Healthcare

Pandemics: A social justice issue

Article Ayesha Jacub - 25 Mar 2020

Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach

The NHI could provide a dose of social justice for South Africa

Article Kayla Arnold - 15 Mar 2020

But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants

How to refresh SA’s jaded democracy

Article Ivan Turok & Andreas Scheba - 11 Mar 2020

We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities

Coronavirus reaction: Sinophobia with Western characteristics

Analysis Ahmed Olayinka Sule - 24 Feb 2020

Western media has racialised the coronavirus outbreak, leading to increased Sinophobia in several countries. Such dehumanisation of a race has no place in functioning democracies

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

Human development is under threat

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 13 Dec 2019

Achieving significant progress means we are going to have to ditch neoliberal capitalism

The future of health in South Africa

Article Romulen Pillay - 22 Nov 2019

Digital health technology is already having a huge impact on healthcare, both for patients and health professionals

People are the heart of healthcare

Article Jasper Westerink - 31 Oct 2019

Digital health technology can empower people to take better care of their own health

Learning and research for 21st Century capacity development

Article Leigh Wils - 27 Sep 2019

UP medical students work in the community to understand what it means to be a practitioner at all levels

Community healthcare workers are the link

Article Leigh Wils - 27 Sep 2019

They often identify additional problems, such as people needing food, IDs and housing

Using the COPC Toolkit to plan integrated healthcare delivery

Article Advertorial Supplement - 27 Sep 2019

The toolkit integrates data to better predict and respond to health needs in an area

The power, the purse strings and the NHI

Article Russel Rensburg - 20 Sep 2019

The NHI Bill proposes major shifts in who controls our national and provincial health budgets. Will the draft legislation rob provinces of control?

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NGOs ask ConCourt to order that shops can sell baby clothes during lockdown

Franny Rabkin - 6 Apr 2020

The organisations say lockdown regulations are unconstitutional because they do not protect the best interests of children

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This lockdown will hurt my family in the stomach. We will suffer for this whole period. I don’t even know what I will do when my wife gives birth in the next two weeks

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Mbalula defends changing taxi operating times

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Sisa Ntshona urges everyone to stay home, and consider travelling later

Staff Reporter - 26 Mar 2020

Sisa Ntshona has urged everyone to limit their movements in line with government’s request

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SAB Zenzele’s special AGM postponed until further notice

Staff Reporter - 24 Mar 2020

An arrangement has been announced for shareholders and retailers to receive a 77.5% cash payout

Special Reports

20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2020

Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system

Special Reports

Awards affirm the vital work that teachers do

Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

Government is committed to empowering South Africa’s teachers with skills, knowledge and techniques for a changing world

Special Reports

2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

Anele Ngcoya - 23 Mar 2020

The HSS Awards ensure that the humanities and social sciences thrive

Special Reports

SAB Zenzele special AGM rescheduled to March 25 2020

Staff Reporter - 18 Mar 2020

New voting arrangements are being made to safeguard the health of shareholders