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CMS chairperson Professor Lungile Pepeta dies of Covid-19 – Port Elizabeth in the News

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CMS chairperson Professor Lungile Pepeta dies of Covid-19: Frontline health workers lives in danger because of poor quality PPEPepeta had been a member of the council since November 2017He was ra …
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Mabuyane requests official provincial funeral for Professor Pepeta: Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request an official provincial funeral for Professor Lungile Pepeta, the Executive Dean of Health and Sciences at the …
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Covid-19 claims Council for Medical Schemes chair: His death is the second blow dealt to the council during the pandemic, after the death of his predecessor, Dr Clarence Mini. Mini also succumbed to Covid-19 related complications …
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Council for Medical Schemes chairman Pepeta dies of Covid-19: “The CMS, the medical schemes industry, and the health sector has once again lost a leader to coronavirus (Covid-19). Pepeta had been at the helm of the CMS since June 2020, after the passing of Dr …
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COVID-19 latest: SA recovery rate now at 72%; 7,292 new cases: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said 306 people had died from the virus over the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths was at 9,909.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Why the vuvuzelas fell silent: At first South Africans seemed to rise, collectively, to the occasion. Back in March, the government introduced some of the toughest lockdown …
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Vuvuzelas fall silent in coronavirus-hit South Africa: It’s mid-winter here in South Africa’s main city of Johannesburg. The other morning, I put on a woolly hat and scarf to take the dog for a walk. My son came with me, in a T-shirt and flip-flops.As it …
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Professor Lungile Pepeta has passed away: Professor Lungile Pepeta, a renowned paediatric cardiologist and academic from Nelson Mandela University has passed away on Friday.
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