Health
Security guards and cleaners at Gauteng hospitals demand permanent employment
Union members say they are exploited and lack job security under private companies
News | 2 February 2022
Nurses robbed during security guard strike
Cellphones and car keys stolen as guards continue to strike for back pay
Brief | 27 January 2022
Why the “war” against bacteria is the wrong strategy
Part two in a series on antibiotic resistance
Science | 27 January 2022
Patients turned away from clinics as security guards strike over late pay
Eastern Cape health department has only paid Silver Solutions Security up to October
Brief | 26 January 2022
Eastern Cape health workers warn about staff shortages
2,700 contracts not being renewed by health department
News | 25 January 2022
There’s another pandemic we should be focused on: antibiotic-resistant infections
Millions of people are now dying every year because of bad practices and South Africa is one of the worst culprits
Science | 25 January 2022
Eastern Cape community health workers protest about job cuts
Union wants national government to “prevent a catastrophic health crisis in the Eastern Cape”
News | 18 January 2022
Elderly at risk as Eastern Cape Department of Social Development slashes funding
Imbumba Association for the Aged challenges spending cuts
News | 12 January 2022
#StiekUitVaccinate: Bboys promote Covid vaccination in Mitchells Plain
More than 120 people were vaccinated at the event
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 15 December 2021