{"id":86640,"date":"2025-10-17T13:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86640\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:45:08","slug":"executive-raises-concern-over-apparent-smuggling-of-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/86640\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive raises concern over apparent smuggling of medication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cabinet has warned that the apparent smuggling of medication into Zimbabwe will further hinder government efforts to make public healthcare facilities accessible and welcoming to foreign nationals.<\/p>\n

The executive has raised concern over what seems to be a new syndicate stealing essential medicine and illegally transporting it to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

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This came to light earlier this week when boxes containing antiretroviral (ARV) medication and other pharmaceuticals were found at the scene of a fatal bus crash in Limpopo.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the medicine appears to have been stolen from public healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n

Over the past three months, public healthcare facilities have become increasingly tense, with groups like Operation Dudula blocking access for foreign nationals.<\/p>\n

The government has been working to calm the situation, emphasising that no one may be denied access to healthcare services.<\/p>\n

But Ntshavheni has warned that the emergence of an apparent new syndicate smuggling ARV medication to neighbouring countries will only worsen hostilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the proof that confirms brazen theft of medicines from government clinics do not assist efforts to restore conditions for foreign nationals to access public healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) requires that pharmaceuticals be transported under strictly controlled temperature conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cabinet has warned that the apparent smuggling of medication into Zimbabwe will further hinder government efforts to make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[38086,38087,38090,38089,38088,103,61,60,385,371,43,3111,38093,38092,38091],"class_list":["post-86640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ewn","tag-ewn-news","tag-ewn-south-africa","tag-eye-witness-news","tag-eyewitness-news","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-medication","tag-news","tag-news-today","tag-prime-media-plus","tag-primedia-plus","tag-primedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}