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1 week ago | 
twyg.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
In just over 20 years the story of microplastics has gone from something newly described in 2004 to the dire reality of being overwhelmingly present in what we eat, drink, wear and inhale. And with it has come devastating consequences for human and animal health. Dr Samiksha Singh is a researcher based at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, in Johannesburg. The GCRO builds the data and analysis to help inform development in the Gauteng City region.
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1 month ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
WOES OVER WAGES Many doctors work far beyond their contracted hours due to emergencies, understaffing, and other factors.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Ufrieda Ho
Trade unions, medical associations and universities are raising the alarm that Gauteng budget cuts at the cost of doctors' take-home pay will have dire consequences for public sector health. Meanwhile, the National Minister of Health has convened a committee to review the future of overtime for state doctors. Dysfunction in the Gauteng Department of Health hit home hard for many public sector doctors on 29 April when their overtime payments due for the month went unpaid.
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1 month ago | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
Many state doctors work far beyond their contracted hours due to emergencies, understaffing, and other factors. (Photo: Mulyardi/Unsplash) News & Features8th May 2025 | Ufrieda Ho Trade unions, medical associations and universities are raising the alarm that Gauteng budget cuts at the cost of doctors’ take-home pay will have dire consequences for public sector health.
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1 month ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Masechaba Sesing is the head of the Department of Health in the Free State.
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2 months ago | 
twyg.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
An art writer and art history educator’s unique clothing library, the After Library, is a way to access histories and narratives – even the difficult ones – and understand why the wearer is part of the story too. Could your clothes become a catalogue of your life? A library of sort as it faces outwards to the many worlds you engage with on the one hand, and on the other, takes on an imprint of you, as it lies close to your skin.
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2 months ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
23 April 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. HEALTHY MOVE? Masechaba Mmalerato Sesing was transferred from treasury to become the head of the department of health in the Free State. Her background in finance is regarded as an advantage to a department crippled by long years of alleged corruption and maladministration.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Ufrieda Ho
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Amid major disruptions caused by aid cuts from the United States government, the health department aims to enrol a record additional 1.1 million people living with HIV on life-saving antiretrovirals this year. Experts tell Spotlight it can’t be business as usual if this ambitious programme is to have a chance of succeeding.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Nthusang Lefafa |Tiyese Jeranji |Catherine Tomlinson |Ufrieda Ho
Findings from the BAMMISHO project will inform strategies to address the challenges of mining and migration, fostering sustainable solutions for communities to thrive. (File photo: SAPRIN) News & Features27th February 2025 | Nthusang Lefafa A new health research hub brings hope of improving health services in the Rustenburg Valley in the North West Province.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana |Ufrieda Ho |Biénne Huisman |Elri Voigt
The government took its first steps towards the implementation of the recommendation of Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector. (Photo: Bild von Tung Lam/Pixabay) News & Features26th February 2025 | Chris Bateman Medical aid schemes will be given collective power to negotiate prices, according to draft regulations published last week.
