Patient distressed by 6-year wait for surgery
The long waiting list for operations at one of the continent’s biggest hospitals is causing anxiety for a Soweto woman who has been told she has to wait until 2023 for an operation.
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Traditional dance & football keep grannies fit
Twice a week more than 50 elderly people from Ha-Mabila and surrounding villages, outside of Sibasa in Limpopo gather at a local sports ground to play football and perform traditional dances.
WHO backs SA’s sugary drinks tax
The World Health Organization has announced strong support for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s announcement that sugary beverages were to be taxed.
Gordhan outlines initial focus of NHI Fund
The Finance Minister announced that a NHI Fund will be set up this year in the next step towards universal health coverage.
Govt waters down sugary drinks tax
Treasury has watered down its proposed tax on sugary drinks – now at around 11% rather than the proposed 20% - and pure fruit juices are not yet included.
“Suburban” residents bar access for HIV survey
Future health policies will be based on the results of this survey, yet some residents have refused to participate.
Five years later, parts of school still roof-less
After years of empty promises by the Limpopo education department, learners from Dzimauli School in Folovhodwe village are still being taught in roofless classrooms.
Budget speech to clarify sugar tax
The beverage industry, sugar farmers and health activists are anxiously awaiting clarity on the sugary drinks’ tax, expected in tomorrow’s (22nd Feb) Budget speech.
Aeromedical services: fly by night tenders in the Spotlight
A Spotlight special investigation by Marcus Low and Ntsiki Mpulo sheds new light on government’s use of aeromedical services, and fly by night tenders. Spotlight is a publication of public interest law centre, Section 27.
Esidimeni’s dead stored in pile at morgue
After a six-hour wait, yesterday morning the Director-General of Health was given access to a rundown private mortuary where bodies of Esidimeni’s dead were kept last year.
Rape drives HIV and depression
Sexual violence plays a significant role in HIV infection and depression, according to ground-breaking research with women living in Rustenburg.
Shorter treatment for MDR-TB in sight
Shorter more effective treatment for drug sensitive and drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is on the horizon.
Sugar tax: MPs asked for more time
Cosatu and industry want more time and more research before the introduction of the tax on sugary drinks – proposed to start on 1 April.
Teen risks life with an illegal abortion
A 16-year-old girl is recovering from an illegal abortion she had performed, despite knowing that she could have had a free legal procedure done instead at her clinic.
Bad diet complicates obese granny’s health
Three meals a day of pap smothered in fish oil or butter have resulted in 61-year-old grandmother gaining so much weight that she is now bed-ridden.