Health
Loadshedding hits clinic waiting times
Patients say they queue for hours at Dunoon Community Health Centre in Cape Town
News | 15 May 2023
Pensioners have to pay people to queue for them at Nyanga clinic
Patients at Nyanga Community Day Clinic says services have been deteriorating
News | 11 May 2023
Pregnant immigrants say they have been turned away from Joburg clinics
This is despite a high court order
News | 9 May 2023
New vaccine will save thousands of children from dying of pneumonia
Trial of vaccine to prevent RSV was led by Wits vaccinologist Shabir Madhi and showed 82% efficacy
By James Stent
News | 6 April 2023
The maths that helped South Africa tackle HIV
UCT epidemiologist Leigh Johnson delivered GroundUp and Bertha House’s third Science for the People seminar
By Daniel Steyn
Science | 29 March 2023
Former Ekurhuleni health workers want their jobs back
“Some of our members died of Covid because we worked even during level 5 of the lockdown”
Brief | 29 March 2023
DA leaders should follow Premier Winde’s example on vaccines
Inviting a British anti-vaxxer and sending mixed messages, especially during a measles outbreak, is endangering public health
Opinion | 23 March 2023
Nontsikelelo Zwedala: an unsung hero of the struggle for HIV medicines
She was one of the complainants in a Competition Commission case that resulted in antiretroviral medicines becoming affordable
Obituary | 20 March 2023
People’s lives are “not our responsibility” says NEHAWU leader
Hospitals disrupted as public sector strike intensifies
Vincent Lali, Chris Gilili, Liezl Human, Tariro Washinyira, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Thamsanqa Mbovane, and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 8 March 2023