Health
National government to rescue KZN’s collapsing health department
Minister responds in Parliament to damning report
By Moira Levy
Parliament | 7 September 2017
Western Cape to toughen alcohol controls
It cannot be “business as usual for the liquor industry” says Medical Research Council researcher
News | 6 September 2017
New drug plan promises shift in policy
For the first time, the plan includes input from drug users
News | 29 August 2017
End in sight for silicosis case?
Anglo American and Gold Fields may settle with miners and their families
By Pete Lewis
Analysis | 11 August 2017
State laboratory employees march in Pietermaritzburg
Workers demand higher salaries, but essential health service is collapsing
By Nompendulo Ngubane and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 1 August 2017
State mental health patients are being held in prisons
There is a shortage of hospital beds in the Eastern Cape for inmates with mental illness
News | 27 July 2017
Rural Eastern Cape village left without clinic for months
Provincial government has no explanation why
Brief | 25 July 2017
Gupta-owned company demands R10 million for defamation
Re-Action Consulting’s claims about Optimum were widely known and probably true
By Nathan Geffen and Lilly Wimberly
News | 3 July 2017
Gupta-owned company blocks improved health-care in Mpumalanga
This story exemplifies how state capture affects poor people
News | 28 June 2017