Health Minister Mkhize orders Gauteng Health Department to “reconcile their data” after embarrassing contradictions in the number of new cases versus recoveries. In the meantime, Western Cape premier issues warning over increased cases.
Read More »Gauteng Covid-19 figures don’t add up while Western Cape faces surge
#16Days highlighting Gender Based Violence starts hours after a top regional politician is reinstated by the ANC despite being charged with raping his daughters.
Read More »Reinstatement of ANC member accused of raping 8 year-old daughters shocks country
Global activities are planned to make the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. This year the theme is ‘Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!’ Globally, one in three women experience physical or sexual violence, most often perpetrated by an intimate partner.
Read More »Sixteen Days of Activism aimed at shining light on ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence
Ahead of the summer initiation season, traditional leaders plan to introduce Covid-19 regulations to schools. Traditional leaders want government to lift the ban on initiation schools to prevent illegal schools from mushrooming in the Eastern Cape, writes Thamsanqa Mbovane.
Read More »Traditional leaders outline Covid-19 regulations in bid to reopen Eastern Cape initiation schools
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize visited the Eastern Cape this week, where Covid-19 infections are spiking. Mkhize was met with protesting health workers, who say they are being left out of talks and undermined, report Wara Fana and Thamsanqa Mbovane.
Read More »Unions protest as health minister visits Covid-19 hit Eastern Cape
Government and health experts are focusing on the Eastern Cape, which has seen a spike in Covid-19 infections. The Western Cape has seen a spike too, along with clusters around the country. Minister Zweli Mkhize urged citizens to stick to mask-wearing and social distancing.
Read More »Health Minister to visit Eastern Cape as Covid-19 infections surge
The World Health Organisation and UN agency Unicef fear that the world could see resurgence of measles and polio if immunisation programmes are disrupted.
Read More »WHO and Unicef call for emergency aid as Covid-19 disrupts immunisationAn estimated 55,000 Community Health Workers put their lives on the line each day to ensure healthcare access to the communities they live and work in nationwide. Earning as little as R800, these workers are demanding that the government absorb them into the National Health Department, writes Jamaine Krige.
Read More »Fed up with risk and low salaries, Community Health Workers to strike for job securityThe Phelophepa Health train has brought hope and primary health services to rural and indigent communities around the country for 26 years. The Covid-19 pandemic did not halt its journey, instead bringing the train to a new station, writes Jamaine Krige.
Read More »The Covid-19 pandemic could not derail the Phelophepa Health Train as it arrives at a new stop
We’re living in what many have described as a ‘new normal.’ Yet, how do we reshape the norm so that the girl child is no longer left behind? Novartis’ Sibonile Dube has a few practical suggestions.
Read More »How to create a gender-balanced world for the girl child in our new normalIt’s no longer illegal for South African adults to use cannabis in their private time, but arriving at work under the influence is still a transgression. Drug testing in the workplace remains a contentious issue and companies need comprehensive drug policies based on sound legal and ethical principles to navigate this new landscape, writes Jamaine Krige.
Read More »Dagga may now be legal at home, but it still has workplace consequencesEven before the pandemic, women carried an unequal burden of social, cultural and economic ills. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this, with the effects of lockdown disproportionately affecting women, write Charlotte Motsoari and Amina Mwaikambo at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.
Read More »Double burden: Covid-19 has made the load women carry even heavier than beforeThe Nasrec field hospital was built to isolate people with Covid-19 infections. Inside, a team of healthcare workers and patients have become something of a temporary family, writes Jamaine Krige.
Read More »Behind the mask: Nasrec nurse offers glimpse of life and hope in isolationStudies link obesity and binge eating to adverse life events or trauma, and experts agree that the underlying causes of obesity must be addressed in order to promote health and wellbeing, especially amid a global pandemic, writes Jamaine Krige.
Read More »‘I used food as a reward but I’ve used it to punish myself too’ – How trauma leads to obesityEach day, women and girls around the world are trapped in abusive marriages that are sanctioned by patriarchal communities. This is the anonymous story of a young woman in KwaZulu-Natal, trapped in a forced marriage by her own family and how she escaped sexual, physical, financial and emotional abuse, as told to Health-e News reporter Nomfundo Ntshangase.
Read More »Forced to marry her sister’s husband – A KwaZulu-Natal woman shares her story of abuse and escape
