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Health Minister shaken by state of preparedness in Limpopo on eve of vaccine rollout

News

South African medical authorities are gearing up to deliver the first batch of vaccines but there are major challenges as the minister of health discovered.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 21, 2021

Five things the mid-term budget tells us about the healthcare system

News

While Covid-19 has affected the economy, the pandemic has also presented important lessons. These are the key takeaways for the health sector.

Nelisiwe Msomi
October 28, 2020

#SONA2020: ‘Stop looking at GBV in isolation’

Gender Based Violence, News

Activist says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech should have linked South Africa’s challenges to gender-based violence

Nelisiwe Msomi
February 14, 2020

#NHIPublicHearings: ‘Addressing inequality is long overdue’

News

The proceedings in Piketberg and Khayelitsha highlighted the cries of farmworkers and people living in townships.

Nelisiwe Msomi
February 6, 2020

#NHIPublicHearings: Bloemfontein has its say on the NHI bill

News

Although a number of people in Bloemfontein support National Health Insurance Bill, they demand quality healthcare services first.

Teboho
January 28, 2020

#NHIPublicHearings: Four down, five to go, what have we learned so far?

Health, Health Systems, News

Across the provinces, the hearings reveal that people do in fact know what they want from a functional health system that serves their needs. But we have to ask, have people been adequately educated about the bill?

Nelisiwe Msomi
November 27, 2019

People, policy and politics: Soweto residents weigh in on the NHI

Our Health

As it stands, the National Health Insurance is both contentious and revered. In Gauteng, both citizens and government workers attempt to sort fact from fiction.

Masutane and Masutane
October 14, 2019

New report sheds light on dire situation at North West public clinics.

Putting the ‘U’ back into Universal Health Care: Do South Africans know what the NHI is?

News

While the country’s draft policy for bringing universal health care to all bewilders many, long waiting times at health facilities, drug shortages and clinics not operating for 24 hours, remain the biggest concerns they face.

healthe
September 23, 2019

Alarm over NHI Bill

Our Health

Members of the country’s biggest medical aid scheme — government employees — are concerned about the implementation of universal healthcare.

Zizo Zikali
September 2, 2019

Compact will ensure quality healthcare, says Ramaphosa

News

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Presidential Health Compact on Thursday, calling it a turning point for the healthcare sector.

Thabo Molelekwa
July 25, 2019

Urban-rural inequalities will hamper a successful NHI

News

Rural areas bear the brunt of healthcare worker shortages and this inequality needs to be solved, before any form of National Health Insurance (NHI) is possible.

Amy Green
April 10, 2019

World Health Day: Healers face burnout

News

In just three months at least three South African anaesthesiologists have taken their lives, reported the South African Society of Anaesthesiologist’s (SASA) Natalie Zimmelman who said the profession was facing a mental health crisis.

Amy Green
April 7, 2019

Health department accused of xenophobia

News

After a second provincial circular came to light instructing health facilities to charge non-citizens in full for services, the National Department of Health (NDoH) has vehemently denied it is fuelling xenophobic sentiments.

Amy Green
March 9, 2019

Health department accused of xenophobia

News

Amy Green
March 9, 2019

Havoc for foreigners after DoH ‘mistake’

News

The National Department of Health (NDoH) has distanced itself from an unconstitutional directive it issued to provincial heads of department nearly two months ago instructing that all non-South African citizens pay in full for all health services.

Amy Green
March 5, 2019

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