South Africa spends too much money on medical malpractice lawsuits and wants to pursue new ways to settle cases out of court
The rising number of cases has become a cause for concern, says health minister
Mkhize’s resignation and the top six meeting are the clearest indicators yet that Ramaphosa is intending to make a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
There are calls for the president to act against ministers said to be responsible for the state’s slow response to the unrest, but his hands are tied
The president has placed the embattled health minister on special leave, with Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appointed to act in the post
Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the matter was still under investigation
The health minister said supply may be constrained but the department was finalising more vaccine deals
The first batch of vaccines is almost here, but a top government adviser says achieving herd immunity by the end of the year is ‘unrealistic’
Last week the Brazilian health minister warned that the country’s public health system was likely to collapse under the strain of the coronavirus by the end of April. Although this was fear-inducing to most people in Brazil, that country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, decided to take selfies with supporters outside the presidency. This, despite the fact […]