{"id":128136,"date":"2025-10-17T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/128136\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:03:09","slug":"executive-raises-concern-over-apparent-smuggling-of-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/128136\/","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":128137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[18,61303,61304,61307,61306,61305,135,19,17,11,462,5,1829,61310,61309,61308],"class_list":{"0":"post-128136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ewn","10":"tag-ewn-news","11":"tag-ewn-south-africa","12":"tag-eye-witness-news","13":"tag-eyewitness-news","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-medication","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-news-today","21":"tag-prime-media-plus","22":"tag-primedia-plus","23":"tag-primedia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}