Health
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
Criminal record of health protesters cleared
Record expunged four years after court set aside convictions
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 18 February 2020
Strike by Emergency Medical Services ends after four days
EMS employees in Graaff-Reinet went on strike last week Tuesday
Brief | 18 February 2020