In a TAC march, workers in the province’s crisis-hit health sector say they will hold a night vigil every Wednesday until demands are met.
A budget spending monitoring forum says the department is on the verge of collapse and is R700-million in debt.
The HIV lobby group says over 100 of its community healthcare workers have been arrested in Bloemfontein after a night vigil sit-in.
Low carb, high fat diets don’t work better than traditional balanced diets, according to a Stellenbosch University study.
In the Free State, access to health services can depend on who you know, as the tragic case of one woman illustrates.
Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.
The TAC says it fears the arrest of over 50 community healthcare workers after they began a sit-in at the province’s health department headquarters.
Free State’s health department has been reported to the SA Human Rights Commission over "rights violations" such as food shortages and overcrowding.
The TAC and Section27 say their investigation into the province’s health department shows it needs urgent intervention by three state ministries.
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.