Health
Government formula milk sold for profit
Some spaza shop owners in Khayelitsha are selling Department of Health (DoH) formula milk that is marked "Not for resale". This milk is supposed to be given free to HIV-positive mothers to give to their babies instead of breast milk.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 12 September 2012
Injury, bleeding, delayed healing and mangled penises by design
Dalli Weyers looks at the design problems with the Tara KLamp circumcision device.
Dalli Weyers
Opinion | 5 September 2012
Parole furore raises the dialysis conundrum
The controversial medical parole of former top cop, Jackie Selebi, has once again thrown into stark relief questions about kidney disease and treatment, questions that have long disturbed the labour movement.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 2 August 2012
Delft gets a new Maternity Unit
A new Maternity unit has opened its doors at the local Day Hospital in Delft.
Janine Fortuin
Brief | 1 August 2012
Delft RDP houses falling apart
Delft residents are left in the cold this winter as the recent bad weather is causing their houses to fall apart.
Janine Fortuin
News | 19 July 2012
Activists battle Novartis over cancer drug
South African activists are campaigning to get a multinational pharmaceutical company, Novartis, to drop a court case against the Indian government.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 18 July 2012
Controversy over Jooste Hospital closure
The Western Cape Department of Health intends to demolish GF Jooste Hospital and spend R550 million reconstructing it. This means the hospital will close. The South African Medical Association (SAMA) and health activists are worried that the closure will affect patients badly.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 27 June 2012
Court case highlights TB in prisons
A man who contracted tuberculosis (TB) while in prison is in a long-running court battle with the Department of Correctional Services.
GroundUp Staff
News | 20 June 2012
Medicine and vaccine shortages across country
There have been many media reports of shortages of medicines to treat AIDS over the last few weeks. But the medicine shortages go beyond antiretrovirals and there are even shortages of vaccines.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 20 June 2012