Health
Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else
The death rate was 48% compared to the global average of 32%
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 21 May 2021
Eastern Cape villagers have to cross a river to reach their nearest clinic
Provincial health department says National Health Insurance programme will help rural residents to access health care
Brief | 20 May 2021
Vaccine scheduling glitch makes some over-70-year-olds very happy
Sandton centre briefly opens for walk-in vaccinations, back to normal scheduled appointments from Thursday
By Julia Evans
News | 19 May 2021
Government working to fix “teething issues” at vaccine sites
Western Cape given 33,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kick start phase 2 this week
News | 19 May 2021
A quarter of Worcester’s children are stunted
Mothers who completed high school are much less likely to have stunted children
News | 19 May 2021
Strike at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University enters second week
NEHAWU is demanding a 6% pay increase; management initially offered 3.5%
Brief | 17 May 2021
New Pretoria clinic is a case study in why many township projects fail
The site is a dump after contractors became fed up and left
News | 14 May 2021
Black donors needed to help save lives
Finding a matching bone marrow donor is very difficult and only 30% of registered donors in South Africa are people of colour. Here’s why that matters
Explainer | 5 May 2021
“We’re forgotten here”: rubbish is piling up in the little settlement of Riemvasmaak
City of Cape Town says refuse is collected weekly
News | 20 April 2021