Health
Diarrhoea cases in children surge in Cape Town
This spike comes after several years of improvement. A public health expert is worried that sewage spills might be the cause
Feature | 6 May 2022
Eastern Cape paramedics face dismissal
Workers stop work to demand better equipment
News | 5 May 2022
“We are overwhelmed,” says nurse at Steve Biko Academic Hospital
Nurses march to demand better working conditions and more staff
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 4 May 2022
Video: Her aunt was tied to a bench in a hospital, so Virginia Keppler took on the Gauteng health system
Part 6 in our series on the Gauteng public health system crisis
Video | 4 May 2022
Place Eastern Cape health department under administration, say workers
Clinics in Motherwell, Gqeberha, shut since Tuesday
Brief | 22 April 2022
Can technology help fix state clinics?
There are promising solutions to problems in primary health care but they are mostly emerging in the private sector
By Daniel Steyn and Vusi Mokoena
Feature | 22 April 2022
Mfuleni families left to use the canal as a toilet
Chemical toilets fill up, flush toilets are blocked
News | 19 April 2022
Video: The deadly wait for cancer treatment
Part one in our series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis
Video | 12 April 2022
Patients turned away at Fort Beaufort clinics
Health department says staff and medication shortages will be fixed in this financial year
News | 11 April 2022