The Department of Health and Wellness says it has no plans to comply with a 2025 Labour Court ruling that community health workers (CHWs) must be ...

Bushbuckridge Local Municipality embarks on a clean-up operation in Hluvukani following our reporting on the waste sites.

At 6am on a Saturday morning, Luvhengo Vhulahani treks up a mountain to collect firewood for villagers living without electricity.

The estimated cost of repairing dozens of health facilities damaged by the Limpopo floods currently stands at R7 million.

South Africa has moved a step closer to an HIV vaccine with the launch of the BRILLIANT 011 clinical trial at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) site ...

She explains there’s no national clinical protocol, but standard practice is to not confront or accuse the patient, but to record the discrepancy factually in clinical notes. “The nurse and admin ...

A lack of awareness campaigns has left the areas exposed to environmental and health hazards caused by unmanaged waste.

Elderly residents at Ekhanana Old Age Home in Durban’s Umlazi township are facing a growing health and safety crisis after the facility was left without electricity and continues to battle severe ...

Community health workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in delivering essential healthcare services to communities across South Africa. Yet, a year after the Labour Court ruled that CHWs should be deemed ...

In line with international recommendations, these national guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for all mothers, regardless of HIV status.

South Africa’s schools health programmes have struggled in the past due to factors such as poor management, inequitable distribution of resources and a historical lack of collaboration between the ...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has released an interim report revealing that over R2 billion intended for healthcare services at Tembisa Hospital was misappropriated. The investigation, begun in ...