a) According to the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), the specified amount of R250,000 was paid to “Z Jojwana HR Consulting Company”.

b) The payment was for services rendered for an investigation into capacity issues within the Human Resources Unit at the OHSC. The report is titled “Department of Human Resources poor performance investigation report”.

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a) To date from January 2023, a total of 3 974 posts of medical doctors were advertised and filled as compared to 2 053 medical doctors’ posts of the previous year (2022) for the same periods of employment. This means that an additional 1 921 posts for medical doctors were funded to accommodate unemployed medical doctors.

It is also acknowledged that not all unemployed ...

While it is customary for women of the Muslim faith to have their heads covered, not all Muslim women cover their heads. The nursing profession has members of the Muslim faith who currently do not wear head gear.

It is the employer’s responsibility to provide the uniform or give a cash allowance to its employees if the wearing of a uniform is a condition ...

There is no obligation on the Provincial Departments of Health to report to the National Department of Health matters that relate to discipline, fraud and/or corruption committed by the provincial staff members. The National Department of Health is not privy to any matter that relates to Mr Ntshane Lephoto as that matter has not been reported to the National Department of Health.

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Employees are generally paid on time by means of the PERSAL system. Some delays in payments for newly appointed staff may be experienced at the end of December due to calendar year end processes or at the end of February due to tax year end processes, but this is not commonly experienced problem and delays would only be for one or two weeks, not ...

1. Applicants are required to submit safety data on vaccines before they are registered by regulatory authorities (SAHPRA in the case of South Africa). Once registered manufacturers and regulatory authorities are required by law to conduct post-marketing surveillance of adverse events following immunisation, and to update or amend registration and product information based on this surveillance.

In addition, health care workers and the public ...

In response to the question, all health facilities in both public and private sector were included. The total number of facilities was divided by population using the 2022 Mid-Year Population Estimates by Statistics South Africa. The South African Health Facilities are classified into three categories, Peri-urban, Rural and Urban.

The total number of health facilities that serve a population of 100 000:

1. Most Provincial Departments have conducted the National Health Facilities Baseline Audits. Some were conducted within the last five years and some are in the process of being reviewed. The table below indicates the last dates of the audits that were conducted/performed by the provincial health departments:

It was actually 81 medical doctors who were allocated/placed for community service at the Limpopo Department of Health by the National Department of Health on 15 June 2023. Their assumption of duty was delayed because the Limpopo Provincial Treasury requested that these 81 medical doctors, must first confirm whether they will be taking up this position prior to granting approval for the creation of ...

The National Department of Health has not received any report about the coal tender in Limpopo and therefore not privy to any report or allegation of coal tender fraud in the Limpopo Department of Health.

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