Health
Hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Health department says it’s the law, but human rights lawyer disputes this
News | 28 May 2019
Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money
Health workers have to draw blood without gloves
News | 27 May 2019
Garden for psychiatric patients struggles to find funding
Lentegeur Market Garden may not make it through the year
By Kristine Liao and Katherine Liu
News | 21 May 2019
Drug epidemic overloads state social workers
They make a big difference to people’s lives but the work is tough
Feature | 17 May 2019
Cape Town paramedics protest against work hours
Union also demands health department takes over salary payments of NGO community workers
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 3 May 2019
Grabouw gets 24-hour health service following protests
Residents express delight but still want a public hospital
Brief | 3 May 2019
UN report warns of disastrous consequences of antibiotic resistance
This follows an alarming South African study which shows that doctors and nurses are prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily
By Elsabé Brits
News | 30 April 2019
Protesters burn Khayelitsha health facility
“The clinic helps us with tests for chronic diseases. Now we will have to travel long distances to other areas to get treatment”
By Vincent Lali
News | 26 April 2019
Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses
Company says it took reasonable measures and the period for claims has expired
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 25 April 2019