The community healthworker system is in chaos, leaving vulnerable communities at risk.
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/ 10 September 2014
One in four South African teens have attempted suicide and one in three hospital admissions for suicide involve youth.
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/ 4 September 2014
Community workers are twiddling their thumbs while the state drags its heels on a new strategy, writes Mia Malan.
Health activist group TAC takes Benny Malakoane and others to court for allegedly giving a dying woman’s hospital bed to an ANC official.
The government has banned travel between South Africa and ‘high risk’ countries to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus to the country.
An Israeli male circumcision product has not been put on hold, says the South African health department.
In this 2014 interview, former Free State health MEC Benny Malakoane says that detractors are still alive is proof of the good work under his watch.
A health and safety officer working in Liberia – who is on home leave in SA – is in a stable condition, according to a health department statement.
The pressure group has accused the Free State’s health MEC of being behind the intimidation.
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates speaks to the Mail & Guardian about Africa’s health challenges.