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

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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

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News | 21 January 2025

Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic

Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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News | 3 December 2024

Patients to be moved from Cofimvaba Hospital as nurses down tools

The Eastern Cape health department has issued an ultimatum to return to work

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Brief | 26 November 2024

Diamond mines everywhere but Richtersveld town battles poverty

Sanddrift residents struggle to get medication, ambulances, and jobs

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News | 25 November 2024

Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price

National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking

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News | 19 November 2024

MSF slams Novo Nordisk for South Africa’s insulin pen shortage

But the multinational pharmaceutical company says it offered government solutions

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News | 15 November 2024

Patients lie on the floor at Uitenhage hospital

The health department has acknowledged there is pressure on available beds

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News | 12 November 2024

Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital

City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity

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Brief | 11 November 2024

X-ray machine conks out at Limpopo hospital

Elim Hospital also faces persistent water shortage

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News | 7 November 2024