Health
SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions
One law firm submitted claims of nearly R500-million against the Eastern Cape health department
News | 13 September 2024
Health department misses another deadline to provide nurses with uniforms
The department has committed to paying nurses a once-off allowance by the end of November
News | 10 September 2024
Security guards picket at another Cape Town hospital
Security guards employed by Golden Security Services in Heideveld say they are owed money
By Mary-Anne Gontsana, Tori Newby and Ihsaan Haffejee
News | 3 September 2024
Eastern Cape health centre doesn’t comply with fire safety rules
The Dutywa Health Centre, where the incinerator room was gutted by fire on Saturday, does not have a valid compliance certificate
News | 21 August 2024
Vets are leaving South Africa in droves
They battle tough working environments in rural areas
By Liezl Human
News | 20 August 2024
Fired security guards have been sleeping outside health department in Johannesburg for four months
They say they are owed money and want the department to intervene with their former employers
News | 16 August 2024
In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?
CCMA finds dismissal of cancer survivor lawful
By Tania Broughton and GroundUp Staff
News | 14 August 2024
Durban protesters block roads, demanding local clinic be re-opened
The Newtown A clinic has been closed since the floods in April 2022
Brief | 12 August 2024
How we know a new medicine is so effective at preventing HIV transmission
There was not a single HIV transmission in a clinical trial in which women volunteers used the twice-yearly injectable drug lenacapavir
Science | 1 August 2024