Health
Khayelitsha hospital staff overwhelmed with cases
The hospital has 340 beds but frequently has to accommodate nearly 450 patients
News | 25 February 2022
“We are hungry. Our pots are empty”
Hundreds march in Cape Town demanding urgent solutions to unemployment
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 24 February 2022
I beat an antibiotic resistant infection - but only just
Antibiotic resistance is not an abstract problem. It’s deadly and we can all do more to fix it
Feature | 24 February 2022
Farm workers demand wealth tax for the 1%
Women on Farms protest outside Parliament ahead of budget speech
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Open Charlotte Maxeke Hospital now, demand health workers
Province offers reason for why more money was not made available to hospitals that picked up the additional patient load
News | 20 February 2022
Charlotte Maxeke closure is placing “severe strain” on Helen Joseph
The Gauteng Department of Health has taken over the reconstruction of the hospital from the provincial Department of Infrastructure Development
News | 18 February 2022
Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic
Our government’s report card reads: “Must do better”
By Marc Mendelson and Moritz van Vuuren
Science | 10 February 2022
Taking healthcare to SASSA queues: pensioners screened for hypertension
About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure
News | 10 February 2022
HIV incidence in South Africa has halved since 2010
This is mainly due to antiretroviral treatment and condom promotion, but male medical circumcision and behaviour change after HIV diagnosis had a role too
Science | 9 February 2022