Health
Nurses stop work after finding human waste at clinic door
Mabandla Clinic in Kariega still has no fence or wall
Brief | 30 July 2024
Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go
“Certificate of Need” scheme thrown out of National Health Act
Law | 24 July 2024
Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against an abusive surgeon
Operating theatre manager wins her case
Law | 16 July 2024
Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says protest was “premature”
By Liezl Human
Brief | 5 July 2024
Outcry over loss of sports field to make way for a hospital in Gugulethu
The site is a poor choice and the impact on the community was not considered, say residents
Brief | 2 July 2024
President urged to make sanitary pads free
I_Menstruate Movement launches “period poverty” exhibition in Franschhoek
Brief | 24 June 2024
Mpox in South Africa: here’s what we know
Health department reports second death from the disease
News | 13 June 2024
Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round
Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children
News | 12 June 2024
Radiation therapy graduates unplaced for six months by health department
Graduates are required by law to complete the Internship and Community Service Programme in order to practise
By Liezl Human
News | 10 June 2024