Health
Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents
Activists want City clinics upgraded and transferred to the province to take pressure off Wesfleur Hospital
News | 14 February 2023
Five years ago 80% of Stellenbosch medical students said they were mistreated. What has changed?
Researchers hope to repeat and expand a study that also found high rates of racial and gender discrimination
News | 13 February 2023
Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards
Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad
Brief | 9 February 2023
Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George
Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found
By Daniel Steyn
News | 9 February 2023
This hospital’s generator has been broken for weeks, but the Eastern Cape health department says it doesn’t matter
Kareedouw Hospital has no backup generator during loadshedding
News | 8 February 2023
Queer people and sex workers are badly treated in clinics, new survey finds
Deputy Minister of Health promises to tackle the problem
By Chris Gilili
News | 7 February 2023
“Rebuild Pollsmoor prison” says TB expert
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker spoke at the first GroundUp/Bertha House Science for the People seminar
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 January 2023
Getting a Covid booster shot is not as easy as it should be
Under-50s will be eligible in February for a second booster
By Daniel Steyn
Brief | 23 January 2023
Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines
Here’s what government can do about it
Opinion | 20 January 2023