Gender Commission under crossfire over ‘ill-advised’ stance on vaccinations

|The national Department of Health (DoH) and several medical professional organisations have criticised the Gender Commission for Equality (GCE) for its warning that many women may not be comfortable taking vaccines, due to possible long-term effects, reported MedicalBrief (26 January 2022).

No funds to fix Charlotte Maxeke after devastating fire

Nine months after a fire demolished a part of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH), nothing has been done to repair it, according to a source, quoted by Health eNews (26 January 2022). The fire last April forced the closure of key parts of the hospital which has had a devastating impact on the public health system, and other Gauteng hospitals.

SIU's probe only scratches surface of dirty Covid spending

“The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) may have identified about R8-bn of irregular spending linked

to the government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak and recovered about R34-m, but that barely

scratched the surface, with most contracts not having been investigated,” reported Business Day (26 Jan 2022)

Clicks sees sales grow 14%

“Clicks’ reported that its turnover increased by 10.4% to R15.1-bn in a trading update for the 20 weeks to 16 January. - Fin24 (25 Jan 2022).

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