An article this week by the Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee The sordid story of Mosebenzi ‘Gupta’ Zwane – South Africa’s most captured Cabinet minister reminds us just what a scumbag this former MEC, Minister and still Member of our Parliament is.
The dramatically lower rate of new tuberculosis infections and TB deaths in South Africa just reported by the World Health Organisation primarily reflects a change in methodology rather than an actual change in the number of TB cases. Either way, it makes for welcome news.
Four of South Africa’s top public health systems academics last month sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa as the country grapples with finding solutions for our struggling health services.
The Group of 23 women have come out in support of their fellow activist Vuyiseka Dubula, who recently received a threatening letter from UNAIDS Director Erasmus Morah. He demanded she retract a range of statements.
Vuyiseka Dubula last week released a statement in response to the threatening legal letter sent by former UNAIDS Country Director to South Africa Erasmus Morah.
Healthcare in South Africa is in a tenuous state. The public healthcare system is in crisis – provinces are underfunded, corruption is rife, in many areas posts are effectively frozen.
UNAIDS Nigeria Country Director’s threat to sue AIDS activist Vuyiseka Dubula for implying that he is a sexual predator may have backfired as more witnesses come forward. Update: UNAIDS have since placed Morah on special leave. By Kerry Cullinan, Health-e News Service
Ndlovu Care Group and patients have been at the centre of a battle with the Limpopo health MEC who ended the contract and wants the almost 4 000 healthy HIV patients transferred to battling state clinics.
The Competition Commission recommendations made by the Health Market Inquiry may be a once-in-a lifetime possibility to make private health well again.
With the Limpopo Department of Health’s decision not to renew Ndlovu’s contract, Cathrine Thabethe and another 3 773 patients have been transferred to nearby state facilities for treatment. Thabethe spoke from the heart on how this felt and what this meant for patients.
How did it all come to this? An excellent HIV care group shown the door by the MEC Phophi Ramathuba amid some unsavoury social media comments made by her department. Some patients and the Ndlovu CEO Hugo Tempelman try to shed some light, but they are also mostly puzzled.
A Limpopo care centre and its clients have been at the centre of a battle with health MEC Phophi Ramathuba who ended the contract and wants the almost 4 000 mostly thriving HIV patients transferred to already battling state clinics. Spotlight’s Ufrieda Ho visited the area and tries to unpack the whole saga in this 3-part series. Pics by Rian Horn.
