Health
Pregnant women queue all night outside abortion clinic
“Poor treatment like this forces some of the women to go for illegal abortions”
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 21 October 2021
Hundreds march to Union Buildings over health system corruption
Protesters speak of ignorance and bigotry from clinic staff
News | 19 October 2021
No water at Elim Hospital
Patients rely on relatives to bring them water to drink and to wash
News | 30 September 2021
13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site
Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe
Brief | 28 September 2021
Nurses return to Willowvale clinic after two-month absence
This comes after years of erratic attendance and no nurses for the past two months
Brief | 23 September 2021
Video: How do we know vaccines work?
And how do we know some medicines don’t?
Video | 22 September 2021
Banking glitch triggers health workers’ strike in Eastern Cape
Department of Health promises employees will get salary within hours
Brief | 17 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won’t explain what’s going on
Mayco member tells GroundUp reporter to “Google methane gas”
News | 15 September 2021