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Dehumanising Malawi hospitals fail mothers with impairments

More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse

Professor Bonang Mohale, chancellor of the University of the Free State. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Bonang Mohale: South Africa has all the markings of a failed state

The former Business Leadership SA chief executive and current chancellor of the University of the Free State highlighted unemployment as the biggest problem to address

Covid-19 could claim up to 40 000 lives in South Africa, according to experts. (Fabrizio Villa /Getty Images).

The M&G’s projection on Covid-19 infections on Monday 16 March

At this rate of infection, with 5% of all cases needing intensive care, the country won’t have enough emergency hospital beds by the end of this month

Surgeons in Paris operate on a patient in a high-tech theatre. (Gerard Julien/AFP)

Human development is under threat

Achieving significant progress means we are going to have to ditch neoliberal capitalism

Private sector lags in HIV testing

Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.

Motsoaledi: Why I use government hospitals

Health editor Mia Malan talks about Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to use public hospitals and the NHI.

Parliament hears of poor state of public hospitals

SA’s public hospitals are in a bleak state with failing equipment and dwindling numbers of doctors, Parliament heard on Wednesday.