Author: Thembelihle Mkhonza

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…