Topic: Health | GroundUp

Is this the approach to addiction that South Africa needs?

Free, community-based service offers individual support

By Daniel Steyn

Feature | 23 November 2021

Immigrants in JHB claim they are being denied health care

Public interest law centre considers legal action against Gauteng health department’s latest “xenophobic” policies

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 17 November 2021

Treating Covid: What works? What doesn’t? And what might work?

A simple guide

By GroundUp Staff

Information | 16 November 2021

Mthatha patients wait in the rain at clinics from 3am

“For years we have been treated like this, but it’s worse since Covid.”

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 12 November 2021

Community health workers: arbitrator rules against NEHAWU

Bid to make workers permanent state employees fails

By Marecia Damons

News | 10 November 2021

Health activists call for patent law reform

Patents prevent equal access to life-saving medicines, protesters say

By Masego Mafata

News | 9 November 2021

Pregnant women queue all night outside abortion clinic

“Poor treatment like this forces some of the women to go for illegal abortions”

By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase

News | 21 October 2021

Hundreds march to Union Buildings over health system corruption

Protesters speak of ignorance and bigotry from clinic staff

By Mosima Rafapa

News | 19 October 2021

No water at Elim Hospital

Patients rely on relatives to bring them water to drink and to wash

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 30 September 2021

13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site

Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe

By Loyiso Dyongman

Brief | 28 September 2021

Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence

This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Brief | 23 September 2021

Video: How do we know vaccines work?

And how do we know some medicines don’t?

By GroundUp Staff

Video | 22 September 2021

Banking glitch triggers health workers’ strike in Eastern Cape

Department of Health promises employees will get salary within hours

By Johnnie Isaac

Brief | 17 September 2021

Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses

Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Feature | 16 September 2021

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won’t explain what’s going on

Mayco member tells GroundUp reporter to “Google methane gas”

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 15 September 2021

Sex Workers Pride celebrated with vaccinations and calls for decriminalisation

Western Cape MEC for Health Nomafrench Mbombo says criminalisation of sex work makes access to health services more difficult

Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

News | 14 September 2021