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 | | Gauteng MEC for Health, Dr Bandile Masuku has denied claims that he influenced a R125m tender deal for personal protection equipment (PPE)...read |
|  | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY Scan Display designed and built Africa's largest dedicated Covid-19 temporary hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa...read |
|  | NICCI BOTHA There are early signs that the Western Cape may have crested the Covid-19 curve, even though restrictions have been eased and more economic activity has resumed...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY CIPLA Remdesivir, a medicine which could make a difference in the management of severe Covid-19 disease, is available in South Africa now... Read |  | After a rapid rise in Covid-19 infections over the last two months, the daily increase in infections appears to be stabilising, particularly in the Western Cape, Gauteng and Eastern Cape... Read |  | NICCI BOTHA In our #SurvivorStories series, we put a face to Covid-19 by sharing the stories of people who have fought the virus and come out the other side. PR consultant, Shorn Khumalo talks us through his journey... Read |  | STEVE NICHOLLS On a trip to Denmark to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the National Business Initiative's (NBI) counterparts there, the one issue on which we struggled to connect was inequality... Read |  | More in our series of powerful insights from marketing industry leaders Monde Twala, senior vice president and co-general manager of ViacomCBS Networks Africa and Mbali Hlophe, Gauteng MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, pointing the way to futureproofing economies... Read |  | South Africa responded swiftly to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the sharp drop in activity adds to long-standing challenges and raises the urgency of structural reforms, according to a new report... Read |  | ISSUED BY PRAEKELT In the days following South Africa's first case of Covid-19, Praekelt.org was busy using WhatsApp for good, building the Covid-19 chatbot using their social impact product Turn... Read |  | ISSUED BY BONITAS "Collaboration between all the stakeholders is the cornerstone of tackling the coronavirus pandemic," this according to Lee Callakoppen, principal officer of Bonitas Medical Fund... Read |  | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA One of the most damaging falsehoods to emerge has been that Covid-19 positive moms can transmit the virus through breast milk to their little ones, and should stop breastfeeding... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is pleased to announce a regular column by trend consultant, analyst and strategist Bronwyn Williams... Read |
 | COENIE SMITH Hundreds of medical practices are on the verge of collapse because of a fall in the number of visits due to the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have joined a global alliance aimed at sharing information to find more effective treatments for the most critically ill Covid-19 patients... Read |
 | SAMANTHA VARELA There is overwhelming pride and joy in graduating with a medical degree. There are also many challenges for an aspiring doctor, and one of which is understanding the legal implications of professional negligence... Read |
 | MERLITA KENNEDY, VICTORIA CAMPOS AND JARED ISHMAEL Recent legal actions against practising medical professionals may deter new entrants and cause experienced practitioners to retire, which has dire consequences for effective healthcare delivery in SA... Read |
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 | LINDA-GAIL BEKKER This year saw the first ever Aids conference to be held entirely online. The 23rd International Aids Conference, the largest convergence of HIV researchers, implementers, advocates and policy people, should have taken place in Oakland/San Francisco in July 2020... Read |
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 | The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) is hitting back at the Council of Medical Schemes' (CMS) claim that medical schemes aren't looking after their members during the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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 | MUAZU IBRAHIM Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa's sustainable development... Read |
 | MISHECK MUTIZE A debt service relief package has been approved by some of the world's biggest lenders for more than 25 African countries... Read |
 | ABDU MOHIDDIN & MARLEEN TEMMERMAN There are reports that Kenya's hospital beds are filling up because of a surge in Covid-19 patients. This highlights concerns since the start of the pandemic, that the health systems of many African countries would quickly become overwhelmed... Read |
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 | JEFF LOMEY & MARK WORTLEY In this series, Jeff Lomey and Mark Wortley share top mental health tips that can assist SME owners to reach business success... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Vollar, an online platform that allows organisations to incentivise and reward members of a community for doing volunteer work to help others in their area. But when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the team then had to go back to the drawing board... Read |
 | In the light of the unprecedented need created by Covid-19, NGOs and corporate social investment (CSI) programmes will be looking for ways to best utilise their resources, finances and people... Read |
 | ROWAN LEIBBRANDT Contrary to popular belief, if you make something that people want illegal, it doesn't just go away... Read |
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