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eNCA
02-06-2025
- Health
- eNCA
Government calls for zero deaths this winter initiation season
JOHANNESBURG - Government is calling for zero deaths this winter initiation season. But, this is an ambitious plan after at least 93 boys died last year. Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa launched the Winter Initiation Season. He is calling for greater collaboration to protect lives and ensure the dignity of initiates. Chair of Parliament's health committee, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, said they support the minister's call. "We need to continue to check up [on] our traditional leadership to make sure that the oversight done by them is very critical," he said.
eNCA
02-06-2025
- Health
- eNCA
Government calls for zero deaths
JOHANNESBURG - Government is calling for zero deaths this winter initiation season. But, this is an ambitious plan after at least 93 boys died last year. Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa launched the Winter Initiation Season. He is calling for greater collaboration to protect lives and ensure the dignity of initiates. Chair of Parliament's health committee, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, said they support the minister's call.
The Herald
16-05-2025
- Health
- The Herald
Sama calls for better care for junior doctors after death of intern at work
The South African Medical Association (Sama) has called for urgent reform in the treatment of junior doctors, warning that unsafe working conditions are putting young health-care workers and patients at risk. This association was responding to the death of Alulutho Mazwi, a medical intern in the paediatrics department at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, who died at work on Monday. He had recently received a diabetes diagnosis and had significant health challenges, the chair of the parliamentary portfolio committee on health Sibongiseni Dhlomo said on Thursday. The Public Servants' Association (PSA) alleged Mazwi had been forced by a supervisor 'to work while critically ill'. Sama spokesperson Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa said junior doctors were among the most vulnerable in the country's health-care system, often expected to work under immense pressure, frequently for extended hours without adequate rest or support.
