Health
Don’t rob us, plead ambulance drivers
Emergency services workers protest in PE townships
Brief | 7 October 2019
Medical staff demand better security at Motherwell clinic
Strike enters second day
Brief | 3 October 2019
Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day
The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year
By Elsabé Brits
News | 3 October 2019
Nightmare labour for mother in Limpopo hospital
Health department says incident was “truly unacceptable”
News | 26 September 2019
Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa
While it’s too soon to be confident, a vaccine originally tested in Thailand has shown promising early results
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 20 September 2019
Fire closes Mitchells Plain hospital
“The quick reaction time of the fire crews resulted in the fire being contained to the theater section of the hospital”
Brief | 13 September 2019
“Too poor to be treated”: Gugulethu residents demand better healthcare
Residents march to clinics and police station
News | 5 September 2019
Farmworkers want 67 pesticides banned
NGO says the pesticides are already banned in the European Union
News | 29 August 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019