Author: Thembelihle Mkhonza
Celebrity Chef Lusizo Mvula Henna, convicted of defrauding the SA Revenue Service (SARS) of over R5 million, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. The 41-year-old accused better known as “Chef Sizo”, the owner of Blaque Olive Private Chefs, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on six counts of fraud and six years imprisonment on 14 counts of money laundering. Magistrate Keswa found that Henna, as owner of Blaque Olive Cheffs claimed undue VAT refunds totalling R 5.3million. SARS paid out R 3.1 million to Henna. However, it was established that there were…
Ahead of the International Day of Forest next week, Thobeka Primary School in Meadowlands Zone 6, Soweto, planted fruit trees on Friday. In partnership with Food & Trees for Africa, and P&G, schoolchildren planted 50 trees at the school – 30 fruit trees and 20 indigenous for shade. Together, Food & Trees for Africa, and P&G plan to plant 1 000 trees in 20 schools in Gauteng. Thobela Primary School was the first of the schools, where learners got their hands dirty as they participated in planting trees – an initiative that will contribute to clean air in SA. These trees will eventually offset 369…
A woman pretending to be a medical doctor was arrested at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) after demanding payment of R700 to “assist” a patient. The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) on Monday warned the public against falling prey to bogus healthcare practitioners lurking at public hospitals, where they ask for money to offer their “services”. The warning comes after the person impersonating a medical doctor was arrested Sunday night, (25 February 2024). Narrating events leading to the arrest, GHoD said the would-be victim became suspicious when the “doctor”, who was wearing green scrubs with the name “Dr. Zulu”…
At least 32 public hospitals and 83 clinics in Gauteng have seen their landline telephones disconnected by Telkom because they failed to pay their accounts, which run into millions of rand. Jack Bloom, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng shadow MEC for health, revealed the anomaly on Monday saying: “Gauteng public hospitals have a communication crisis as patients and their relatives cannot contact the hospitals for appointments, inquiries or updates as the Gauteng Health Department has not paid their phone bills”. “I have been inundated by complaints that hospital phone numbers are not working, including the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg, Steve Biko,…
Pharma Dynamics has become the first South African pharmaceutical company to translate medicine information leaflets into isiZulu. Nicole Jennings, spokesperson for Pharma Dynamics, announced the development saying: “The right to healthcare is a fundamental human right, which is recognised by the Constitution. “An important part of this right is for the public to have access to patient information leaflets (PILs) that accompany medicines in their respective native languages.” Jennings on Friday said even though it is important to heed the advice of a doctor when it comes to medication, PILs are documents of primary importance, because they enable patients to…
Eleven Gauteng public hospitals paid R1.7 million for over-priced food they bought from a business training company in Limpopo. Jack Bloom, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health, on Tuesday, said: “This is revealed by Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in a written reply to my follow-up questions in the Gauteng Legislature as to why a fishy Limpopo contract is being used that includes companies not registered to sell food”. Bloom said Leratong Hospital has bought the most food from Mmanko Business Training and IT Solutions, including one-litre milk cartons at R32 while supermarkets sell them…
A 32-year-old man from Mitchell’s Plan, who posed as a teenager to lure underage girls to a chat group, where child pornography was shared, has been arrested. The suspect and two other child online sexual predators were arrested in a joint operation by the SA Police Service Serial (SAPS) and Electronic Crime Investigations unit and the U.S.A. Department of Homeland Security. The SAPS said the arrests last week bring the number of child online sexual predators arrested since November 2023 to seven. The police said arrests were a result of an international operation to trace manufacturers, users, and distributors of…