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In a press release on Monday, the health department said the number of unemployed recently qualified doctors stands at close to 700. (GCIS)
SOUTH AFRICA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TRADE UNIONS
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Why the health department can’t employ more doctors

South Africa has close to 700 medical doctors who haven’t been able to find a job in the public sector since qualifying

  • Zano Kunene
  • Mia Malan
  • Nicole Ludolph
7 min read
Graduates in the medicine, dental and rehabilitation therapy fields need to do community service to qualify but nearly 200 had not been placed by 12 December
MEDICAL INTERNSHIPS

Treasury’s budget cuts will affect community service posts

Graduates in the medicine, dental and rehabilitation therapy fields need to do community service to qualify but nearly 200 had not been placed by 12 December

  • Nicole Ludolph
  • Zano Kunene
9 min read
CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Earth’s changing climate make TB spread faster?

By 2030, the planet is likely to be warmer, undermining the fight against tuberculosis

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Nicole Ludolph
11 min read
Some provisions of the WHO’s health regulations and draft Pandemic Agreement impinge on the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship. Photo: David Harrison
BEDAQUILINE

TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?

In the past five years, none of the targets political leaders adopted after the previous round of high-level discussions on the fight against tuberculosis at the United Nations…

  • Nicole Ludolph
  • Bhekisisa Team
11 min read
South Africa’s largest corporate polluters have worked persistently over the past two decades, in public and in private, to derail an effective climate policy response by the government, according to non-profit shareholder activism organisation Just Share.
AFRICAN CLIMATE SUMMIT

The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air

Burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe

  • Nicole Ludolph
  • Linda Pretorius
8 min read
In recent years, research Wright and colleagues led has highlighted how prolonged heat exposure places outdoor workers, children, older people and low-income communities at increased risk of dehydration, heat stress, respiratory illness and other adverse health outcomes. The risks are expected to intensify as temperatures continue to rise. (Envato Elements)
CARBON DIOXIDE

Why our changing climate is bad for your health

The Earth is getting hotter and extreme weather events are becoming more common. It’s bad news for all aspects of our lives

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Nicole Ludolph
9 min read
Not only does South Africa have one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world, the disease is also the country’s number one killer. (Envato Elements)
HIV

Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa?

Nhe new guidelines say anyone who has a big chance of getting infected can get access to preventive medicines

  • Nicole Ludolph
9 min read
When a primary school teacher in the Western Cape suspected that one of her pupils was being sexually abused, she did everything she could to help. (Dylan Bush/ Bhekisisa)
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING

UPDATED: Cape Town teacher discovers child sex trafficking ring

Here’s what happened when a primary school teacher in the Western Cape suspected a pupil was being sexually abused

  • Nicole Ludolph
4 min read
Informal traders, such as hawkers, street vendors and spaza shops are an important link in the chain that connects food producers to consumers. Photo: Supplied (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
CAPE TOWN

City planners, street vendors and spaza shops could help keep South Africans fed. Here’s how

Local governments back many projects where people can grow vegetables in urban areas, but researchers say that it’s not enough to curb hunger

  • Nicole Ludolph
8 min read
Photo by: David Harrison/M&G
BARGAINING COUNCIL

Community health workers are ditching unions

In South Africa, trade unions have a reputation for having workers’ back. But for many of the country’s community health workers, these organisations are no longer an ally.

  • Nicole Ludolph
8 min read
The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay
365 DAY NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO END GENDER VIOLENCE

Good, bad & ugly: How SA’s fight against GBV & femicide is going

Almost 1 000 women were killed by their intimate partners over the past 12 years, but the government achieved just one in five of its targets to fight gender-based violence and…

  • Nicole Ludolph
7 min read