Health
“We’re forgotten here”: rubbish is piling up in the little settlement of Riemvasmaak
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
News | 20 April 2021
Community health workers confront Mkhize with memorandum of demands
“What can we do with a R3,500 stipend? We have to send our kids to school and pay rent”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 April 2021
Vaccine rollout needs to restart immediately
Continuing the “pause” will cost lives
GroundUp and Spotlight Editors
GroundView | 16 April 2021
Funders of African health research are excluding Africans, say scientists
African scientists call on funders to “decolonise global health”
By James Stent
News | 15 April 2021
Workers at Dora Nginza Hospital downed tools over bonuses
Union says massive strike is looming over performance management
Brief | 13 April 2021
High demand for contraceptive pills smuggled in from Zimbabwe
The market is fuelled by the struggle women have to access health facilities
News | 9 April 2021
Report shows dangerous levels of pollution in Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries
Quality of water bodies has declined over 40 years
Science | 9 April 2021
Military health workers denied Covid-19 vaccines
“Endangering [your] own forces is a criminal offence. The surgeon general should resign immediately”
By Elsabé Brits
News | 24 March 2021
Call for Child Support Grant to include poor pregnant women
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
News | 19 March 2021