Health
Workers protest in Gauteng, demand health department give them jobs
Union says those who helped during Covid epidemic must get permanent employment
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 17 March 2022
Labour Court dismisses challenge to Covid vaccination policy
Case provides clarity on when a company vaccination policy will be lawful
Law | 15 March 2022
Student nurses in Eastern Cape demand jobs from provincial government
The health department says it does not have enough money to hire these nurses when they qualify at the end of March
Brief | 11 March 2022
Doctors picket outside crisis-ridden hospital
More than 800 posts to be scrapped at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
News | 10 March 2022
Staff shut down Uitenhage Provincial Hospital for several hours in protest over closure of TB hospitals
“They must bring us stats that say TB is not killing people anymore” says NEHAWU leader
Brief | 10 March 2022
Doctors are having to bring food for patients at Bara Hospital
Food supplies run out and medical waste piles up as hospital reaches “crisis point”
News | 10 March 2022
Godfrey Thulare was shot in the leg four times. He had to wait two weeks for surgery at a Tshwane hospital
Surgery on a gunshot wound should ideally be within six hours, says doctor
News | 4 March 2022
Netcare sexual assault centres: are they as publicised?
Rape Crisis advocacy specialist raises concerns
News | 2 March 2022
Hospital porters protest, block entrance to Groote Schuur
Porters lost their jobs when a new contractor was appointed
By Steve Kretzmann and Marecia Damons
Brief | 1 March 2022