South Africa

Our health in brief - part one: Workers’ compensation and the Road Accident Fund

Our health in brief - part two: What are municipalities doing?

Our health in brief - part three: What we spend on health

Our health in brief - part four: How will the health system cope over the next four years?

Elderly people wait and wait for vaccines in long queue in Gqeberha

Although people arrived from as early as 4:30am, vaccinations only started at about noon

Court orders Zulu King’s trust to pay back millions

Ingonyama land leases stripped people living on ancestral land of their customary rights

What’s gone wrong with government’s tender website?

Treasury’s tender portal has been down since March

Dispute over quality of prison food

Correctional services say claims by Prisoners at Leeuwkop Maximum Prison are “nowhere near reality”

Factory where worker lost a hand is now compliant with safety rules, says Labour Department

Truda Foods has appointed more supervisors

SASSA call centre capacity has improved

The agency has upped its helpline answer rate from 30% to 79%

How a truck is helping people in rural areas get registered for vaccination

UNICEF is helping people to register on government’s EVDS system

Dr Tumi, the Lottery and the alleged fraud of R1.5 million

The modus operandi appears similar to other dodgy Lottery-funded projects

Supporters of axed top cop Jeremy Vearey march to Parliament

They want him reinstated and a public inquiry into SAPS

Covid-19: one month of discipline could save 20,000 lives

The time for social distancing is right now

Special needs school in Makhanda will have to wait another three years at least

Ten years after a court order, Education Department has finally acquired the land

Upington residents battle to get to vaccination site

Taxi fare is too high for some to afford