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‘Unsupervised, unstructured, non-standardised, unsafe and altogether substandard.’ This is what was said about the care at two public hospitals in the Northern Cape last year. But is the way quality is measured a fair test? (Delwyn Verasamy)
HEALTH

Unsafe and substandard. Is that what public healthcare in SA looks like?

Claims of poor standards at South Africa’s government health facilities are often bandied about — and get hackles raised when the National Health Insurance is mentioned, to boot

  • Linda Pretorius
  • Jacques Verryn
8 min read
The 2025 budget must empower the poor and end socio-economic exclusion. Photo: Supplied
MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health challenges are worse for those in poverty

Majority of South Africans unable to access mental health care despite recognition as a human right.

  • Bongani Majola
6 min read