Health
US funding cuts put Cape Town users at risk of not getting vital medicine
Streetscapes stepped in to help foot the bill for methadone costs after access issues at some centres
News | 1 May 2026
The high cost of negligence in the public health system
Billions of rands are paid out every year in legal claims
By Marecia Damons and David Capel
Feature | 29 April 2026
Eastern Cape pensioners try to build their own clinic
Ugie villagers hope the government will come to finish their work
News | 28 April 2026
Lesotho’s prisons in bad shape despite years of recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
News | 24 April 2026
Company sold stolen and expired insulin to Malawi’s hospitals
Despite a recommendation to revoke its licence, the company still supplies state hospitals
By Golden Matonga and Tumpale Ng’ambi
Feature | 17 April 2026
Cape Town health workers protest, demand permanent jobs
They say they are being exploited and underpaid
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 16 April 2026
SA’s only state transgender surgery clinic can help just four patients a year
But Groote Schuur’s Transgender Healthcare Clinic is seeing five to ten new patients a month and new patients may wait 20 to 30 years for surgery
News | 14 April 2026
Judge orders Tark Group directors to personally repay covid contract profits
The Special Tribunal has ruled that R14-million in contracts for surgical masks and protective jumpsuits bypassed bid processes
Law | 7 April 2026
Lesotho organisations push back against US health deal
A leaked copy of the agreement has raised concerns about transparency and data sharing
By Liezl Human
Brief | 31 March 2026