Health
The high cost of negligence in the public health system
Billions of rands are paid out every year in legal claims
By Marecia Damons and David Capel
Feature | 29 April 2026
Eastern Cape pensioners try to build their own clinic
Ugie villagers hope the government will come to finish their work
News | 28 April 2026
Lesotho’s prisons in bad shape despite years of recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
News | 24 April 2026
Company sold stolen and expired insulin to Malawi’s hospitals
Despite a recommendation to revoke its licence, the company still supplies state hospitals
By Golden Matonga and Tumpale Ng’ambi
Feature | 17 April 2026
Cape Town health workers protest, demand permanent jobs
They say they are being exploited and underpaid
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 16 April 2026
SA’s only state transgender surgery clinic can help just four patients a year
But Groote Schuur’s Transgender Healthcare Clinic is seeing five to ten new patients a month and new patients may wait 20 to 30 years for surgery
News | 14 April 2026
Judge orders Tark Group directors to personally repay covid contract profits
The Special Tribunal has ruled that R14-million in contracts for surgical masks and protective jumpsuits bypassed bid processes
Law | 7 April 2026
Lesotho organisations push back against US health deal
A leaked copy of the agreement has raised concerns about transparency and data sharing
By Liezl Human
Brief | 31 March 2026
Parents’ consent and children’s health: important ruling in Cape High Court
Judge praises staff at Red Cross Hospital
Law | 30 March 2026