Health
Strikers barricade mortuary
Workers’ issues remain unresolved at Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg
News | 7 December 2018
People robbed of ARVs because of whoonga myth
No ingredients in ARVs help people get high
News | 7 December 2018
Children with HIV not prioritised by pharmaceutical industry
HIV positive babies and children are receiving suboptimal treatment putting them at risk for resistance and treatment failure according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
By Elsabé Brits
News | 3 December 2018
Child rape survivors left without counselling
Mental health care a “lottery” for survivors of sexual violence
By Elsabé Brits
News | 28 November 2018
Kwathema residents protest for cleaner air
Residents say fertiliser manufacturing plant is harming their health
Brief | 26 November 2018
Only one in four children lives with both parents
Child Gauge report says 65% of children live in poverty
By Elsabé Brits
News | 21 November 2018
Emergency health workers demand overtime pay
Eastern Cape health department warns strike is illegal
Brief | 6 November 2018
What HHP has taught us about mental health in the black community
Depression has for a long time been referred to as a “white disease” even though close to one in six South Africans suffer from depression or anxiety
Opinion | 5 November 2018
NEHAWU threatens to “close” Eastern Cape
Union says provincial health department is dysfunctional
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 October 2018