Health
Getting health care to sex workers in Cape Town
Leigh Davids was born a boy, but when she was five, she realised she wanted to be a girl.
Katy Scott and GroundUp Staff
News | 20 October 2014
Week in activism
This week we look at Greenpeace’s call on government to make Eskom comply with pollution laws, a report prepared for Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and a call for the Department of Home Affairs to recognise transgender rights.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 17 October 2014
Makhaza residents protest at Matthew Goniwe clinic
Inadequate treatment, disrespectful staff members, and lost patient folders have become common at the Matthew Goniwe Clinic in Makhaza, say residents, who marched in protest on 16 October.
Joyce Xi
News | 17 October 2014
Hunger: half of SA at risk
One in four South Africans suffers from hunger on a regular basis, according to an Oxfam report released ahead of World Food Day, October 16.
Joyce Xi
News | 16 October 2014
Responding rationally to Ebola
Tightening border controls is not the way to prevent an outbreak of Ebola in South Africa, writes Nathan Geffen.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 16 October 2014
A deadly disease that demands huge investment
No doubt you’ve heard there’s a disease about that is infectious, difficult to treat and that has an extremely high death rate.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 15 October 2014
Lawyers to sue over uncovered drain
Lawyers representing the Bardale resident who fell into an uncovered drain in October last year say they are still processing the legal action.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 14 October 2014
How an Ebola clinic works
“So just think of the one who is about to die, trapped behind hundreds of walls sizzling with heat, while at the same time, there are all those people, on the telephone or in cafes …” - The Plague by Albert Camus.
Kathryn Stinson
Opinion | 13 October 2014
Masekane: a crisis in the heart of Woodstock
A hacking cough comes from the motley group of people huddled together in a flimsy shack alongside the railway line near Woodstock’s industrial area. It could be from the smoke from the fire; it could be from the cigarette smoke that fills the shack – or it could be tuberculosis.
Ian Broughton
News | 10 October 2014