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#LifeEsidimeni: Did Qedani Mahlangu send patients to their deaths for political gain?
The former Gauteng Health MEC is expected to take the stand on Monday when she will finally face irate families who are tired of waiting for answers.
Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous
Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu.
Women forced into sex to pay hospital bills, study says
Patients too poor to settle medical debts are chained to drain pipes, starved and abused in health centres across parts of Africa.
Is the rumour mill standing between you and better birth control? Find out
This implant offers all the protection from unwanted pregnancies with almost none of the clinic visits. So why did many say, ‘thanks, but no thanks’?
ANC looks to axe medical aid tax credits, expand National Health Insurance
The ruling party says it’s time to get serious about funding and rolling out South Africa's universal access to healthcare plan.
Ace Magashule’s wild Free State: Activists faced intimidation, whistle-blowers fled
Death threats and intimidation drove one man to leave the country after exposing crumbling conditions within the province’s health system.
What free education could cost us
Saturday’s surprise announcement could be the latest blow to the country’s bid for better healthcare.
Did Bosasa illegally detain kids while working for the department of home affairs?
"The cost of this Bosasa looting has been paid by immigrants detained in inhumane and undignified conditions at Lindela", the DA says.
A short history of the big discovery that redefined safe sex for HIV-positive people
How science discovered that ARVs can bring the levels of HIV in the blood to levels so low it’s virtually undetectable – and impossible to transmit.
#LifeEsidimeni: ‘The media was out to tarnish the image of the department’
Makgabo Manamela is one of three officials implicated by the health ombud in the tragedy. Here’s a snapshot of her testimony during arbitration.
Motsoaledi to provinces: ‘Fund junior doctor internships, or I might sue you.’
The health minister warns finding the money for junior doctor placements is not voluntary, it's what the law prescribes.
#LifeEsidimeni: This official may have just thrown Mahlangu under the bus
Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano's court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.
Loophole could protect South African organisations from US gag rule on abortions
Experts say confusion over the rights of local healthcare workers to provide the service while receiving US funds only benefits Trump administration.
#WitsHungerStrike: Wits wasn’t prepared during #FeesMustFall. Has anything changed?
Following #FeesMustFall, this report echoed warnings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry & said schools must plan for protests. Has it happened?
[EXCLUSIVE] Qedani Mahlangu is not a registered student at alleged London school
Bhekisisa can reveal Mahlangu is not a student at the London School of Economics and Political Science after lodging a Freedom of Information request.
#LifeEsidimeni: Mahlangu’s alleged school confirms no exams scheduled
Meanwhile, the London School of Economics and Political Science says it cannot confirm Qedani Mahlangu is a student.