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…
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump