The department is opposing a bid to declare unconstitutional the defence a rape accused can use — that they believed the victim had consented
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In a precedent-setting negligence case brought by a woman on behalf of her cerebral palsy child, a judge in Gauteng allowed the department to offer services in its own facilities rather than a big cash settlement for care to be provided by private providers
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Health officials pushed ahead with transferring patients to ill-equipped NGO facilities despite several warnings
Years of poor maintenance at Engen’s Durban plant caused pollution and December explosion
The escape of violent offenders has exposed a slew of alleged negligent deaths at Kgosi Mampuru prison
Negligence and staff shortages are blamed for after two violent criminals escaped from the prison
Four children died at Pretoria sites in just two weeks, but companies deny they’re to blame