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Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk - 11 Jun 2020

As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses

Staff at eight KZN hospitals contract coronavirus

Article Paddy Harper - 23 Apr 2020

Forced to work across multiple hospitals, health officials have helped to spread Covid-19 in the private healthcare system

Nehawu launches urgent court bid over protective gear for health workers

Article Franny Rabkin - 6 Apr 2020

The health workers’ union says the government has rebuffed its attempts to meet about mitigating risks to workers

South Africa’s teen moms are on their own

Article Tebadi Mmotla - 9 Feb 2020

State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood

Bongeka Zuma

Article Carl Collison - 31 Aug 2018

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Care-workers left out in the cold

Article Govan Whittles - 25 Nov 2016

The minimum wage won’t include community health workers, whose earnings are already paltry.

Community health workers back in court

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Jan 2015

Free State healthcare workers say they are being punished for having dared to defy health MEC Benny Malakoane publicly.

Analysis: Why policy is failing community health workers

Article Mia Malan - 4 Sep 2014

Community workers are twiddling their thumbs while the state drags its heels on a new strategy, writes Mia Malan.

Doctors vent anger at lack of security at hospitals

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jun 2011

About 200 doctors converged on the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday in protest against poor security at hospitals.

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