Articles for Sean Christie

In pain? You might have to suck it up

“The difference between public and private [health sectors] is like night and day when it comes to managing acute pain”

Eina! Study shows hospitals are botching pain management

Most patients do not receive important treatment during and after surgery

Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt

Collapsing sewer line in Carlswald Valley has soaked properties with sewage for 20 years

Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity

Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources

The real cost of Johannesburg’s water

Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water

In photos: The spectacular but contested Drakensberg source of Johannesburg’s water

How two very different South Africans are solving their water problems

“I have learned in my life to take responsibility for the needs of my family. If you wait for help, you can wait too long.”