Health
Community health workers disrupt clinics in Eastern Cape
They have been demanding to be made permanent for years
By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 18 February 2021
Activists demand transparency over Covid-19 vaccine roll out
Right2Know pickets outside Gauteng health department
Brief | 17 February 2021
“I can’t recall the last time I saw the municipal rubbish truck”: Makhanda families dump their rubbish in the street
But the municipality says it collects rubbish regularly
News | 5 February 2021
UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries
It’s “insensitive” and “morally questionable”, write two doctors in the South African Medical Journal
News | 21 January 2021
Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk
Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings
Brief | 10 December 2020
AIDS victories show what we can do if we try
We can do the same for Covid-19 and other diseases
Opinion | 1 December 2020
Thousands of health workers march for permanent employment
“We put our lives at risk but we are not permanently employed”
By Vincent Lali, Nokulunga Majola and Joseph Chirume
News | 26 November 2020
Will Covid-19 vaccines bring life back to normal in 2021?
Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult
By James Stent and Nathan Geffen
News | 26 November 2020
Health workers say they have to meet their supervisors under a tree in Khayelitsha
They are picketing for better working conditions and wages
By Vincent Lali
News | 24 November 2020