World Kyokushin MMA Federation in South Africa, uses his skills to get people moving by hosting aerobic exercise and training classes at a local hall.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
health-e.org.za | Ina Skosana |Sandile Livingstone Mbili |Yoliswa Sobuwa
The unprecedented postponement of the 2024/25 budget speech on Wednesday shocked South Africans, but it has left hope that the revised plan, due to be tabled on 12 March, will be more aligned with economic growth, and not so heavily focused on increasing taxes.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
health-e.org.za | Yoliswa Sobuwa |Sandile Livingstone Mbili
It’s barely a month into the school year and several incidents of school bullying have already been reported across the country. Two weeks back, a 14-year-old boy in Cape Town shared how his schoolmates dipped his head into a dirty toilet and smeared human faeces on his face and uniform. In the same week, a mother shared on social media about her daughter’s bullying ordeal at a Centurion school in Gauteng.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
health-e.org.za | Yoliswa Sobuwa |Sandile Livingstone Mbili |Montsho Matlala
The Limpopo health department has come under fire for continuing to pay a hefty monthly rental for a rundown building in Polokwane that houses its provincial medicine depot. Despite the building’s deteriorating condition, the department continues to pay R150,000 monthly to the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA), without a clear long-term plan to address the state of the building.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
health-e.org.za | Sandile Livingstone Mbili |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa
ActionSA has called for the resignation of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane, over her “dishonesty” about medicine shortages in the province. Earlier this week the department spokesperson, Ntokozo Maphisa, denied reports of a shortage of essential medication in public hospitals and clinics. This came after ActionSA wrote a letter urging Simelane to visit various healthcare facilities to assess the situation. “We categorically refute these claims.
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