Poor security and water shortages undermining healthcare in Mpumalanga

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, Mpumalanga, Provinces

The Mpumalanga Department of Health is plagued by many challenges ranging from water shortages affecting some of its health facilities, poor medicine distribution, and a spate of assaults and robberies putting healthcare workers at risk. Nthusang Lefafa spoke to unions, opposition parties, and the department about these ongoing challenges and plans to address them.

Opinion: President Ramaphosa, we still don’t have ambulances in Xhora Mouth

Posted in: Eastern Cape, Latest, Provinces

Six years after the South African Human Rights Commission held hearings into access to emergency medical services in the Eastern Cape little has changed for the people of Xhora Mouth, writes Phumzile Msaro.

Libyan embassy allegedly pressuring SA workers to test for HIV

Posted in: HIV/AIDS, Latest

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation is investigating allegations that South Africans working at the Libyan embassy in Pretoria were pressured to test and reveal their HIV status after asking to be tested for COVID-19.