Health
Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic
“We kept getting patients who were already dead”
By James Stent and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Video | 2 June 2021
Video: Relief for care-home residents after being vaccinated
“I want to go to my favourite spot, Bloubergstrand, and just sit and look at the ocean, and look at Table Mountain from there. It’s the most wonderful sight in the world.”
Video | 1 June 2021
Conditions are dreadful at Pietermaritzburg morgue
Unclaimed bodies decaying, a terrible stench, no hot water, equipment and vehicles broken
Brief | 31 May 2021
Covid vaccines: This hospital shows how it should be done
It has been handling walk-ins efficiently and politely, but you must be over 60
News | 28 May 2021
Elderly in rural Eastern Cape struggling to register for vaccines
No smartphones, poor connectivity and a lack of transport make registering impractical
News | 27 May 2021
“Never forget how they died”- Life Esidimeni online memorial launched
Website will allow people to lay complaints and report service issues
News | 21 May 2021
Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else
The death rate was 48% compared to the global average of 32%
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 21 May 2021
Eastern Cape villagers have to cross a river to reach their nearest clinic
Provincial health department says National Health Insurance programme will help rural residents to access health care
Brief | 20 May 2021