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Rural communities in Limpopo have been waiting for clinics for decades. Their stories are different, but their struggle is the same: no access to healthcare, broken promises, and no clear answers from the government.![]()
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Mbaula & Phalaubeni were promised a clinic in 1996, yet residents still have to travel up to 58km just to see a doctor. A hospital trip costs nearly R100—money many don’t have. ![]()
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In Muswani Village, residents have been asking for a clinic since the 1980s. It was even included in government plans, but never built. Their councillor promised to help but lost interest, leaving them with nothing. health-e.org.za/2025/03/13/limpopo-villages-struggle-without-a-clinic-since-1996/ #healthnews
#BudgetSpeech2025: A significant portion of South Africa’s health expenditure goes towards paying wages and salaries. This was a key focus in the budget speech delivered by finance minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday. ![]()
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“R28.9 billion is added to the health budget, mainly to keep about 9 300 healthcare workers in our hospitals and clinics. It will also be used to employ 800 post-community service doctors, and to ensure that our pharmacies do not run out of medicines.” ![]()
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Godongwana says health spending will increase from R277 billion in the 2024/25 financial year to R329 billion in the 2027/28 financial year.
Budget focuses on keeping healthworker jobs
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While it's crucial to ensure healthcare workers are paid fairly, the wage bill can put a strain on the health budget.
When Klaas Ledwaba’s family had him admitted to the psychiatric ward of #PhiladelphiaHospital in Dennilton, #Limpopo last week, they didn’t expect that just a few days later, he would be dead.💔![]()
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Ledwaba, 33, was shot and killed at the weekend in a gruesome attack. But the circumstances surrounding his death are unusual. ![]()
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According to sources, in the early hours of Saturday, 8 March, another patient in the ward, a 45-year-old man, allegedly went into a rage and started attacking those around him.![]()
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Police were called to de-escalate the situation, but were met with a gruesome scene. Find out more here: health-e.org.za/2025/03/12/death-in-limpopo-psych-ward-who-killed-klaas-ledwaba/ #HealthNews
One of Johannesburg’s oldest hospitals, Helen Joseph, is in disarray. ![]()
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Lack of security, non-payment of food service providers, dirty linen piling up in the corridors, decaying infrastructure and poor governance and leadership are just some of the challenges highlighted in two reports released by the Health Ombud and Office of Health Standard Compliance (OHSC) during a media briefing this week. ![]()
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Health Ombud: Helen Joseph Hospital not fit for purpose
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One of Johannesburg’s oldest hospitals, Helen Joseph, is in disarray. Lack of security, non-payment of food service providers, dirty linen piling up in
Patients in Botshabelo in the Free State say they’ve been denied healthcare by staff at Potlako Motlohi clinic. ![]()
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Since mid-February clinic staff have been telling them that they cannot be helped due to the data-capturing computer system being offline. ![]()
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Tshokolo Sanda, a patient, says leaving patients unattended left them angered as they thought things could be done manually.![]()
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“Before the computers were brought in there were books which we used to be registered in. What’s stopped them from writing our names in the book and putting it in the computer later when the system is back online?” ![]()
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Frustrations reached a boiling point when staff and patients nearly came to blows. ![]()
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Patients sent home over computers not working at clinic in Botshabelo
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Since mid-February clinic staff have been telling them that they cannot be helped due to the data-capturing computer system being offline.
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