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Allegations that two Tshwane emergency services staffers raped a sex worker were disturbing, Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo says.
Opposition parties have demanded inquiries and strong action from government after the deaths of initiates in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Labour inspectors have clamped down on a Free State contractor using sewage water to suppress dust, while building a new road.
IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has announced that he is suffering from inoperable lung cancer and has rejected chemotherapy as a treatment option.
A damning report on the condition of some Free State health facilities and services has been presented to staff by the newly-appointed MEC who has vowed to take a no-nonsense approach for better services.
The UN says it is working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in Mali.
The IFP has called for KwaZulu-Natal's health MEC and the head of department, to quit over their failure to keep two cancer radiotherapy machines operational at a Durban hospital.
The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8bn in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.
Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe.
Brewer Heineken's plans to target the African market for a 50% expansion in the next decade has left a sour taste in Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's mouth.
A beermaker's plans to boost the sale of its product in Africa has left a sour taste in Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's mouth.
A Durban woman is considering legal action against a state hospital after doctors left a 9cm-long piece of her placenta and some gauze inside her after the birth of her baby.
Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses say, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15.
The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a UN report say the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.
Eastern Cape health MEC Sicelo Gqobana has reportedly accused his predecessors of lying to the public, after promising a community a new clinic and not delivering it.
