Articles for Masego Mafata
Department of health fails to buy life-saving device for diabetes patients
Using vials and syringes instead of pens can lead to insulin dosing errors which can be fatal
News | 24 April 2024
Funding crisis shuts down children’s centres in Gauteng
Social development department’s funding adjudications have been finalised, but for many organisations it is too late
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 4 April 2024
Activists call on government to declare TB a national health crisis
Though TB is preventable and treatable, more than 50,000 people died of it in South Africa in 2022
Brief | 20 March 2024
Climate activists refuse to be silenced by arrests
Pickets outside Standard Bank will continue, says Extinction Rebellion
Brief | 13 March 2024
Waste pickers create their own recycling centre
Talks to integrate informal waste reclaimers with the City of Johannesburg’s waste management have gone nowhere for three years
News | 12 March 2024
Alexandra grannies trade knitting needles for boxing gloves
They attend boxing classes once a week as part of a project called GOGOBox
Brief | 7 March 2024
Joburg residents march over water outages and unreliable electricity
The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets
Brief | 5 March 2024
Echoes of District Six evictions in case before the Constitutional Court
Judges question City of Cape Town about eviction of Bromwell Street tenants
News | 28 February 2024
Kenny Kunene targets primary school over claimed plans for Shona lessons
Using xenophobia to campaign is against the Electoral Code of Conduct, say activists
News | 15 February 2024