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Children’s homes, rehabs and shelters face closure once again as Gauteng government fails to pay
Department of Social Development says there were “payment system challenges” and some organisations are non-compliant
News | 4 June 2025
Misinformation versus freedom, rights and science
A GroundUp series on the right to be informed
News | 3 June 2025
Troubling questions as minister gives Ithuba another year to run lottery
On the face of it, Ithuba should have been excluded as it did not bid for the new permanent license and it has reached the maximum legal operating limit of ten years
News | 2 June 2025
Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts
60% of the country’s HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country’s TB programme is faltering
News | 2 June 2025
Closure of US-funded cancer clinic further burdens public hospitals
Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 June 2025
Hundreds of state mental health patients are being kept in prison
There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals
By Elna Schütz
News | 1 June 2025
Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
By Liezl Human
News | 31 May 2025
New play challenges xenophobia
Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 31 May 2025