President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed health minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave. “This period of special leave will enable the minister to attend to allegations and investigations concerning contracts between the department of health…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize says the coronavirus vaccine registration portal will be opened on Friday afternoon to all citizens who are 60 and older, as government prioritises those who are most at risk of getting sick or dying of…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize says discussions around “stricter precautions” ahead of the Easter long weekend are being finalised. Speaking to the SABC on Thursday, Mkhize said the decision to move the country to a higher lockdown level…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and health minister Zweli Mkhize will be among the first citizens to get inoculated with the newly acquired Johnson & Johnson vaccine which arrived in South Africa on Tuesday night. “To demonstrate our confidence…
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has written to health minister Zweli Mkhize asking him to consider hiring 32 unemployed Eastern Cape pharmacists to assist with the rollout of the province’s Covid-19 vaccination programme. In a public letter to…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy David Mabuza will on Monday afternoon receive SA’s first tranche of Covid-19 vaccines. They will be accompanied by health minister Zweli Mkhize, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize’s latest take on the ban on the sales and distribution of alcohol has again spraked debate online. Speaking during his visit to health-care centres in KwaZulu-Natal this week, Mkhize said the ban has assisted…
The government will not force anyone to take the Covid-19 vaccine. That was the message from health minister Zweli Mkhize, who briefed parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Thursday. Mkhize was grilled by committee members who…
REUTERS via TimesLIVE South Africa’s two biggest pharmacy chains Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies said they plan to offer Covid-19 shots at their stores and provide storage and distribution facilities in the vaccine rollout programme…
Dozens of health care workers braved the rain to protest outside Livingstone hospital in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, demanding to meet health minister Zweli Mkhize. According to The Herald, the group sang several songs, including one…
While SA’s Covid-19 recovery rate continues to rise, health minister Zweli Mkhize says it’s time to refocus on other illnesses such as TB, HIV and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the era of Covid-19. Mkhize, who was addressing a…
It is still unclear if SA will experience a second surge of Covid-19 — but if it does, the country will be prepared. This was the assurance of health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday. “We have a plan now that’s been tabled with us from…
Controversial businessman Edwin Sodi was grilled on Tuesday about several payments his company made to prominent ANC figures. Sodi, the director of Blackhead Consulting, which got most of its business from the departments of human…
It’s official, Dr Sibongile Zungu, seconded to the province in July by health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize to assist in the fight against Covid-19, has been unveiled as the new administration boss of the provincial health department, albeit…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize says the sooner the country can reduce the level of lockdown restrictions, the better. Speaking to media on Monday morning, Mkhize said the latest Covid-19 data for the country showed an improvement. He said…
