Gauteng Department of Health

Gauteng Health Department’s Dodgy R113m PPE Tender Set Aside

The Special Tribunal responsible for recouping state funds lost to corruption has reviewed and set…

Lawyers Accuse Gauteng Health Bosses Of Abusing Court To Defend Unlawful R526m Tender

The Gauteng Department of Health’s application to appeal a high court ruling, which declared a…

Gauteng’s R500M Medical Waste Tender Declared Invalid, Set Aside

The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has declared Gauteng’s R526 million medical waste tender…

Gauteng’s Disputed R500M Tender Lapsed Before Extension, Says Judge 

Gauteng’s R500 million medical waste tender lapsed two days before the provincial health department requested…

Medical Waste Company Takes Gauteng To Court Over ‘Flawed, Unlawful Tender’ 

A top medical waste company has taken the Gauteng Department of Health to court over a procurement process it believes was flawed and unlawful.  Buhle Medical Waste has applied for an urgent interdict against the department, saying its decision to award a R526 million contract to Tshenolo Waste (Pty) Ltd and Phuting Medical Waste Management (PTY) Ltd a few weeks ago should be declared invalid and set aside.  Buhle approached the Johannesburg High Court seeking an interim interdict to stop…

Inside Gauteng’s ‘Rigged, Unlawful’ R500M Medical Waste Tender 

Senior Gauteng Department of Health officials have been accused of fixing a R526 million medical waste tender to benefit their preferred bidders at approximately double the price.   Acting head of department Arnold Malotana, acting director for health care risk and medical waste Edgar Motha, and Sheriff Lecholo, assistant director for contract management in the supply chain unit, allegedly manipulated procurement processes to secure the contract for two companies in July last year.  The provincial health department awarded Tshenolo Waste (PTY)…

Johannesburg Woes Escalate As Gas Explodes In Braamfontein

A week after more than 70 people died in a fire tragedy in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD), five people were injured during a gas explosion in Braamfontein on Tuesday.   Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson Nana Radebe has confirmed the incident, saying, “the five injured people were taken to different hospitals around the city. We are investigating the cause of the fire.” Radebe said during the incident, a truck and the building caught fire. It is alleged that the…

Fear, Hopelessness In Hammanskraal As Cholera Survivors Pick Up The Pieces

Three factors convinced Nthabiseng Mkase that things were falling apart in Hammanskraal: her six-year-old child was vomiting profusely under the weight of diarrhoea, the local hospital seemed overwhelmed with cholera patients, while sewage spills were overflowing in the streets.    It all began two weeks ago when Mkase’s child started vomiting endlessly on a Friday night. The following morning, the grade 1 pupil failed to wake up, sparking concerns and fear in Mkase.  However, when the child failed to eat breakfast…

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