Topic: Health | GroundUp

Community health workers disrupt clinics in Eastern Cape

They have been demanding to be made permanent for years

By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

News | 18 February 2021

Activists demand transparency over Covid-19 vaccine roll out

Right2Know pickets outside Gauteng health department

By Masego Mafata

Brief | 17 February 2021

“I can’t recall the last time I saw the municipal rubbish truck”: Makhanda families dump their rubbish in the street

But the municipality says it collects rubbish regularly

By Loyiso Dyongman

News | 5 February 2021

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

It’s “insensitive” and “morally questionable”, write two doctors in the South African Medical Journal

By Rufaro Samanga

News | 21 January 2021

Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk

Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings

By Loyiso Dyongman

Brief | 10 December 2020

AIDS victories show what we can do if we try

We can do the same for Covid-19 and other diseases

By Nathan Geffen

Opinion | 1 December 2020

Thousands of health workers march for permanent employment

“We put our lives at risk but we are not permanently employed”

By Vincent Lali, Nokulunga Majola and Joseph Chirume

News | 26 November 2020

Will Covid-19 vaccines bring life back to normal in 2021?

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

By James Stent and Nathan Geffen

News | 26 November 2020

Health workers say they have to meet their supervisors under a tree in Khayelitsha

They are picketing for better working conditions and wages

By Vincent Lali

News | 24 November 2020

Decomposing bodies piling up since 2010 at Pietermaritzburg mortuary

Staff say conditions have only got worse since they protested in 2018

By Nompendulo Ngubane

News | 19 November 2020

Eight hospital staff suspended after protest

This follows the forced removal of the Northdale Hospital CEO by his staff

By Nompendulo Ngubane

Brief | 19 November 2020

Doctor accused of ramming car into protesting healthcare workers outside clinic

The protesters supported by NEHAWU and TAC are calling for higher wages

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 12 November 2020

NEHAWU members remove Northdale Hospital CEO from the building

The group say they are dissatisfied with his management of the hospital

By Nompendulo Ngubane

News | 10 November 2020

Mom carries disabled child up six flights of stairs at Addington Hospital

Department says the hospital’s lifts require parts being shipped from overseas

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 5 November 2020

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

But these medicines are well tolerated by patients

By James Stent

News | 1 October 2020

Traditional leaders threaten to go to court over suspension of circumcisions

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for more consultations

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 30 September 2020