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HPCSA Practitioner Symposium - Midrand |
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Author: Daphney Chuma
08 April 2019
Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will be hosting a Symposium for all healthcare practitioners based in the Gauteng Province as part of its stakeholder engagement process. The symposium is an engagement platform initiated by Council as a mechanism to interact with its stakeholders and receive feedback on pertinent issues that affect them.
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Bogus Practitioner Arrested in Nigel |
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| Author: Daphney Chuma
20 March 2019
Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in collaboration with the South Africa Product Regulatory Authority and the Provincial Organised Crime Unit conducted an operation resulting in the arrest of a bogus practitioner.
On Tuesday, 19 March 2019, Mr Makoko Thomas Tshimbombo, a Congolese national was found practising as a medical practitioner (whilst not registered with the HPCSA) at the practice of Dr Albert Kolombwa, who is registered with Council. The operation was conducted as a result of an anonymous tip-off received from a member of the community.
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HPCSA Practitioner Roadshow - North West |
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| Author: Daphney Chuma
18 March 2019
Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will be hosting a Practitioner Roadshow for healthcare practitioners who practise in the North West province.
The Roadshow is part of the stakeholder engagement platforms initiated by Council as a mechanism to interact with its stakeholders and receive feedback on pertinent issues that affect them. These Roadshows are also hosted to ensure that Council adheres to its mandate of guiding the professions and protecting the public.
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HPCSA Media Release Congratulation to Professor Tshifularo |
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Author: Daphney Chuma
15 March 2019
Pretoria - The President of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Dr Kgosi Letlape congratulates Professor Mashudu Tshifularo for performing the world’s first ever middle ear transplant.
Professor Tshifularo is the Head of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the University of Pretoria. He performed the transplant on a 35 year old man who was able to regain his hearing.
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Ladysmith Symposium |
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Author: Daphney Chuma
25 February 2019
Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will be hosting a Symposium for all healthcare practitioners in Ladysmith, KwaZulu Natal Province as part of its stakeholder engagement process.
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HPCSA WELCOMES NEW REGISTRAR/CEO |
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Author: Daphney Chuma
15 January 2019
Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), announced the appointment of its new Registrar/CEO in the person of Dr Manyangane Raymond Billa. His effective date of employment was 1 January 2019.
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Board Examination for South African Foreign Qualified Medical Graduates |
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Author: Daphney Chuma
11 January 2019
Pretoria - Following a media inquiry by The Citizen newspaper on 10 January 2019; regarding the draft Notice of Motion by the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) on behalf of the 84 foreign qualified medical graduates, the President of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Dr Kgosi Letlape made contact with the LRC in an effort to obtain information and better understand the planned Notice of Motion by the LRC.
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