Limpopo hospitals in dire state
/ 31 August 2012

Limpopo hospitals in dire state

Premature babies swaddled in plastic wrap, rotting limbs and the reuse of discarded medical items — these are some of the scenarios recounted to the Mail & Guardian during a tour of public hospitals in Limpopo last month. The radiology departments of some hospitals are not functioning, which means doctors cannot perform orthopaedic surgery. In […]

D-day for fracking
/ 31 August 2012

D-day for fracking

Not even the most ardent critics are holding out any hope that the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the Karoo will be extended.