Health Minister Zweli Mkhize Darren Stewart, Gallo Images The health ministry has denied that Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize owns a PPE manufacturing company.The ministry issued a statement after the claims allegedly circulated on various social media platforms.The statement added that none of Mkhize's family members involved in the manufacture, sale or distribution of PPE.The health…
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize at the launch of a field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Port Elizabeth. Lulama Zenzile, Gallo Images Health Minister Zweli Mkhize urged provinces to report deaths according to WHO protocols.The SAMRC reported an estimated 17 000 excess deaths between mid-May and mid-July.Mkhize said the Covid-19 pandemic illustrated how important data and…
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. As Covid-19 deaths soar in the Eastern Cape, urgent interventions include project management, more infrastructure and staff.Project management, in particular, had been identified as a "weakness" in the Eastern Cape.Red tape will be peeled away to appoint more staff as a matter of urgency.Health Minister Zweli Mhize has announced urgent…
Gallo Images/Darren Stewart Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said he was comfortable with how the Eastern Cape was responding to Covid-19.This is despite mounting calls from the public and politicians asking him to take over the running of the province's hospitals.The province's overwhelmed hospitals have been in disarray and the department dogged by blunders amid a…
Dr Zweli Mkhize, during the launch of a field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Port Elizabeth. The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 was blindsided by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize's announcement on Monday that its advisories would not be made public.Experts, who are part of the MAC, have urged greater transparency.News24 has filed Promotion of…
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your