Health
Hundreds attend free medical screening in Duncan Village
The screening was organised by the Kings Palace Chapel International (KPCI) church
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 2 July 2018
HIV treatment programme doing well but long way to go
About 60% of South Africans with HIV have started antiretrovirals
Science | 26 June 2018
Inquiry hears why violence broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
Department says it has no money to pay workers’ performance bonuses
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 June 2018
Goedgedacht: a South African success story
Social development is a marathon, not a sprint, says Goedgedacht Trust founder
By Aidan Jones
Solutions | 12 June 2018
Activists launch cell phone campaign for better health system
900 people sign up in two days
News | 11 June 2018
People’s Health Movement withdraws from NEHAWU
Anger at failure of union to “distance itself” from hospital protests that endangered patient lives
Brief | 1 June 2018
Mayhem at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital as workers demand performance bonuses
Hospital staff were intimidated and patients had to be locked inside for their safety
By Zoë Postman and GroundUp Staff
News | 31 May 2018
Nurses call for Health MEC to be axed
KZN nurses say they are chronically short-staffed and underpaid
Brief | 24 May 2018
“We had no thermometer in the whole clinic”
Nurses at East London clinic say they are battling
By Chris Gilili
News | 23 May 2018