At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable…
The judgment complements a November ruling meant to stop groups such as Operation Dudula from blocking foreign nationals from entering government hospitals and clinics and…
From discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients
According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids…
Bill which aims to provide universal care through a state-run fund is being reviewed by President Cyril Ramaphosa This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…
They say the ruling is in line with global trends
Treatment Action Campaign and other civil society groups forced a reluctant Mbeki government to change its stance and roll out ARVs
Hundreds of Treatment Action Campaign members braved the Joburg cold to camp outside David Makhura’s office on Tuesday night, demanding Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopens
The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.
NGOs play a critical role in advancing social change and transformation, but their current funding model needs to be addressed for them to make a sustainable impact in South Africa
State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood
The great housing heist: ‘Widescale looting’ leaves government agency whose job it is to build houses for the poor with an R11m deficit
He has objected to a statement calling for him to be prosecuted and says he’s been criminally defamed
It is the likes of emergency services —the firemen and the paramedics —who bear the brunt for shortfalls in the public purse
It’s been a steep learning curve for districts that sometimes don’t have the know-how — or the data — to write and track local plans.
The federation wants to bring together trade unions and civil society to fight the capitalist class
‘South Africans are so inured to protests that a small protest at an NPA office in Cape Town barely registers’
As South Africa marks Human Rights Day, it’s a good time to reflect on the problems it faces in making constitutional rights a reality
Magashule finally shuffled controversial health MEC Benny Malakoane sideways in his provincial cabinet in 2016 but not before we uncovered this.
Benny Malakoane ‘did an excellent job’ despite tales of fraud, dismissals and hospitals in crisis.
