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South Africa’s provincial health departments are being crippled by lawsuits against them for negligence. But not all of the cases are legit. File photo
DODGY LAWYERS SOUTH AFRICA

Which South African province faces the highest medical negligence payouts?

The Northern Cape could spend four times more per case than Gauteng, even though its health budget is far smaller.

  • Zano Kunene
6 min read
Workers demand that they be made permanent employees of provincial health departments — with higher salaries, as well as medical aid and pension benefits — instead of being outsourced to nonprofits organisations that pay them stipend.
BOB MASH

Why Covid likely won’t change the plight of community health workers

In the absence of action from the health department, South Africa’s community health workers are once again having to fight for their rights, with a nationwide strike planned…

  • Joan Van Dyk
19 min read