Health
No water at Elim Hospital
Patients rely on relatives to bring them water to drink and to wash
News | 30 September 2021
13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site
Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe
Brief | 28 September 2021
Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence
This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months
Brief | 23 September 2021
Video: How do we know vaccines work?
And how do we know some medicines don’t?
Video | 22 September 2021
Banking glitch triggers health workers’ strike in Eastern Cape
Department of Health promises employees will get salary within hours
Brief | 17 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won’t explain what’s going on
Mayco member tells GroundUp reporter to “Google methane gas”
News | 15 September 2021
Sex Workers Pride celebrated with vaccinations and calls for decriminalisation
Western Cape MEC for Health Nomafrench Mbombo says criminalisation of sex work makes access to health services more difficult
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
News | 14 September 2021
Cape Town centre offers a hot meal and a vaccine to homeless people
“We wanted to create a welcoming and safe space with a meal where people could have access to the vaccine if they choose” says U-Turn’s director Jean-Ray Knighton-Fitt
News | 13 September 2021