Health
“Rebuild Pollsmoor prison” says TB expert
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker spoke at the first GroundUp/Bertha House Science for the People seminar
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 January 2023
Getting a Covid booster shot is not as easy as it should be
Under-50s will be eligible in February for a second booster
By Daniel Steyn
Brief | 23 January 2023
Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines
Here’s what government can do about it
Opinion | 20 January 2023
Operation Dudula chases immigrants away from Joburg clinic
Patients told to get health care “in their own countries”
News | 18 January 2023
Stocks of snake antivenom are dangerously low, experts warn
Doctors wait at least six months for orders of vital snake polyvalent antivenom
By Liezl Human
News | 18 January 2023
Sewage on the seashore: Here’s what’s causing Cape Town’s beach closures
Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures
News | 13 January 2023
Gardening project helps patients recover from mental illness
The Spring Foundation at Lentegeur Hospital has several projects to rehabilitate patients
By Daniel Steyn
News | 11 January 2023
New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?
Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.
By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen
News | 22 December 2022
Tembisa Hospital CEO and senior officials must face disciplinary action, tribunal rules
Shonisani Lethole died after he had not been fed for days
Law | 15 December 2022