Health
Only 24-hour clinic in KwaNobuhle was without running water for five days
Water was restored late on Monday after staff threatened to down tools
Brief | 29 June 2021
How risky is public transport for infectious disease? We tested it
Next time you hop on a bus, you’ll want to shout: “Open the windows!”
By James Stent, Mary-Anne Gontsana and Tariro Washinyira
Feature | 29 June 2021
Charlotte Maxeke partly reopened but only for cancer outpatients
Oncology unit is the first department to open since the hospital closed down after a fire in April.
News | 28 June 2021
Anger over exclusion of ECD centres from teacher vaccinations
Early childhood development centre owners say they are “the forgotten sector”
News | 25 June 2021
Gauteng sewage has shown high rates of Covid-19 for three weeks
Other hotspots are Gqeberha and Cape Town
By James Stent
News | 24 June 2021
Cancer patients say they are struggling to access treatment since Charlotte Maxeke fire
Oncology outpatients try their luck at Chris Hani Baragwanath
News | 24 June 2021
Patients at a Knysna clinic wait outside for hours to get medication
Health department says it could soon be using a nearby church hall to dispense medication to prevent patients crowding at the clinic’s gates
Brief | 18 June 2021
Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load
At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”
News | 15 June 2021