Health
Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk
Imprecise executive order leaves health providers dependent on PEPFAR funding unsure if or when money will arrive
By Liezl Human
News | 23 January 2025
Over a hundred disabled and elderly people queue outside SASSA in Khayelitsha
Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings
News | 21 January 2025
Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic
Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours
By Thembi Siaga
News | 18 December 2024
Activists furious after Competition Commission drops probe into pharma company
Life-saving drugs still not available to many cystic fibrosis patients
Law | 17 December 2024
Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon
Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted
News | 13 December 2024
Makana’s immigrant-owned spaza shops remain closed
Makana authorities shut the shops two weeks ago citing violations of various regulations
Brief | 12 December 2024
Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital
Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand
Brief | 11 December 2024
New hospital for Elim at last
But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling
By Thembi Siaga
News | 5 December 2024
From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
News | 3 December 2024