Topic: Health | GroundUp

Budget: Decision not to raise the sugar tax “puts profits ahead of people” say activists

“Difficult operating environment for the sugar industry” cited by Finance Minister as reason

By Daniel Steyn

Law | 23 February 2023

Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents

Activists want City clinics upgraded and transferred to the province to take pressure off Wesfleur Hospital

By Peter Luhanga

News | 14 February 2023

Five years ago 80% of Stellenbosch medical students said they were mistreated. What has changed?

Researchers hope to repeat and expand a study that also found high rates of racial and gender discrimination

By Dave Chambers

News | 13 February 2023

Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards

Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad

By Rethabile Nyelele

Brief | 9 February 2023

Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George

Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found

By Daniel Steyn

News | 9 February 2023

This hospital’s generator has been broken for weeks, but the Eastern Cape health department says it doesn’t matter

Kareedouw Hospital has no backup generator during loadshedding

By Joseph Chirume

News | 8 February 2023

Queer people and sex workers are badly treated in clinics, new survey finds

Deputy Minister of Health promises to tackle the problem

By Chris Gilili

News | 7 February 2023

“Rebuild Pollsmoor prison” says TB expert

Prof Linda-Gail Bekker spoke at the first GroundUp/Bertha House Science for the People seminar

By Daniel Steyn

News | 30 January 2023

Getting a Covid booster shot is not as easy as it should be

Under-50s will be eligible in February for a second booster

By Daniel Steyn

Brief | 23 January 2023

Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines

Here’s what government can do about it

By Danjelle Midgley

Opinion | 20 January 2023

Operation Dudula chases immigrants away from Joburg clinic

Patients told to get health care “in their own countries”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 18 January 2023

Stocks of snake antivenom are dangerously low, experts warn

Doctors wait at least six months for orders of vital snake polyvalent antivenom

By Liezl Human

News | 18 January 2023

Sewage on the seashore: Here’s what’s causing Cape Town’s beach closures

Loadshedding at pump stations blamed for most closures

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 13 January 2023

Gardening project helps patients recover from mental illness

The Spring Foundation at Lentegeur Hospital has several projects to rehabilitate patients

By Daniel Steyn

News | 11 January 2023

New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?

Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.

By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen

News | 22 December 2022

Tembisa Hospital CEO and senior officials must face disciplinary action, tribunal rules

Shonisani Lethole died after he had not been fed for days

By Tania Broughton

Law | 15 December 2022