By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Molly Grieves, 47, has struggled to find work for years, but a month ago she was hired as an intern cleaner at the Helen Joseph Hospital through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The EPWP is…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Recently the medical emergency unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) was unable to provide meals to all their patients. Bafana Tshabalala, a registered nurse at the unit told Health-e News that on the worst…
Sebokeng Regional Hospital recently achieved a major milestone with the completion of its first successful brain surgery in 40 years. Health-e News’ Hannah Zhihan Jiang took a closer look at what it took to make this happen and how significant…
The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (HAITU) is demanding the removal of Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko and her management team, accusing them of exploiting temporary workers stationed at provincial health facilities. Bafana Tshabalala, HAITU Gauteng Chairperson says…
The Gauteng Department of Health confirmed a third case of cholera on Wednesday, but authorities say the risk of an outbreak remains low. The husband of one of the first two confirmed patients tested positive. The department says the…
Two Ekurhuleni clinics are battling to keep their doors open as water shortages continue to plague Gauteng. Both Tsakane Ext 10 Clinic and Sonto Thobela Clinic in Duduza, a township east of Nigel, have been battling since December…
In South Africa, reports of xenophobic incidents are a daily reality. Now migrants using the country’s strained public health system is a hot-button issue as impartial access to healthcare has recently become highly politicised. Operation Dudula’s anti-migrant protestors targeted the…
The challenges South Africa’s healthcare system faces cannot be blamed on migrants seeking treatment at the country’s facilities, said Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. Speaking outside Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Phaahla admitted poor management, maladministration, staff shortages, and corruption…
The family of a four-year-old boy who died after he was hit by a car last month believes he may have survived if it wasn’t for load shedding. Their nightmare started when a car hit Nhlakanipho Zondo while he was…
Enough is enough. So say nurses across Gauteng who will take to the streets across the province in protest of their current working conditions on Wednesday. Some of their grievances include exploiting community service nurses, non-payment of salaries, staff shortages,…
The low number of 12 to 34-year-olds getting their COVID-19 vaccines has played a part in the country failing to get 70 percent of South Africans vaccinated. The youth make up more than a third of the country’s population. The…
No patients or staff were injured during a fire that happened outside the casualty area at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria in the early hours of Monday morning. The Gauteng Department of Health said the fire broke out…
