Union Nehawu is planning a strike in the health sector this week. The action will highlight the need for safety during the Covid-19 pandemic, says union.
For two decades Tlapeng village has had no access to water, and the community is forced to drink dirty water. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic is showing just how dangerous this is.
Seeing education as a way out of poverty, a Limpopo woman grew up studying by candlelight in a crowded shack. Today, she is a doctor and entrepreneur creating opportunities for others.
Civil society says the government places the responsibility on learners and their families as it struggles to reinstate the school nutrition programme.
Mpho Mosia was jailed for gender-based violence. He tells Health-e News how prison helped him work through his anger.
Sexual and reproductive health rights for adolescents are not adequate at healthcare facilities, and access to youth-friendly services is hindered by resources, and culture. Now, Covid-19 is making this even harder.
The Special Investigating Unit will tackle corruption allegations in Limpopo, looking into Covid-19 relief spending.
Nurses union Denosa demands consequences for non-payment of nurses contracted for Covid-19 response in Gauteng.
After discovering she had stage four breast cancer at 31, a survivor is using her experience to educate rural communities like the one she grew up in.
A police officer shares his story about how he was left without guidance about how to isolate properly after he tested positive for Covid-19.
Every year, South Africans read dozens of terrible stories on gender-based vio-lence, which normalizes this scourge. It’s time to stop being numb to this national pain, writes community worker Tsamme Mmammone Mfundisi.
Underpaid and overworked community health care workers face harsh working conditions with uncertain futures in the midst of pandemic.
Limpopo health department refutes allegations of corruption and nepotism in PPE contracts, even as questions of political links go unanswered.
A raid by health officials uncovered unpaid invoices at a North West medical depot. With suppliers going unpaid, hospitals are now facing a medicine shortage.
Patients on chronic treatment left stranded as facilities in Gauteng face shortage of essential medicine.
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