Health
“I’m broken inside,” says Springs sex worker after botched illegal abortion
SWEAT wants government to make it easier for sex workers to access adequate healthcare free from stigma
News | 27 May 2022
Why independent healthcare inside prisons is vital
Prisoners are overlooked in an already unequal health system
Opinion | 25 May 2022
Fresh air and better houses are weapons in the fight against TB
The disease has been rare in rich countries for 50 years, and one reason is decent housing
By James Stent
Science | 10 May 2022
This vaccine could save tens of thousands of South African lives each year, but we’ll only see it in 2030
Vaccines against TB are much slower to develop than Covid ones
By James Stent
Science | 9 May 2022
Farm workers demand urgent ban on 67 pesticides
Women on farms say that pesticide exposure is making them sick
By Liezl Human
News | 6 May 2022
Diarrhoea cases in children surge in Cape Town
This spike comes after several years of improvement. A public health expert is worried that sewage spills might be the cause
Feature | 6 May 2022
Eastern Cape paramedics face dismissal
Workers stop work to demand better equipment
News | 5 May 2022
“We are overwhelmed,” says nurse at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Nurses march to demand better working conditions and more staff
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 4 May 2022
Video: Her aunt was tied to a bench in a hospital, so Virginia Keppler took on the Gauteng health system
Part 6 in our series on the Gauteng public health system crisis
Video | 4 May 2022