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Heating system failures led to operations being cancelled at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. According to Gauteng health department spokesperson Motalatale Modiba, 15 surgeries were cancelled due to low temperature at theatres at the facility.

According to the DA in Gauteng, the provincial health department only pays 41% of its suppliers within the legally required 30 days.

Vice President Paul Mashatile has been in the crosshairs of late - not least because his VIP Protection officers assaulted unarmed civilians.

The SIU identified payments of more than R1 billion to "syndicates" of business people with fake companies that grossly overcharged for products.

The Gauteng health department says it monitors contraceptive stock levels on a monthly basis, following a revelation that there was shortage of 29 000 Implanon contraceptive implants in the first three months of 2023.

Daily news update: The Section 194 Inquiry will resume on Friday for suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to testify.

The Gauteng Health Department has reported that 788 newborns died at Tembisa Hospital due to infections, immaturity-related complications, hypoxia and congenital anomalies since 2020.




South Africa has recorded a lower data of baby deaths in 2023 as compared to the previous year. However, Tembisa hospital is still a concern.

The causes given for the 788 baby deaths are infections, immaturity related, hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and congenital anomalies.

A report by the health ombudsman said pregnant patients were sleeping on the floor at the facility while its CEO had abandoned her duties.