Finding a matching bone marrow donor is very difficult and only 30% of registered donors in South Africa are people of colour. Here’s why that matters
5 May 2021
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
20 April 2021
“What can we do with a R3,500 stipend? We have to send our kids to school and pay rent”
By Vincent Lali
20 April 2021
Continuing the “pause” will cost lives
GroundUp and Spotlight Editors
16 April 2021
African scientists call on funders to “decolonise global health”
By James Stent
15 April 2021
Union says massive strike is looming over performance management
13 April 2021
The market is fuelled by the struggle women have to access health facilities
9 April 2021
Quality of water bodies has declined over 40 years
9 April 2021
“Endangering [your] own forces is a criminal offence. The surgeon general should resign immediately”
By Elsabé Brits
24 March 2021
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
19 March 2021
Getting vaccinated “is the best thing you can do for yourself” says Groote Schuur nurse
By Elsabé Brits and Nathan Geffen
17 March 2021
A number of immigrants in Makhanda say they were denied health care
15 March 2021
Part two of a two-part series on how corruption is killing people in the province’s health system
By Daneel Knoetze and Steve Kretzmann
11 March 2021
The provincial health department says it has run out of funds and cannot renew the contracts
11 March 2021
Lawyers cite patient confidentiality as the reason for barring the media
5 March 2021
After initial reluctance there is now great excitement, as rollout proceeds
4 March 2021