Health

Gauteng sewage has shown high rates of Covid-19 for three weeks

Other hotspots are Gqeberha and Cape Town

Why Covid-19 vaccines should be compulsory

Cancer patients say they are struggling to access treatment since Charlotte Maxeke fire

Oncology outpatients try their luck at Chris Hani Baragwanath

Patients at a Knysna clinic wait outside for hours to get medication

Health department says it could soon be using a nearby church hall to dispense medication to prevent patients crowding at the clinic’s gates

Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

What is the state of South Africa’s health system? Four easy pieces

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

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

Limpopo community health workers demand permanent jobs

They also say they lack protective gear for Covid-19

Toy Story: How orgasms helped me heal

In this video Makgosi Letimile explains how she used sex toys to help relieve incontinence

Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed

Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic

“We kept getting patients who were already dead”

Video: Relief for care-home residents after being vaccinated

“I want to go to my favourite spot, Bloubergstrand, and just sit and look at the ocean, and look at Table Mountain from there. It’s the most wonderful sight in the world.”