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Gauteng Health says no one who is eligible for the COVID jab will be turned away
Government aims to increase its pace to get as many as 100,000 people jabbed per day while also planning to increase its capacity.
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‘The government failed the poorest of the poor’ - Businesses pick up the pieces after mass looting
Business owners at Tembisa Plaza were picking up the pieces on 16 July 2021 after stores were looted and torched. Gauteng Premier David Makhura was also part of the clean-up and promised that the province would prioritise the rebuilding of the economy.
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UPDATE: Makhura headed to Meadowlands after reports of deadly stampede
It’s understood several people have passed on as a result of the stampede and the premier is on his way there.
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Makhura welcomes deployment of medical SANDF members in Gauteng
Premier Makhura said the military would start working this week as per directions from national government.
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Intervention team to be deployed help Gauteng tackle COVID-19 infections surge
The last 24 hours saw the country recording more than 8,000 new COVID-19 infections, with Gauteng accounting for 60% of all cases.
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Makhura: Mobility in Gauteng driving surge of COVID cases
While giving an update on Friday, the Gauteng command council says the province is crossing the threshold of high-risk infections.
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Makhura: Load shedding, water cuts hurting Gauteng’s health response to COVID-19
The Gauteng provincial command council briefed the media on rising COVID-19 cases on 4 June 2021. Premier David Makhura said continued load shedding, water cuts and the temporary closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital were exacerbating the health crisis in the province. #GautengProvincialCommandCouncil #COVID19 #DavidMakhura
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Makhura wants to declare a local state of disaster at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
The premier gave an update on the COVID-19 response in Gauteng, alongside the provincial command council on Friday.
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Gauteng in the midst of a third resurgence of COVID-19 infections - GCC
The council gave an update on its response to the pandemic in Johannesburg on Friday.
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Makhura: I’m eagerly waiting for the day e-tolls are scrapped
Earlier this month, Mbalula told the National Council of Provinces that a decision on e-tolls is on the table and his department is in talks with national treasury to finalize the process.
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Mkhize: I am happy with turnout at vaccine sites across SA
Earlier, Mkhize and Gauteng Premier David Makhura were at the Munsieville Care Centre for the Aged in Krugersdorp where they witnessed how some of the elderly received their first Pfizer jabs.
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Be extra vigilant amid third wave, Makhura warns Gauteng residents
The Gauteng Premier said the province could not afford to shut to down the economy to mitigate the rising COVID-19 infections.
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Gauteng officially in COVID third wave, announces Premier Makhura
According to the latest statistics from the health department, Gauteng recorded over 1,200 new infections in the past 24-hour cycle.
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Gauteng bids farewell to late Zulu Queen
On 5 May the remains of Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu were taken from the Johannesburg mortuary to her home in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, where she will be interred.
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Late Zulu Queen to be interred in private ceremony
Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu passed away last week at a Johannesburg hospital, aged 65.
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Ahead of vaccine rollout, Premier Makhura visits Hillbrow Health Precinct
Gauteng Premier David Makhura visited the Hillbrow Health Precinct on 20 April 2021. Makhura also toured the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV institute at the precinct, saying that government would be working closely with the team as they prepared for phase two of the vaccine rollout.
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Report into Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire expected by end of today - Makhura
The hospital caught fire on Friday, damaging some sections of the facility.
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Cause of fire at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital still being probed - dept
The fire broke out in a storage room just before midday on Friday and flared up later on.
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Gauteng government sets aside R450m for bursaries
Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivered the keynote address at an awards ceremony hosted by the Gauteng City Region Academy. The event was to award bursaries to students to attend institutions of higher learning. Makhura was speaking on 6 April 2021.
