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Health Professions Council tried to stop exposure of Eastern Cape health crisis
Instead of fulfilling its vision to “enhance the quality of health”, the Health Professions Council (HPCSA) tried to stop details of the health crisis in the Eastern Cape being made public.
GroundUp Staff
News | 4 November 2013
The week in political activism
This is our new, hopefully regular, feature with the latest news from civil society.
Delphine Pedeboy
News | 1 November 2013
Amber lives her dream behind the scenes of the Phantom
Not every parent would be pleased to hear their child is determined to make a life in the theatre. But Amber Mgushelwa’s family has been supportive of her career choice. Her father reassured her all the way; her mother had some concerns.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 30 October 2013
Slow, unresponsive and unconcerned: How the Health Professions Council hurts patients
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is a statutory body that regulates health workers. It registers doctors and disciplines them if they do something wrong. If it had to perform its tasks properly, patients would benefit. Instead, according to several organisations and doctors, the HPCSA’s inefficiency hurts patients.
Delphine Pedeboy and GroundUp Staff
News | 30 October 2013
Daily grind of a Zimbabwean mother
Nancy Muzembe, originally from Zimbabwe, struggles against all the odds to give her son a good education.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 October 2013
School was key to Mandla Khusela escaping poverty
Mandla Khusela was born in Guguletu and grew up in Langa.
Pharie Sefali
News | 29 October 2013
Having a different HIV status to your partner
Lindiwe Kameni was ill in 2004. “I was in Jo’burg when I fell sick, and I tested HIV-positive”, she says. She told her husband her HIV status and things started to change.
Odwa Funeka
News | 28 October 2013
“It hurts when people call me mad”
“It hurts when people call me mad,” says Luvo Ndinisa. “I asked people from my community to stop calling me mad.”
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 28 October 2013