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.
The favelas are served by teams of community workers, who are the doctors’ eyes and ears.
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates speaks to the Mail & Guardian about Africa’s health challenges.
Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
The philanthropist says the rise of the continent will depend on whether its leaders are open to learning from each other, and from their own people.