South Africa: Patients Have to Queue Before Sunrise At This Rural Limpopo Hospital

Malamulele Hospital serves dozens of villages in a 25km radius but is short staffed Read more »

South Africa: Doctors Complain About Choice of Equipment At Gauteng Hospital As Thousands Await Cancer Scans

Concern about decision to buy Chinese MRI machine from local company instead of one from Philips Read more »

South Africa: Cofimvaba - a Town Without Public Toilets

Last week, the town was down to just two toilets but these have no water Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Clinic Reopens After Extortion Incident

It was overwhelmed with patients on Monday morning Read more »

South Africa: SCA Rules Medical Negligence Damages Must Be Paid As Lump Sum

This overturns a high court ruling that the health department would provide treatment at state facilities instead of paying cash damages Read more »

South Africa: Khayelitsha Clinic to Remain Closed After Extortion Incident

City of Cape Town is conducting a risk assessment Read more »

South Africa: Gangsters Shut Down Khayelitsha Clinic

Security guards were held at ransom. The clinic has been closed all week. Read more »

South Africa: 250 Learners Share Three Pit Toilets At This Eastern Cape School

Fama Primary School in Flagstaff is falling apart Read more »

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Rolls Out Controversial Circumcision Device

The safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned Read more »

South Africa: Patients Wait Four Hours for an Ambulance in Rural Kwazulu-Natal

Rural hospitals' allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away Read more »

South Africa: Nowhere to Swim in Komani This Christmas

Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Doctor in the Firing Line for Stand On Palestine

Health Professions Council to decide by end of January on inquiry into Tlaleng Mofokeng Read more »

South Africa: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Hits Limpopo

Three recent outbreaks pose a threat to small-scale farmers' livelihoods Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's Parliament Blocks Debate On Explosive Hospital Report

The wife of the foreign affairs minister features prominently in the report Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town City Council Approves Plan to Sell Woodstock Hospital

Residential development planned, including affordable housing Read more »

South Africa: Understaffed, Crumbling Eastern Cape Clinic Cannot Meet Demand

New temporary structure set to cost R1.2-million and take two years to complete Read more »

South Africa: Pollution Stops Khayelitsha's Canoe Club Classes

Hyacinth and sewage are destroying the Blowy wetlands Read more »

South Africa: Release of Useful Health Statistics - 2015 to 2025

The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data Read more »

South Africa: State Must Stop Xenophobic Vigilantism At Clinics, Court Told

Médecins Sans Frontières, Treatment Action Campaign and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia launched an application in the South Gauteng High Court Read more »

South Africa: Calls for Nestlé to Remove Sugar From Baby Foods

Swiss investigative outlet claims Nestlé is misrepresenting sugar content Read more »

South Africa: Operation Dudula Blocks Access to Clinics, Violating Court Order

Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants. Read more »

Lesotho: U.S. and Lesotho Strike 5-Year Health Funding Pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the nation's health system Read more »

South Africa: 'I Can Run, I Feel Free' - How Government-Funded Hormones Changed Lilita Singata's Life

Gender-affirming healthcare can be life-saving, but access is limited Read more »

South Africa: At This Limpopo Clinic, Nurses Have to Fetch Water in Buckets

Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years Read more »

South Africa: Free State Clinic Short-Staffed and Overcrowded for 10 Years

Premier promised to upgrade the clinic years ago Read more »