Latvian Translator

The Emergency Planning Department is urgently looking for a person or persons who are able to speak or communicate in Latvian. If you are able to help, please contact Emergency Planning & Sea Rescue Manager, Simon Wade, on tel: 25052 or via email: simonwade@helanta.co.sh.    SHG 12 July 2022

Changes To Minimum Wage – Effective From 1 August 2022

The St Helena Minimum Wage increase, which was announced in April 2022, will come into effect on Monday, 1 August 2022.  The Minimum Wage will increase from £3.25 per hour to £3.37 for all employees having attained the age of 18 years and increase from £2.30 to £2.42 per hour for all young people having […]

St Helena Health Services – The General Practioner Service

St Helena’s General Practitioner (GP) service or outpatients, as referred to on-Island, offers 109 appointments each week through the clinic sessions at the Jamestown Outpatient Clinic, Half Tree Hollow Clinic, Longwood Clinic, and Levelwood Clinic.  On this basis there are 436 clinic appointments available per month which are continuously fully booked. There is now a […]

Constitution Hill Road Closure

The Highways Authority has given approval for Constitution Hill Road to be closed between 10am and 12.30pm on Wednesday, 13, and Thursday, 14 July 2022. This closure is to allow the Roads Section to carry out urgent essential maintenance. During this closure, only emergency services will be granted access. Residents within the affected area will […]

Advice for Passengers departing on Sunday, 17 July 2022

The Health Services Directorate would like to remind persons scheduled to depart St Helena on the Airlink flight on Sunday, 17 July 2022, of the following information:   The South African Governmentrepealed Coronavirus (COVID) regulations on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. This now means that persons travelling to or transiting through South Africa are no longer required […]

Pharmacy’s reduced opening times for stock processing

The Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that with effect from Monday, 11 July 2022, the Pharmacy will be closed all day on Wednesdays and from 12 noon on Thursdays. The reduced opening hours is to allow the Stores Section of the Health Services Directorate and Pharmacy staff to process large consignments […]

Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic – 75+ Years

The Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that a COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held at the Flu Pod, General Hospital, Jamestown, between 11.30am and 2.30pm on Wednesday, 13 July 2022.   The clinic is for eligible persons aged 75 years and upwards who would like to receive a first, second, or […]

Contract Awarded For Erection Of Container Freight Station Building And Port Control, Customs & Bio-Security Building  

Following an open procurement exercise conducted in February and March 2022, St Helena Government (SHG) has entered into a contract with Isaac’s Contractors Ltd, to undertake the erection of the Container Freight Station (CFS) and Port Control, Customs & Bio-Security (PCB) steel frame buildings in Lower Ruperts Valley. The total sum of the contract is […]

Arrival of the MV Helena

6 July 2022

The MV Helena is scheduled to arrive at St Helena on Tuesday, 12 July 2022, and will dock alongside Ruperts Jetty. The public is therefore advised that the Jamestown Wharf and the whole of lower Ruperts, including the beach area, will be closed to the public from Tuesday, 12July 2022, and until all cargo operations […]

Resumption of weekly flights between Johannesburg and St Helena

6 July 2022

Airlink flights with St Helena recommenced in March 2022. Since then the Island has seen eight flights operated fortnightly between Johannesburg and St Helena.   Flight frequency between Johannesburg and St Helena will be increased to weekly with effect from 8 October 2022. The service will still include the monthly inter-Island service with Ascension Island and […]