Health
I was shot in the head in 1986. I’m still paying the price
Why gun violence is a public health crisis
Opinion | 3 March 2026
Activists demand government improve maternal health care
More than 50 mothers and activists picketed outside the National Department of Health in Pretoria to demand better maternity healthcare
Brief | 2 March 2026
Patients have to queue before sunrise at this rural Limpopo hospital
Malamulele Hospital serves dozens of villages in a 25km radius but is short staffed
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 26 February 2026
Ambulance service accuses minister of slander
KZN MEC for Transport Siboniso Duma ordered to show why a final interdict should not be granted against him
Law | 23 February 2026
Hundreds march on Parliament demanding an increase in alcohol tax
“In our communities we have shebeens that operate 24 hours”
News | 18 February 2026
Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans
Concern about decision to buy Chinese MRI machine from local company instead of one from Philips
By Chris Bateman and Raymond Joseph
News | 18 February 2026
Cape Town clinic reopens after extortion incident
It was overwhelmed with patients on Monday morning
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Vincent Lali
Brief | 16 February 2026
SCA rules medical negligence damages must be paid as lump sum
This overturns a high court ruling that the health department would provide treatment at state facilities instead of paying cash damages
Law | 13 February 2026
Khayelitsha clinic to remain closed after extortion incident
City of Cape Town is conducting a risk assessment
Brief | 12 February 2026