Health

Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate Haytor clinic

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News | 1 August 2025

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing

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Law | 28 July 2025

Cape Town protesters bang pots against Israel’s use of food as a weapon

Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza

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Brief | 24 July 2025

Carte Blanche “gagging” order overturned

Dr Ntando Duze initially obtained an interdict to stop the airing of a programme about allegations of malpractice

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Law | 21 July 2025

Pensioners on the move for Mandela Day

“We are ageing, yes. But we’re not done living.”

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Brief | 21 July 2025

After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died: Who bears responsibility?

Both the US and Mozambican governments have failed

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Analysis | 21 July 2025

Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little

UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy

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News | 10 July 2025

Global Fund to cut R1.4-billion to SA for HIV, TB and malaria

Global Fund is reducing funding to over 100 countries amidst shortfalls

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Brief | 3 July 2025

Nurses suspended after video of naked patient circulates on social media

Residents of Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape stage series of protests over treatment at hospital

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News | 2 July 2025

Two people collapse after waiting hours outside SASSA in Mamelodi

Beneficiaries want shorter waiting times and better service from staff at the office

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Brief | 30 June 2025

New book tells the life of veteran activist Mandla Majola

The book was written by two professors from the United States

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News | 30 June 2025

Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan

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Brief | 26 June 2025

South Africa needs to do more to tackle antimicrobial resistance, warn experts

This is a “pandemic which is wreaking havoc, is not being attended to properly and not being taken seriously enough”

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Brief | 19 June 2025

Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die

Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV

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Feature | 19 June 2025

Clinic renovation stalled because health department hasn’t paid contractor

Patients are being treated at old church buildings because the clinic has been closed since 2022 for renovations

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News | 17 June 2025

Cardiologist “gags” Carte Blanche

Despite having had multiple chances to respond, Dr Ntando Duze still managed to secure an interdict to halt the airing of a programme on allegations of malpractice

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Law | 9 June 2025