Activists say the Gauteng department of health’s late appeal to a court judgement that compels it to act on cancer treatment backlogs is raising more questions about what the department believes it stands to lose from not doing as the courts have ruled, reports Ufrieda Ho.
In the latest chapter of a long-running legal battle over the Gauteng Department of Health’s obligation to provide people in the province with radiation oncology services, the department has suffered another loss in the courts. Ufrieda Ho assesses the legal situation and asks what it means for people still waiting for the life-saving treatment.
In just two years, the Gauteng health department’s spending on security has more than tripled. Ufrieda Ho tries to get to the bottom of the ballooning bills and what it means for governance in the department.
