Health

Doctors protest against armed robberies

Port Elizabeth doctors complain about spike in crime

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Brief | 30 October 2017

Neighbours to the rescue as health system fails epileptic man

58-year-old Pietermaritzburg resident Dumisani Zuma says he’s never seen a Community Health Worker

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News | 30 October 2017

Nohle drank steel wool and brandy to induce an abortion

How stigma drives an underground industry

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News | 26 October 2017

Dodgy liquor sold in townships

Labels do not conform with alcohol laws

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News | 23 October 2017

Gogos get a health kick out of soccer

Bafana Bafana better watch out says team of 60 to 80-year-olds

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News | 10 October 2017

Herbex misleads after legal setback

The Advertising Standards Authority can issue rulings on the adverts of non-members

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Law | 6 October 2017

New season of TV health show starts Friday

Siyayinqoba will air on SABC1 for 13 weeks

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Brief | 2 October 2017

Supreme Court of Appeal gives advertising authority its fangs back

Blow dealt to advertisers of quack medicines

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Law | 30 September 2017

Arrests after botched circumcision

“I could not believe what I saw. I thought my son was dead.”

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News | 29 September 2017

Atlantis residents demand better service at Wesfleur Hospital

Health department commits to recruiting more doctors and nurses, but says problems can’t be solved only by hiring

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News | 22 September 2017

National government to rescue KZN’s collapsing health department

Minister responds in Parliament to damning report

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Parliament | 7 September 2017

Western Cape to toughen alcohol controls

It cannot be “business as usual for the liquor industry” says Medical Research Council researcher

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News | 6 September 2017

New drug plan promises shift in policy

For the first time, the plan includes input from drug users

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News | 29 August 2017

End in sight for silicosis case?

Anglo American and Gold Fields may settle with miners and their families

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Analysis | 11 August 2017

State laboratory employees march in Pietermaritzburg

Workers demand higher salaries, but essential health service is collapsing

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Brief | 1 August 2017

State mental health patients are being held in prisons

There is a shortage of hospital beds in the Eastern Cape for inmates with mental illness

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News | 27 July 2017