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21 May 2013
                       
 
 
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03 May 2013
 
 
Maternal and newborn mortality in Africa: The social and economic case for investing
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Maternal and newborn complications are among the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world. Worldwide, an estimated 287,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth each...
 
 
09 Apr 2013
 
Healthcare sector cautioned
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
The advent of amendments to the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998 has, at least for one of those chapters, being chapter 4A dealing with market inquiries become a reality. Section 6 of the Competition...
 
 
03 Apr 2013
 
SA: Thuli Madonsela: Address by the Public Protector, during the Government Leadership Summit, Pretoria (03/04/2013)
SPEECH
It is an honour and privilege for me to address this important gathering. We would like to applaud Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for the stewardship and the wisdom that went behind calling this summit,...
 
 
14 Mar 2013
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Health, requests general practitioners to provide clinical services to the Public Primary Health Care Clinics (14/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The National Department of Health (NDOH) has embarked on an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services through the contracting of private general medical practitioners (GPs) to...
 
 
07 Mar 2013
 
SA: Phumulo Masualle: Address by the Eastern Cape MEC for Department of Finance, on the occasion of the tabling of the 2013/14 Eastern Cape Budget, Eastern Cape (07/03/2013)
Topics
Honourable Speaker, I consider myself honoured to be presenting this penultimate budget of our five-year term. In her State of the Province Address, the Honourable Premier enjoined us to embrace...
 
 
SA: Alan Winde: Address by the Western Cape Minister of Finance, during the delivery of the Western Cape 2013/14 Budget Speech, Western Cape Provincial Legislature (07/03/2013)
Topics
Welcome to everyone here today. Mr Speaker, this is the fourth time that I am standing before this house to table the budget of the Western Cape Government. In this, the last full year of our...
 
 
08 Feb 2013
 
The Wards of the State
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
A recent decision by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Lee v Minister of Correctional Services and Others case CCT 20/12 [2012] ZACC 30 ("the Lee decision") has shed further light on...
 
 
05 Feb 2013
 
Connecting disability and equality: Beyond recognition to the challenges of implementation
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Recognising equal human rights for minority groups has been on the rise in the past several decades, especially following World War II when the United Nations (UN) adopted the Universal Declaration...
 
 
29 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on opening of Paediatric Oncology Ward at Baragwanath Hospital (29/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The two wards with 47 beds caters for children with different cancers from the age of zero to nineteen years. This unit provides professional healthcare services such as counseling, chemotherapy,...
 
 
27 Aug 2012
 
SA: Statement by Gauteng Health and Social Development, assures users of undisrupted Leratong Hospital services (27/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The Gauteng Department of Health assures Leratong Hospital users that healthcare services are not disrupted following the shooting incident that took place this morning. At about 5h30, a patient...
 
 
20 Jul 2012
 
Distance, time and healthcare workers’ attitudes: How they determine people’s views towards the healthcare system
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Worldwide, the issue of adequate access to healthcare services is a policy concern. This is especially the case for those living in rural areas of developing countries, who seem to have limited...
 
 
07 Jun 2012
 
Patients' rights: The achilles heel of the patient system? An Indian perspective for South Africa
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
Currently there is litigation between a numbers of parties concerning the application of a patent in respect of a cancer medicine in South Africa. The parties concerned include Sanofi Aventis SA...
 
 
04 Jun 2012
 
SA: Pule: Address by the Communications Minister at the inaugural ICT Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town (04/06/2012)
SPEECHES
Please allow me, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of South Africa, to welcome our esteemed international guests, in particular the Ministers from the African continent,...
 
 
08 May 2012
 
SA: Pule: Address by the Minister of Communications, on the budget vote for the Department of Communications, Parliament (08/05/2012)
Topics
One of the key decisions taken at WRC-12 was to allocate the frequency band 694-790 MHz to the mobile service. This frequency band is currently used by television broadcasters. It is ideally suited...
 
 
03 Apr 2012
 
 
 
Millennium development goals: the what, the who and the how
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
The Millennium Development Goals or MDGs were identified by the World Health Organisation in terms of the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries in 2000. In its publication concerning the...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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