Fired for ‘doing my job’ – Madlala-Routledge
Sacked deputy health minister speaks out about her frustration after being denied access to departmental information by the Director General and Minister
Anso Thom
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‘I don’t sleep at night’
A mother lives with the pain of knowing that her only daughter was used as a sex worker by another woman in their community.
Young girls used as sex workers
A Khayelitsha woman and her young boyfriend are facing child trafficking and rape-related charges after they ran a brothel from their shack using girls aged between 10 and 14 years.
Court restores order in Khayelitsha health services
Dismissed health workers will offer their services to Khayelitsha's Site B health facility in the morning following an interim interdict by the Cape High Court ordering the health department to restore reasonable functioning of services in the area.
Drug users not catered for in Aids plan
South Africa's National Strategic Plan (NSP) could stand for 'No Substantial Policy' when it came to the needs of injecting drug users, a human rights advocate told a gathering at the national AIDS conference in Durban.
Prisons case could go back to court
AIDS activists and their lawyers are gearing up for another battle in court in an attempt to force the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to commit to the humane treatment of HIV-positive prisoners.
Survey shows decline in HIV among pregnant women
Government has claimed first evidence of a decline in South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic after its annual survey among pregnant women showed a 'statistically significant reduction' of HIV prevalence between 2005 and 2006.
Health Minister was invited
Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was repeatedly invited to speak at Tuesday's opening ceremony, organizers have revealed.
‘Unstoppable wave of child mortality’
HIV is the main driving force behind South Africa's high child death rates and unless there is a concerted effort to put child survival strategies in place the country faces an 'unstoppable wave of child mortality',' paediatricians have warned.
Manto snubs Durban Aids Conference
Hardly back in her office after a lengthy lay-off and Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang immediately placed herself at odds with the AIDS community.
Staff shortages cause key ARV programme to falter
Medecins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) flagship antiretroviral programme in Khayelitsha is taking strain and has been forced to put patients on waiting lists as nurses and doctors struggle to cope with the growing demand.
Critical shortage of doctors in 2008
Rural doctors are bracing themselves for a crisis in hospitals next year as the number of community service doctors is set to drop dramatically to around one-fifth of the usual intake.