Health

Gugulethu clinic gets its mobile police station

Police deputy minister delivers on promise

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Brief | 5 June 2017

Home based carers want better work conditions

New Crossroads health workers fear victimisation for “speaking out”

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News | 30 May 2017

Protest after health care worker stabbed to death

Deputy police minister promises mobile station outside Gugulethu Community Health Centre at KTC Day Hospital

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Brief | 25 May 2017

Medics protest as KZN health care system collapses

“Management in the Department of Health is incompetent, especially at the hospital level”

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News | 16 May 2017

Port St Johns murder: call for better psychiatric assessment of prisoners

Former prisoner admits to killing four-year-old nephew

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Brief | 11 May 2017

Prisoner fights in court for fellow inmate with brain cancer

Court orders Mike Phahlamohlaka must be considered for medical parole

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News | 9 May 2017

Five hour wait for ambulance

Eastern Cape Department of Health says awaiting delivery of over 100 emergency vehicles

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News | 25 April 2017

Mining company to begin mediation talks with Northern Cape community

Conditions in Dingleton are intolerable says attorney

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Brief | 24 April 2017

Fewer babies born with HIV in South Africa

Programme changes over last 15 years have yielded excellent results

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News | 10 April 2017

Eastern Cape hospital battles water crisis

Pumps fixed in 2011 break down again

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News | 5 April 2017

Wheelbarrow in place of a mobile clinic

After the mobile clinic broke down, some of the elderly in Tsaba Village have to be taken by wheelbarrow to the nearest clinic

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Brief | 30 March 2017

Free Zimbabwean contraceptives smuggled for sale in South Africa

A black market has emerged in contraceptive pills

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News | 19 March 2017

South Africa refuses to support initiative to restrict deadly asbestos trade

A proposal by a dozen African states would list chrysotile asbestos under global treaty on hazardous substances

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Opinion | 14 March 2017

Drug offers new option for patients with TB and Aids

Clinical trial shows positive effects of steroid for patients on ARVs

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News | 2 March 2017

South African study offers hope against drug-resistant TB

New simpler, shorter regimen has high cure rate

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News | 20 February 2017

Betrayal of the mind: living with bipolar disorder

For many people, care is out of reach

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News | 17 February 2017