Two Bills, almost 200 pages may change healthcare forever in SA. Haven’t read them? We did the heavy lifting so you don’t have to.
Allegations of graft during his tenure as Gauteng health MEC aren’t new, says ANC Gauteng chief whip. In fact, they’re talked about regularly.
The chief whip says recent media reports were first to alert him that the SIU had completed its investigation into alleged corruption under his watch.
Find out what the big changes government may have in store for medical aids.
Spa treatments, fancy homes and paperwork — and the list goes on.
The Bill is the first step towards learning how the government plans to fund its shift towards universal health care.
‘I can’t mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are.’
New legislation will abolish co-payments and may look to go after medical aid scheme reserves.
The health minister unveils the National Health Insurance Bill at a press conference in Pretoria.
Go behind the accusations that led to his resignation this week in this story from our archives.
When religion trumps science in medicine, women’s bodies and Constitutional rights may be caught in the crossfire.
HIV is a mirror that reflects how we think about society. It exposes our prejudices. Find out how to tell interesting stories about it.
A mother’s love led her to South Africa to find a school for her son with autism.
Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.
If a man dies in the Central African Republic, his wife is at risk of being evicted from their home by his relatives.
Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.
Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia’s doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind.
When bringing a new life into the world risks taking another, even old traditions have to adopt new ways.
“Whenever there is a crisis, I’m called in to solve them, but I don’t have the legal mechanism to prevent them,” says minister.
Saving lives — and losing them — may be all in a day’s work for health workers, but if you think it doesn’t take its toll, listen to these doctors.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi briefs the media on the current state of health in South Africa.
National health department deploys 200 officials to country’s beleaguered hospitals
The party cannot substantiate claims it made before Parliament in March, finds Africa Check.
It’s been a bumper year for trouble for the country’s healthcare system and it’s only June. Here’s everything you might have missed.
Pontsho Pilane has been named this year’s Discovery Health Journalist of the Year. Hear why she thinks specialist reporting isn’t dead.
Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013.
A month after she was wheeled out of a North West hospital in a barrow, Ntombizodwa Matthews met her end. Her family blames politics for her death.
Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought
Provincial health department has been put under administration as ministerial task team is deployed to the province.
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.
Why the World Bank may have peddled some dodgy facts about this mental health condition.
Striking workers say a go-slow at the province’s central depot will continue until their demands are met.