Health

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Openness of Bongani Mayosi’s family shows great courage

Depression is an illness, not a shame

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GroundView | 30 July 2018

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Family of ten live with TB in one shack

“All I need is a healthy place where I can live with my children”

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Brief | 25 July 2018

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TAC occupies hospital to protest poor conditions

Khayelitsha District Hospital CEO says improvements have been made

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Brief | 19 July 2018

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KZN nurses call for health MEC to step down

“We are short staffed and overworked. This is the third march this year.”

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Brief | 17 July 2018

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Playground for rats at Redhill informal settlement

Municipality dispatches rodent control team

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Brief | 13 July 2018

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Mobile clinic stays away in bad weather, say residents

Eastern Cape government says no new clinics will be built in 2018

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Brief | 11 July 2018

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Health workers say they are undervalued and poorly equipped

The South African Human Rights Commission hosted a dialogue on the impact of strikes by health workers

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News | 6 July 2018

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Health workers strike for safer working conditions

Protestors demanded panic buttons, regular police patrol and guns for security guards

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Brief | 2 July 2018

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Hundreds attend free medical screening in Duncan Village

The screening was organised by the Kings Palace Chapel International (KPCI) church

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Brief | 2 July 2018