Press Releases

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Recognising the symptoms of COVID-19 and testing

6 July 2022

The Health Services Directorate has advised that community spread of COVID-19 is expected at some stage after the quarantine requirements have been lifted. It is important that you are aware of the symptoms and signs of COVID-19 and what you should do to help yourself and/or others.  The symptoms of COVID-19 include: a new continuous […]

COVID-19: 5 Things to help yourself and your family

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COVID-19 Preventative Measures – Guidance

6 July 2022

St Helena Government (SHG) has advised that COVID-19 will eventually reach St Helena.  Once quarantine requirements are lifted in August 2022, previous requirements such as testing on arrival will no longer be mandatory. It is an individual’s responsibility to practice precautionary measures in order to help protect themselves and others within the community against COVID-19. […]

St Helena COVID-19 Status Update- 5 July 2022

Following routine testing on Saturday, 2 July 2022, positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine.  All COVID-19 protocols are being followed. Members of the public should continue to practice good respiratory and hand hygiene and are thanked for your continued cooperation. The public will be updated when there are no longer positive cases in […]

St Helena COVID-19 Status Update- 5 July 2022

Following routine testing on Saturday, 2 July 2022, positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine.  All COVID-19 protocols are being followed. Members of the public should continue to practice good respiratory and hand hygiene and are thanked for your continued cooperation. The public will be updated when there are no longer positive cases in […]

South Africa Lifts Coronavirus travel requirements

On Wednesday, 22 June 2022, the South African Government repealed regulations relating to Coronavirus (COVID) restrictions within South Africa and related travel requirements for entering South Africa.   Persons travelling to or transiting through South Africa are no longer required to provide proof of vaccination status or a PCR test result upon entering the South African […]