There has been much debate around the 1% value-added tax (VAT), its impact on consumers and just how this will affect the money left in their pockets at the end of the month. With the revised general fuel levy, it’s clear that consumers will have to tighten their belts and adhere to stricter budgets. The..
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VAT increase won’t impact on medical aid contributions
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How to clear your fridge of listeria – [VIDEO]
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Joan van Dyk tells you what to bin and how in under two minutes.
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South Africa’s thieving‚ fighting nurses in our government hospitals
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Most of the nurses who appeared before the SA Nursing Council last year were disciplined for theft. The other cases were for fights‚ assaulting patients and a medication error. The council dealt with 25 cases between March and November last year and nine of those involved theft‚ according to a government notice issued in the..
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#Listeriosis: Why your Woolies ham might not be safe
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The head of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ listeria investigation, Juno Thomas, tells us which foods to bin and how.
At midnight on 4 March, scientists at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) finally found the source of South Africa’s listeria outbreak: polony from Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane factory.
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Hospitaal van gruwels – Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal in Fort Beaufort, Oos-Kaap
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Psigiatriese pasiënte is weer op skokkende wyse deur die regering versaak skaars 18 maande nadat Rapport die volle omvang van die Life Esidimeni-ramp geopenbaar het waarin 144 pasiënte dood is. Die ingang na die Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal word streng bewaak en Rapport is toegang geweier. Die “haglike en onmenslike” manier waarop pasiënte in ’n..
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With the Ronald McDonald socks aside…How serious is Cyril about South Africans’ health?
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Hours after former President Jacob Zuma’s resignation, President Cyril Ramaphosa was pictured walking and jogging along the Sea Point promenade.
It wasn’t the first time he’d been spotted doing this.
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#Budget2018: Cuts to medical aid tax credits begin
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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba didn’t cut state subsidies for private medical aid members outright but your pocket may still feel the pinch.
The National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme seems to be back on track. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced a 49% increase over three years for a conditional grant that goes to the
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Miljoene betaal vir private ambulans-dienste in Noordwes Provinsie
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Die Valke in Noordwes ondersoek kontrakte wat die provinsiale gesondheidsdepartement met private ambulansdienste aangegaan het, terwyl sowat 60 van die departement se eie ambulanse nie gebruik word nie. Die 61 splinternuwe ambulanse wat Noordwes se gesondheidsdepartement in November en Desember sowat R20 miljoen uit die sak gejaag het, is ná byna drie maande steeds nie..
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Will Extra R4.2-billion allocated to the National Health Insurance change the poor state of hospital care?
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Treasury has allocated an additional R4.2-billion to the National Health Insurance (NHI), sticking to its guns on funding it through cutting tax credits. In the budget tabled by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday, an additional R700-million was set aside for 2018/19, R1.4 billion for 2019/20 and R2.1 billion for 2020/21 – all to be..
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Moms with newborns have to lie on floor in overcrowded NW hospital
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A picture of a woman lying with her newborn baby on a mattress placed on the floor of the maternity ward at the Bophelong Hospital in Mahikeng has gone viral‚ thrusting the apparently overcrowded hospital into the spotlight. On Monday‚ the North West Department of Health told TimesLIVE that it was aware of the crisis..
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