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Health

MPs defend talks with Operation Dudula amid healthcare access crisis

21st August 2025 Mzi Velapi Lilita Gcwabe 0

The Department of Health defends its stance on engaging with anti-immigrant group.

Teen suicides raise alarm over mental health crisis

15th July 2025 Lilita Gcwabe 0

There is one social worker for 30,000 learners in South Africa’s public schooling system.

‘Another Enyobeni waiting to happen’ as schools close and taverns open

25th June 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance warns that unlicensed taverns and lax liquor regulation is fuelling underage drinking.

Women farmworkers call for land redistribution to address hunger

28th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Access to food for farmworkers can depend on the season and on violence in the home and in the community.

Western Cape healthcare workers want what they have in Gauteng – permanent employment

1st May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Currently they earn a minimum wage under R5,000 while playing a key role in the provision of primary healthcare.

No public toilets at Home Affairs in Vhembe

5th March 2025 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Lack of access to water in Vhembe affects quality of government services.

Pit toilets replaced by substandard ‘improved’ pit toilets in EC schools

10th February 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

The ventilated improved pit latrines built in Eastern Cape schools do not meet safety standards.

Doctors, nurses and paramedics protest their unemployment

4th February 2025 Lilita Gcwabe 0

Unemployed health professionals want increased funding for public healthcare and the implementation of the National Health Insurance plan.

A gloomy Christmas for food vendors barred from Limpopo schools

2nd December 2024 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

The Limpopo department of education has set new requirements for food vendors permitted at schools.

Khayelitsha’s most common dread disease – diabetes

14th November 2024 Chris Gilili 0

Community members urged to take control of their health on World Diabetes Day.

Sex workers complain of police harassment and rape

12th November 2024 Mzi Velapi 0

The festive season is seen as boom time for sex work but also a period of heightened police brutality.

Hunger and disease draws protesters to parliament on World Food Day

16th October 2024 Vincent Lali 0

Led by the People’s Health Movement, activists took to the streets of Cape Town to highlight food insecurity in the country.

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