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Free State healthcare workers say they are being punished for having dared to defy health MEC Benny Malakoane publicly.

Nicola Plastow looks at some of the settings in which African drumming has been used to improve mental health.

The World Health Organisation estimates that Africa will need up to 25-million respirators monthly. We must ensure that essential medical supplies such as these reach all of our communities. Now, is the time for the continent to leverage existing HIV services to boost COVID-19 testing, isolation, contact tracing and treatment.

A number of fallacious assumptions undermine the effectiveness of measures to prevent or terminate a pregnancy, writes Catriona Macleod.

As South Africa enters level two of its national lockdown, international travel remains restricted. One of the few exceptions are repatriation flights, which require a mandatory quarantine period. But the toll of mounting stress and isolation may have long-term consequences on people’s mental health.

Four Messina Hospital staff members, who are also shop stewards for the union Nehawu, have been dismissed for inciting strike action against a doctor.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has closed the Cowan House Preparatory School in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal through the weekend after a parent of a learner at the school tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

A report released by health activists details mismanagement and shortages in Mthatha.

Police often use tear gas as a method of crowd control. Here are some tips to keep safe when those tear gas canisters start flying from our archives.

Issuing the proclamation led to a situation that could discourage practitioners from providing essential services for fear of criminal sanction.

When governments fail and health systems falter, aid agencies take over. But who holds them accountable?

Unions say they will not accept anything less than 7.3% wage increases.

Healthy lungs don’t mean you’re off the hook: tuberculosis can take root anywhere in the body.

A man has taken two specialists to task for a misdiagnosis that nearly cost him his foot.

A court ruling has lifted the time limit on reporting sexual assault. Prior to the ruling, we asked survivors how such a ruling would impact them.