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Gauteng pays millions for new drug rehab centre, defunds existing NPOs
Questions are being asked after the Gauteng Department of Social Development pushed through R11m in subsidies for a new drug rehab centre in the...
Multi-million-rand Gauteng rehab centres under investigation
Two large drug rehabilitation centres in Randfontein and Witpoort, operated by Life Healthcare, are under investigation by the Gauteng Department of Social Development, while...
Politics and science a bad mix, says former ombud
Universal health coverage is one of the hottest issues parties are using in their election arsenal in the run-up to voting day, but academic,...
Funding cuts threaten Gauteng quadriplegic NPOs
Gauteng NPOS that care for children, the elderly and disabled, are in a state of anxiety over fears that their government subsidies may be...
Eastern Cape Health starts year owing billions in unpaid bills
The Eastern Cape Department of Health, which owes suppliers R4.8bn, is in an increasingly fragile financial position – with critics saying there is no...
Patient beaten to death by fellow psychiatric patient
A 36-year-old patient at Elizabeth Donkin Psychiatric Hospital in Gqeberha was smashed into a wall and badly beaten, later dying in hospital, after a...
Unlicensed NGO parades disabled patients in subsidy dispute protest
In a case reminiscent of the Life Esidimeni tragedy, another instance of the disdain shown to intellectually and physically disabled people has emerged in...
A deceptively busy year for health
This has been a busy year for healthcare in South Africa, writes Marcus Low in Spotlight, with several policy developments, landmark court cases, important...
Psychiatric patients in dire conditions at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is in a state of crisis, with psychiatric patients being kept in untenable conditions – but insiders say other...
Pregnant woman found hanged in hospital
Incompetence and misplaced priorities are to blame for the death of a pregnant woman at Kopanong Provincial Hospital, the DA has said, slamming the...