Health
Hospital general staff down tools
Uitenhage Provincial Hospital management to meet with union on Monday
Brief | 13 March 2020
Covid-19: Washing hands is not easy when you have no running water
“It’s easy to keep your hands clean when you stay in a house because you have a tap inside, but it’s difficult when you have to walk long, tiring distances to fetch water”
By Vincent Lali, James Stent, Nathan Geffen and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 12 March 2020
Health Department accused of failing to pay security guards at Motherwell clinics
Security guards were only paid 50% of their salaries in February
Brief | 3 March 2020
Staff down tools at Uitenhage clinic
Unions unhappy over stalled refurbishment of the hospital after the health department ran out of money
Brief | 3 March 2020
Edendale Hospital bed shortage means patients wait on chairs for days
NEHAWU blames hospital management
News | 2 March 2020
Budget Day marked by protests and marches
Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights
By Ashraf Hendricks, Tariro Washinyira and Vincent Lali
News | 26 February 2020
Armed men assault clinic workers
Pietermaritzburg clinic closed after attack; patients turned away
Brief | 25 February 2020
Payouts to injured workers held up by faulty government software
New R300 million Compensation Fund software isn’t working
By Liezl Human
Brief | 25 February 2020
Hospital in dire straits after Eastern Cape Health Department fails to pay contractors
Refurbishment ground to a halt at the hospital when the department ran out of money. Union threatens to down tools
News | 25 February 2020