Health
Inquiry shows all is not well in private health care
Medical schemes are shirking their responsibilities, possibly because of escalating costs
Analysis | 24 February 2016
Rubbish piles up in Enkanini for nearly two weeks
Residents in the informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been forced to live with overflowing drains and rubbish
News | 5 February 2016
Tygerberg Hospital without water for days
A burst pipe has left patients and staff without water since Wednesday
News | 5 February 2016
Paarl shop bans breastfeeding
“No eating, drinking, smoking and breastfeeding in the shop please” - window sign
By Benita Enoch
News | 4 February 2016
Detainees go to court over conditions in Pollsmoor
65 people held in a cell meant for 25
News | 3 February 2016
HIV-positive prisoner denied antiretroviral treatment
Pollsmoor detainees speak out
News | 3 February 2016
Mbeki’s reputation is not in tatters because he was aloof
It’s because his policies caused hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths
Opinion | 1 February 2016
How a rural hospital has become a model of good care
If all hospitals were like this we could implement National Health Insurance tomorrow
By Jack Lewis
Opinion | 28 January 2016
NHI white paper: the good and the bad
South Africa is one of the most unequal nations in the world, and despite having the highest GDP on the continent, it boasts poor health indicators and faces a high burden of disease, both communicable like HIV and non-communicable like diabetes; high rates of violence and injury and mortality.
Kathryn Stinson and the Writing Group for the People’s Health Movement South Africa
Opinion | 18 December 2015