Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, Mr Matome Chiloane, wishes to inform the public of the first Monkeypox case at a Gauteng public school, which was reported on Tuesday, 16 July 2024.

South Africa Registers a Case of Monkeypox Disease In an alert issued on Monday, May 13, 2024, Dr. Joe Phaahla, the Minister of Health, has called for heightened vigilance among the public as the nation confirms a laboratory-verified case of monkeypox disease, also known as Mpox.