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The average domestic worker in South Africa is 37 and earns about R2 989 a month, with domestic work being her only source of income, according to a report released by Africa’s largest home service platform, SweepSouth.

Survey: 70% of domestic workers not registered for UIF

In its sixth annual report, SweepSouth attributes poor domestic worker pay to power cuts, inflation, the high cost of living and employers relocating

Telemedicine is a quick cure for Africa’s healthcare ailments

But it needs urgent support from governments and the private sector

Uganda: NGO takes govt to court for brain drain

Uganda’s biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.

The Bulls have contracted loose forward Dewald Potgieter.

The ANC does not get the credit it deserves

Detractors often forget that the ruling party has the enormous task of serving an entire population, not just 10%, and ignore the strides it has made.

South Sudan bans foreign workers

The government has ordered all non-citizens replaced with vetted nationals, sparking fears that the war-torn country is headed for complete collapse.

Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Comment: We can stop the haemorrhaging

South Africa has the means and opportunity to keep its healthcare professionals.

African studies reach out across the pond

A cross-Atlantic programme is bridging schools of thought that are often at odds with one another.

UK to stop poaching doctors

SA could retain more health professionals as Britain closes door to doctors and nurses.

‘More people returning to SA than leaving’

When South African native Nicky Prins lived in London, there was one television advertisement that always touched her heart.