Health
Gangsters shut down Khayelitsha clinic
Security guards were held for ransom. The clinic has been closed all week.
Brief | 5 February 2026
KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concerns
The safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned
News | 13 January 2026
Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away
Brief | 8 January 2026
SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine
Health Professions Council to decide by end of January on inquiry into Tlaleng Mofokeng
By Joan van Dyk
News | 19 December 2025
Clinic staff are extorting immigrants to access life-saving medicines
Immigrants say they are being charged for ARVs, chronic medication and baby immunisations at some Gauteng clinics
News | 10 December 2025
Lesotho’s Parliament blocks debate on explosive hospital report
The wife of the foreign affairs minister features prominently in the report
News | 9 December 2025
“Wrest control of the clinics from the hands of the vigilantes” judge tells state
Xenophobia is one of the greatest threats to democracy and human rights, says Judge Stuart Wilson
Law | 4 December 2025
Payments to sick miners in Lesotho resume after fraud scare
Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases reports fraud of R1.4-million
News | 4 December 2025
Understaffed, crumbling Eastern Cape clinic cannot meet demand
New temporary structure set to cost R1.2-million and take two years to complete
Brief | 1 December 2025