Health
Mom wins court battle against medical scheme
Medihelp refused to cover cost of treating three-year-old’s rare medical condition
Law | 29 August 2022
Nurses at Free State clinic can’t treat patients when it rains
The small, dilapidated clinic serves residents of Intabazwe, near Harrismith - but it is overwhelmed and under-stocked
News | 24 August 2022
People queue all night to get their chronic medication
A second clinic is desperately needed in Motherwell, says community leader
News | 17 August 2022
Pretoria patients fed up that new clinic hasn’t opened
No explanation of delays from province or municipality
Brief | 12 August 2022
Paramedics in bid to stop attacks on ambulances
Emergency workers hope child feeding scheme will build better relations
News | 26 July 2022
We’re not alone: Cape Mental Health members share their experiences
“People need to know that things like this can happen to anybody”
News | 25 July 2022
Dilapidated Limpopo hospital has to send its laundry 30km away to be washed
New hospital to be built by 2026 says the national health department
Brief | 13 July 2022
For Unakho Kewana, loadshedding is life-threatening
East London 18-year-old can’t breathe properly without her oxygen device
Brief | 6 July 2022
Are South Africa’s pesticide rules outdated?
Farm workers and consumers should be worried, says public health expert. But industry body says food security depends on the pesticides in use.
By Liezl Human
News | 4 July 2022